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M.U.G.E.N on 03 July 2012

I think it might have been unintentional but saying 'analysts "and" pachter' is just genius! :D Everyone knows how sucky he is at that job lol



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Sal.Paradise on 03 July 2012
M.U.G.E.N said:
I think it might have been unintentional but saying 'analysts "and" pachter' is just genius! :D Everyone knows how sucky he is at that job lol

Oh it was intentional alright



M.U.G.E.N on 03 July 2012
Sal.Paradise said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
I think it might have been unintentional but saying 'analysts "and" pachter' is just genius! :D Everyone knows how sucky he is at that job lol

Oh it was intentional alright

lol should have given you the benefit of the doubt...well done!



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Dallinor on 04 July 2012
Kynes said:
One thing that I still think on is... Gaikai and Onlive work on PC cloud clusters, using virtualization to be hardware agnostic. Can they develop an affordable PS3 emulation to provide the games over the Internet? AFAIK both services provide PC games, not console games. Are they going to use another virtualization level? Is it going to be technically feasible without huge compute power consumption?

I'm not so sure that this Gaikai purchase is for playstation, I think it has more to do with Bravia and Sony smartphones and tablets.


Then why did SCE purchase it?

I understand it could be a very useful tool for TV's and smartphones, but it's a SCE aquisition which leads me to believe it will definitely be incorporated somehow into their playstation strategy.



 

Kynes on 04 July 2012
Dallinor said:
Kynes said:
One thing that I still think on is... Gaikai and Onlive work on PC cloud clusters, using virtualization to be hardware agnostic. Can they develop an affordable PS3 emulation to provide the games over the Internet? AFAIK both services provide PC games, not console games. Are they going to use another virtualization level? Is it going to be technically feasible without huge compute power consumption?

I'm not so sure that this Gaikai purchase is for playstation, I think it has more to do with Bravia and Sony smartphones and tablets.


Then why did SCE purchase it?

I understand it could be a very useful tool for TV's and smartphones, but it's a SCE aquisition which leads me to believe it will definitely be incorporated somehow into their playstation strategy.

Has SCE any limitation to only operate on playstation products? They can manage Gaikai, as it isn't tv or tablet hardware, but at the same time, those gadgets could be the "consoles" where games would be streamed. AFAIK SCE also controls SOE, and they develop PC games.



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Aielyn on 04 July 2012

Based on the track record of analysts, I say that we should ignore them entirely. Even the gaming community does a better job than the public analysts, and that's not saying much. Perhaps they're saying something different to their actual customers.



DieAppleDie on 04 July 2012

Sony always good, Nintendo always bad.............Microsoft............right in the middle..........patcher says



babuks on 04 July 2012
M.U.G.E.N said:
I think it might have been unintentional but saying 'analysts "and" pachter' is just genius! :D Everyone knows how sucky he is at that job lol


LOL, agree. 



Troll_Whisperer on 04 July 2012
kitler53 said:

off topic - how am i suppose to be pronouncing gaikai?


It's a Japanese word even though the company is American.

 

Gah-ee-kah-ee



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Dallinor on 04 July 2012
Troll_Whisperer said:
kitler53 said:

off topic - how am i suppose to be pronouncing gaikai?


It's a Japanese word even though the company is American.

 

Gah-ee-kah-ee


Actually on their website they actually state the pronunciation is Guy-kai.

GAIKAI® (pronounced: guy-kai)

Is a cloud-based gaming platform that allows users to play high-end video games and applications instantly from a webpage or internet-connected device.