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Is Sony Afraid Of Cloud Gaming?

Forbes - Last summer Sony placed a big bet on cloud gaming with its purchase of GaiKai, an online-game streaming service for $380 million.

It was both a bold move and a bow to an inevitable future when video games will be streamed from the cloud to any device, just as Netflix streams movies and television shows today. While cloud gaming is only now starting to be offered to consumers, it will eventually grow big enough to threaten the market for consoles like the PlayStation.

Just_The_Truth4070d ago

"While cloud gaming is only now starting to be offered to consumers, it will eventually grow big enough to threaten the market for consoles like the PlayStation.".....,,,That 's why they paid 380 million for a cloud gaming service. This article is pointless.

Minato-Namikaze4070d ago

Some people just dont use common sense, lol. So you have people that end up talking before they think

HammadTheBeast4070d ago

Forbes has made so many anti-sony articles it's not even considered trolling anymore.

thereapersson4070d ago

For an organization that deals with intelligent business people, there sure are a lot of ignorant games industry-related articles that come out of Forbes. Maybe that is the problem; maybe Forbes should stick to what they're good at, because it isn't videogames.

Ducky4070d ago

^ They're good at generating hits, which is what this article will do.

No different from their previous article which compared PS4 with PC.

Merrill4070d ago

Bookmark all these sites with ridiculous articles regarding Sony's future and the PS4 and the day Microsoft announces the successor to the 360 these same sites will have articles praising everything Microsoft have shown and announced..

pandaboy4070d ago (Edited 4070d ago )

I have to agree. Forbes were even bitching about the lack of kinect on ps4 xD. No professional news website comes close to the hatred Forbes have demonstrated toward sony over the years.

There was even a time a few years back when they lied about ps3 sales to make the 360 look better. They are the lowest of the low.

Enemy4070d ago

Another website to vote down. Do yourselves the favor, peeps.

I_LOVE_MYSELF4070d ago

They are clearly terrified of it. /s

wsoutlaw874070d ago

When cloud gaming gets bigger it will become like movie streaming where tons of companies do it. That will be a much harder market to compete in

thereapersson4070d ago

Yep.

Sony getting the jump-start on things will only help them in the long run.

wsoutlaw874070d ago

of coarse but theres still something to worry about

Donnieboi4070d ago (Edited 4070d ago )

Forbes has written more troll articles about the ps4 and Sony than any other "respected" news media publication. That M$ money is talking.

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doublejj4070d ago

Why would Sony be afraid of Cloud Gaming? i don't understand the reason for this article.

wsoutlaw874070d ago

it would be a much more competitive buisness

Hicken4070d ago

In what way? As things currently stand, there's almost NO ONE in the cloud gaming business. Gaikai was one of the few in that industry; they're now owned by Sony. So what are they being afraid of, again?

You make about as much sense as this article does, honestly: none.

wsoutlaw874070d ago

lol yes right now there are none. Im talking about where they could be going. You think, stay with me here, that once the tech is out there and sony shows success with it, no one else would jump in. So in your mind one company shouldn't be worried in the movie streaming buisness just because they did it first. Try thinking and then decide if it makes sense. holy s fanboys really cant understand anything other than their company being the greatest for ever.

GribbleGrunger4070d ago (Edited 4070d ago )

'And the prize for the most conspicuous headline goes to ...'

SaturdayNightBeaver4070d ago

Is Sony? Wtf , im afraid of cloud gaming... shit will lag like crazy on my 4mbps lol

xursz4070d ago

I get 9.5mbps so I should be good. I think the ceo of gaikai said the majority of games should run well at or around 6mbps, but I'll believe it when I see it because honestly Onlive ran like crap on my connection.

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC6h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC5h ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer6h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6025h ago(Edited 5h ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya3h ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde3h ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

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Unicorn Overlord is a tactical RPG masterpiece

Vanillaware's tactical role-playing game Unicorn Overlord is a beautiful mix of old mechanics and new-age graphics, with over 65 unique recruitable characters and a rich storyline.

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jznrpg6h ago

I have the game and downloaded it going to start it tonight and play it on the Portal.

NotoriousWhiz4h ago

Enjoy. This game is so much fun and so addictive.

jznrpg2h ago

I heard great things and I am a fan of most Vanillaware games so I’m looking forward to it. Waiting for my kids to fall asleep and I’m good to go

hard joe1h ago

the only rts that worked for me
other titles didn't

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Kingdom Come Deliverance is just $4 on PS5 following reveal of KCD2

If you’re hyped for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, then you can play the first entry of the RPG series on PS4 and PS5 now for a very low price.

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FPSRUSSIA11h ago

Just Bought it Thank you after checking reviews alot people enjoyed it Worth Picking up for that Price.

Spenok7h ago

I already own the physical copy on PS4, and even bought it on Steam for my Steamdeck... but I went ahead and bought this as well. Because, why not?

thesoftware7307h ago

Yeah, good price, saw this yesterday on SX as well