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Sony to Aquire Gaikai
Topic Started: Tuesday Jul 3 2012, 02:41 PM (90 Views)
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We knew Sony was holding out on E3 and it's finally surfaced that Sony will officially be acquiring the cloud streaming service Gaikai. At a price tag of $380 million (US dollars of course) SCE, now with Gaikai, will provide new innovative entertainment services that use cloud technology. To keep the chatter to minimal, here's the official press release below.

Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement on June 30, 2012 (Japan Time) to acquire Gaikai Inc., the world’s leading interactive cloud-based gaming company, for approximately USD 380 million. Through the acquisition, SCE will establish a new cloud service, ensuring that it continues to provide users with truly innovative and immersive interactive entertainment experiences.

“By combining Gaikai’s resources including its technological strength and engineering talent with SCE’s extensive game platform knowledge and experience, SCE will provide users with unparalleled cloud entertainment experiences,” said Andrew House, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. “SCE will deliver a world-class cloud-streaming service that allows users to instantly enjoy a broad array of content ranging from immersive core games with rich graphics to casual content anytime, anywhere on a variety of internet-connected devices.”

“SCE has built an incredible brand with PlayStation and has earned the respect of countless millions of gamers worldwide,” said David Perry, CEO of Gaikai Inc., “We’re honored to be able to help SCE rapidly harness the power of the interactive cloud and to continue to grow their ecosystem, to empower developers with new capabilities, to dramatically improve the reach of exciting content and to bring breathtaking new experiences to users worldwide.”

Established in 2008 and headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, Gaikai has developed the highest quality, fastest interactive cloud-streaming platform in the world that enables the

streaming of quality games to a wide variety of devices via the internet. With this acquisition, SCE will establish a cloud service and expand its network business by taking full advantage of Gaikai's revolutionary technology and infrastructure including data centers servicing dozens of countries and key partners around the world.

The transaction is subject to certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

SCE will continue to aggressively expand a new world of entertainment through the introduction of innovative technologies and the delivery of amazing experiences.


I've never really heard of them, but they must have something special to be worth that much. Sounds like a big upgrade to PSN functionality might be on it's way. Probably for the PS4.
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Looking into them more, sounds like they're a bit like OnLive with ties into the smartphone and tablet market. This is either Sony expanding their market, or being ready for the fact that the PS4 may be their last proper console...

I don't like this streaming shit. I don't even like downloading games unless they're giving them to me cheap.
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single player lag ftw
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I don't mind downloading games anymore, seeing as I have a 400GB quota i need to get through every month
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Quota's not my problem, it's the whole "You own it for as long as we decide to keep it on our servers" that pisses me off. There are already games that have been dropped from Live and PSN from THIS generation, and that's just fucked. If you're gonna skimp out on the retail distribution and still charge a games full price, then nut up for a relatively small amount of storage space FFS...
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How dumb am I? Turns out Gaikai runs OnLive! Why the fuck didn't they just that? We know what OnLive is!
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