Sony buys OnLive streaming game service

[satam55]

 

[Jax]

shyt was wack as shyt,they prolly copping for the servers.

 

[ORDER_66]

It's a nice power move... The servers and the online patents... more upgrades for the PS4, PSN...

 

[Lord Scion]

Sony now has a stranglehold on online game streaming with PSNow/Gaikai and OnLive being under their umbrella. I remember a few years ago Microsoft was in talks to purchase OnLive, I wonder what made that deal go south.

 

[ORDER_66]

Sony now has a stranglehold on online game streaming with PSNow/Gaikai and OnLive being under their umbrella. I remember a few years ago Microsoft was in talks to purchase OnLive, I wonder what made that deal go south.

i wonder what goodies sony got out of this deal, specifically.....???

 

[Jazzy Jay]

PS Now is mad overpriced but has so much potential. If Sony coupled it towith PS Plus subscription they would crush buildings.

 

[Fatboi1]

Wait I thought Onlive was Gakai.. What's the point of this??

 

[Why-Fi]

Sony now has a stranglehold on online game streaming with PSNow/Gaikai and OnLive being under their umbrella. I remember a few years ago Microsoft was in talks to purchase OnLive, I wonder what made that deal go south.

windows 10 and azure. this purchase is to be present in the pc space to compete with xbox for windows...put money on it

then again sony has the attention span of a coked out gemini toddler so it may never materialize

 

[Rekkapryde]

Wait I thought Onlive was Gakai.. What's the point of this??

more servers at a minimum.

 

[Heretic]

Wait I thought Onlive was Gakai.. What's the point of this??

yeah I thought onlive was powered by gakai


Edit: looks like they bought the patents

 

[GoldenGlove]

http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/2/8337955/sony-buys-onlive-only-to-shut-it-down

OnLive owners lost

 

[Tunez]

It's a nice power move... The servers and the online patents... more upgrades for the PS4, PSN...

I agree

 

[winb83]

Sounds like Onlive was gonna shut down and Sony bought the patents.