Sony To Use Gaikai To Nickle And Dime PS3 Games

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Sony Corp. 6758.TO -1.87% is planning to offer technology to stream games to its next videogame console, people familiar with the company's plans say, alongside other enhancements to bolster its position in the market.

The new technology, to be unveiled Wednesday along with the new console, will allow users to play games delivered over the Internet, these people said. The streaming service, they added, is designed to use current PlayStation 3 titles on the new console; the new device is also expected to play new games stored on optical discs.

Sony's plans come after it acquired Gaikai Inc. last year for $380 million. Though many companies now offer simple games over the Internet, Gaikai was one of several companies that offered online access to visually intense games, which ordinarily require specialized circuitry found on high-end personal computers and gaming consoles.

The streaming technology is one of the new features and enhancements expected to be offered with the new console, which Sony plans to unveil at an event in New York. Sony's new PlayStation, for example, may control the action with higher fidelity cameras for its "Move" motion-sensing technology and touch-sensing pads on new controllers, according to people who have seen and been briefed on the devices.

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Still, Sony is pushing ahead and has been investing heavily to prepare Gaikai's service, people familiar with the matter say. Microsoft also has experimented with its own version of cloud gaming, people at the company have said, but has in the past questioned the costs associated with building a service large enough to reach all its customers.
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input lag and lower resolution FTW :dead:
Next Sony PlayStation to Stream Games - WSJ.com
 
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@Liquid How you feel about this being behind a paywall :shaq:. Canadians are fukked
 
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Sony about to charge people to Access their own laggy content :dead:
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Realize what you just said and try again. Your troll game has gone way downhill since we moved to the coli. A little disappointed in you...you are better than this
 
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Realize what you just said and try again. Your troll game has gone way downhill since we moved to the coli. A little disappointed in you...you are better than this
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Console Games Already offer latency issues, Gaikai streams will be even worse at sub 30fps. Not to mention server issues among licensing issues for games you own this has failure written all over it. this is a lag prone and bandwidth heavy solution.
 
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