E3 General Discussion

[Mikal_Drey]

hey hey

as the playstation moves away from the "open to everyone" model and moves ever closer to a more devisive "pay for functionality" model I simply becme less inclined towards the playstation brand. 

dont ge t me wrong. PS+ provided the perfect oportunity for those who came late to the PS3 party and want instant access to loads of games but as services and basic functionality is shifted into a subscription i see it as deliberate attempts to force people into a subscription.

I havent played any form of online streaming for games so i cannot comment on how it work or how sucessful it would be for a console.   are games downloaded to your console on a rental/per use basis or run wholly from the cloud ?

I'd be interested to see how it gets launched and what the subs would be.  [tinfoilhat] interesting to see that he pushed 3 months subs as a must buy.  he sounded like a car salesman [/tinfoilhat]

[Solid_Snake12345]

http://www.gameblog.fr/news/29082-e3-une-presentation-qui-va-changer-le-jeu-video-chez-gaikai

Gaikai announcing a major announcement at E3. Sony rumoured to be partnering with a cloud gaming service. Provided the above is verified elsewhere a partnership seems all but confirmed. The question now seems to be more about what direction this partnership will go.

[JOHNY--BRAVO]

it would be interesting to see how game developers, suppliers and game stores would be effected if sony took control of the cloud type gaming especially as the playstation store is expensive as it is without full control of game prices at present, also imagine the damage hackers could do to this type of gaming supply if they wanted, it just seems stupid to me, onlive has not even been a major success has it ? i dont know of a single person who has it and im certainly not interested in it.