This purchase plan is actually already appeared well before the conference Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles last June.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment, Andrew House, with the agreement reached on June 30, Sony will provide cloud-based gaming service streaming anytime and anywhere. "Starting from the graphics-rich games to the casual," said Andrew, as quoted by Forbes, July 2, 2012.
Gaikai responded positively to the acquisition of this Sony. Gaikai CEO David Perry said with a Sony PlayStation had been having a base of millions of gamers around the world. "We are honored to be able to develop an interactive power of the cloud," said David.
Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, Gaikai develop cloud-steaming that allows streaming game played through a variety of devices.
Therefore, through this acquisition, Sony will expand its business network by utilizing the technology and infrastructure Gaikai, including a number of data centers and key partners around the world.
"It would be wonderful news because we will be able to open a AAA-quality game console from the cloud, with the full support of Sony," said David.
The deal is rumored to include streaming PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3. It also brings the PS3 backward compatibility that can be played on the PS2. Backward compatibility is the ability of a game console to play in these games ever come out on console before.
Because of this, Sony is now able to design the graphics processor and PlayStation 4, which reportedly will be released in 2013 in any way they want, without worrying about compatibility with previous consoles.
Because, with the cloud, the game is no longer processed in a computer or TV gamers, but processed in the data center. Graphics and computational processing results in a streaming server and then sent to PC users via a broadband connection.
Game is reportedly cloud can be played with a resolution of 720p or 1080p is higher, which can give the experience of playing games like game consoles.
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