Sony and Microsoft set rivalry aside for cloud gaming alliance

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Post by jmsflknr » Thu, May 16, 2019, 5:27 PM UTC

Sony and Microsoft set rivalry aside for cloud gaming alliance
asia.nikkei.com

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Post by matthewaveryusa » Thu, May 16, 2019, 6:07 PM UTC

Is the Akamai (largest CDN in the world) partnership with Microsoft announced last month related?

https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/news/press/2019-press/aka...

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Post by eclipxe » Thu, May 16, 2019, 6:08 PM UTC

matthewaveryusa wrote: post #2

Is the Akamai (largest CDN in the world) partnership with Microsoft announced last month related? https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/news/press/2019-press/aka...

No.

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Post by XzAeRosho » Thu, May 16, 2019, 6:10 PM UTC

>While details have yet to be hammered out, the partnership will center on artificial intelligence and the cloud. The latter category includes plans for joint development of cloud gaming technology.

So this agreement mostly focuses on Sony using Azure infrastructure for Cloud Gaming. I wonder how will Xbox will compete in this scenario, it's kind of weird hosting your competitor.

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Post by lawrenceyan » Thu, May 16, 2019, 6:11 PM UTC

I assume this is in response to Stadia?

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Post by cameronbrown » Thu, May 16, 2019, 6:12 PM UTC

XzAeRosho wrote: post #4

>While details have yet to be hammered out, the partnership will center on artificial intelligence and the cloud. The latter category includes plans for joint development of cloud gaming technology. So this agreement mostly focuses on Sony using Azure infrastructure for Cloud Gaming. I wonder how will Xbox will compete in this scenario, it's kind of weird hosting your competitor.

Seems like Netflix and Amazon get along fine.

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Post by Waterluvian » Thu, May 16, 2019, 6:13 PM UTC

lawrenceyan wrote: post #5

I assume this is in response to Stadia?

And Nvidia GeForce Now. I'm wildly impressed by Nvidia's streaming solution.

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Post by ssully » Thu, May 16, 2019, 6:17 PM UTC

lawrenceyan wrote: post #5

I assume this is in response to Stadia?

Safe assumption since the first paragraph says they are doing this to better compete against Google

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Post by minimaxir » Thu, May 16, 2019, 6:17 PM UTC

Official PR from Microsoft: https://news.microsoft.com/2019/05/16/sony-and-microsoft-to-...

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Post by lawrenceyan » Thu, May 16, 2019, 6:19 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #7

lawrenceyan wrote: post #5

I assume this is in response to Stadia?

And Nvidia GeForce Now. I'm wildly impressed by Nvidia's streaming solution.

I remember when Nvidia first launched GeForce Now in 2015 with their attempt at mobile gaming using the Android Shield. It was a good idea in principle, so I was sad to see it not do as well.

Glad that Nvidia is pivoting to moving the service back to a full computer setting. The Shield while cool, really could have done with a better screen.