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Sony Trademarks "PS Cloud"
A trademark filing last week suggests that Sony Computer Entertainment is interested in the same cloud computing concepts that have been causing a stir in the games industry as of late.
SCE filed a trademark for "PS Cloud" on March 24 this year, the same day that OnLive formally announced the cloud-based OnLive Gaming Service.
OnLive's subscription-based service, due this winter, does not require discs or hard drive installation of games. Rather, it uses a broadband connection, bouncing game data back and forth in real time between the user's computer and powerful servers that can purportedly run high-end games. The system works on PC or Mac, or on TVs with a small "MicroConsole," and marginalizes the importance of the power of a user's gaming rig.
SCE's trademark mentions a relationship to "entertainment services, namely, providing an online videogame that users may access through the Internet," as well as other forms of "on-demand" media, from electronic magazines and books to television.
We've contacted SCEA regarding the filing.
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But without a console to communicate to, where will the wireless Sixxaxis controllers link to?
Lets hope it's a downpour and not just over cast!
(come on with the cloud jokes!)
Get the feeling something massive is about to happen?
My prediction for this:
The ability to beam PS3 games (anything it can play -- both PSN and Blu-Ray ) to the PSP2 (when it comes) with full functionality due to comparable controls...to encourage sale of both consoles, and establish PSP2 as a source of plentiful decent gaming, and not just a casual's junkyard for all that throwaway Iphone dirge.
Hmm, this lends further credence to cloud computing as a gaming alternative. At first glance, I thought OnLive was going to end up like the Phantom, but after the nVidia (and now Sony) news on cloud computing this sounds like it really is just around the corner. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the giants ends up buying OnLive and "incorporating" it into their gaming platform of the future.
...MS anyone? Haha, just playin. Just trying to beat the others to the punch. MS could offer a subsription service for the 720 that's not streaming through servers like onlive does, but more of a, "You get 1-2 digital game "rentals" at a time that you would download. Once you're done you'd select another title you want to rent and then you'd lose the DRM for the previous game or it would just force delete it. That'd be nice.
Ive got a feelin this cloud stuff is gonna be BIG.
"And the other thing, no one has considered what similar types of services may already be in the works with the next batch of consoles"
Last week when the onlive thing was announced I mentioned I thought something like this may have been in the works. It wouldn't shock me if both next gen consoles from MS and Sony (shoot maybe even Nintendo) will adopt some kind of subscription service along the lines of the cloud stuff. Which would essentially nulify onlive especially considering Nintendo, Sony, and MS have already established theselves as successful console makers. For the PC market though, it could be big (my PC can barely run Halo 1 so I might have interest in it for the PC side).
This is a strong indicator that Sony have no plans to pull out of the gaming business.