Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Cloud Gaming


You may worry about the Sony/Microsoft deal to compete in the cloud gaming space and suspect we will soon be seeing an X-Station or a Playbox console merger, but it is doubtful the console market will continue much longer. With more and more people getting high speed internet connections, cloud gaming will eventually usurp the rule of gaming consoles, eventually rendering them extinct. Although things are nowhere near established enough to negatively affect the next cycle of consoles (Playstation 5 and Xbox2???...how confusing!) it is looking like the game industry is moving to the cloud. Google's approach to sell a proprietary game controller is what we will likely be seeing from companies like Sony and Microsoft after the next console generation. But what does cloud gaming mean for the rest of us? If the music industry is any indication of the future of gaming, then there are some positives and negatives we should be prepared for...

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