Welcome listener(s)! Or should I say streamer(s)? Sony will certainly be hoping you enjoy a bit of the old content streamage after splashing out $380 million to buy David Perry's cloud company Gaikai yesterday.
Inevitably we spend much of this week's podcast discussing the deal and its implication for gamers and the games industry. I'm joined by Eurogamer's Bertie Purchese and the Velvet Owl himself, Will Porter, to ramble through the ramifications.
What's Sony said it plans to do? What's the reaction been like from press and industry? What does this mean for OnLive? What are the challenges Sony faces trying to build Gaikai into the future of PlayStation? What about its TV business, phones, laptops and tablets? How tall is David Perry in real life and does he cheat at poker?
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Inevitably we spend much of this week's podcast discussing the deal and its implication for gamers and the games industry. I'm joined by Eurogamer's Bertie Purchese and the Velvet Owl himself, Will Porter, to ramble through the ramifications.
What's Sony said it plans to do? What's the reaction been like from press and industry? What does this mean for OnLive? What are the challenges Sony faces trying to build Gaikai into the future of PlayStation? What about its TV business, phones, laptops and tablets? How tall is David Perry in real life and does he cheat at poker?
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