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    Things Sony can do with Gaikai:
    *Convert Playstation Plus' free games to streaming based rather than download based.
    *Create a backwards compatibility service based on subscription rather than hardware compatibility. Have a bevvy of titles available for a monthly fee, rather than selling things a la carte.
    *Create the first "Free to Play" games with equal or greater fidelity than current console titles. Put games like Haze on
    *Unload social networking off the console hardware. Make all Playstation friends lists, matchmaking etc, part of an App that runs off the network itself rather than consuming precious memory resources.
    *Make Home completely streaming based, and thus be way more technologically robust, have less loading times, and easy to jump in and out of.
    Jul 07, 2012 9:30pm PDT
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    • no.3 I meant Dust 514, not Haze haha. And with things like Tribes out now, those games wouldn't be the f... : DevSword
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      I think people should worry about this. It is just further reinforcing the belief that you don't own what... : GrandHarrier
      • That may be where Sony is going right now and other consoles in the future. With Gaikai's streaming and P... : InfernoAblaze
      • I agree, and it's really sad that people are ok with that. : ChaosNovaXZ
      • If developers use the technology to adapt console challenged business models---like episodic gaming, or m... : DevSword
      • I agree. I've been able to make peace with digital content, but even then, as long as my machine is stil... : RowjinZee
    • I think Gaikai was bought to sell TVs. : Vinnymike
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      All these things sound good for Sony, but don't sound good for gamers... Streaming games means you are... : RowjinZee
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        Streaming things like social networking or home would eliminate their use of local memory resources---whi... : DevSword
        • That said, you could argue that streaming the social networking might interfere with the bandwidth requir... : DevSword
        • And on that last point, I mean I don't think Sony will push streaming as an alternative to retail games. ... : DevSword
    • To clarify what I meant by "App"---on a broader level, I mean Sony could develop Apps that run off the Ga... : DevSword