VGC: Jim Ryan says Sony is devising a cloud strategy that will be ‘unique and only on PlayStation’, after licensing Microsoft's Azure tech

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Sony acquired cloud gaming company Gaikai in 2012, before using its technology and intellectual property to launch PlayStation Now, which provides subscribers unlimited access to a library of some 700 PS4, PS3 and PS2 games.

But the company has grander cloud ambitions, and in 2019 it announced a "strategic partnership" with Microsoft which will see it using the Xbox firm's Azure data centres for cloud gaming and content streaming services.

Speaking to Nikkei (paywall, translated by VGC) about the deal with Microsoft, which this week started inviting Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to a cloud gaming beta for Windows 10 PCs and Apple devices, PlayStation boss Ryan said Sony was not yet ready to reveal its cloud strategy for PS5, but suggested it was devising a unique offering.

"We're still having conversations with [Microsoft] about exchanging ideas," he said. "We're still talking to them about exchanging ideas, and there's some very interesting stuff, so when the time is right, we'll announce our cloud strategy.
"We could conceivably use the cloud for our technical infrastructure, but the cloud gaming experience we're offering will be unique and only on PlayStation

[Legend]

I bet they'll use the cloud for AI. So when you're too busy to play your favorite MMO, the cloud can keep playing for you