New Gaikai site teases Uncharted, Killzone, Metal Gear Solid

 @Sigil-otaku  @Albaficas  @Ladiesman17 Not sure what you mean by cloud gaming is round about and inefficient. Graphics are rendered server-side, and the client is stored offsite. As a a result, less steps are required by us to access high quality content. The only thing needed is an internet connection. Pretty awesome stuff and definitely not inefficient. 

I don't think anyone here fully understands how Gakai's technology will  be incorporated into the PS4. If at first, an older game library is available through Gaikai - then cool. You understand - there is 0 download time with this service, right? It's pickup and play. Forget storing stuff locally on your hard drive - who cares? The only issue is your connection. If you don't have a broadband connection - then I'm sure there will be other means to enjoy games.

Finally, I don't see how you think it will cost more to stream games in the long run. Of course we can anticipate a monthly fee for the service. But look at a company's savings using this technology - manufacturing overhead, distribution, labor - all of this will be cut significantly. This results in less cost for us - a huge competitive advantage for those wielding the technology. 

Again, none of know what the PS4's final specs are, but I sure hope the system is designed to take full advantage of server-side gaming.

 @yalta_basic  @Albaficas  @Ladiesman17 Hardware upgrades on a console? At best you'll swap out your hard drive but for console gaming streaming is a poor service because at most you'd need to upgrade your hard drive to get more space but compare that to the inconveniences of using a bad system and it's just a choice which you'd rather do but for most I'd have thought the hard drive upgrade would be a smarter choice. This is especially true since if you're running out of space it means you can't buy any more downloaded games, you might have issues with large updates or other things so it becomes a necessity anyway where cloud gaming still remains the inefficient and roundabout way of doing what you are doing anyway (gaming).

I seriously doubt Sony will be in the habit of creating PS4.5 halfway through the generation just so people can have moderately better graphics. It's possible but then they'd have to make hundreds of new machines just to support the old machines using tons of bandwidth (more strain and cost on there own servers). It's an interesting idea but something tells me it will not happen, when have console designers ever decided they should give us a free console upgrade? We'll end up paying more to stream the new games or we'll just end up not getting any upgrade. Consoles aren't designed to be just upgraded, they are designed to be strong on release and last years with customised hardware that suits the job, by doing this they either give us that and we don't need the streaming or we have a forced weak system just so we can stream higher end games from stronger systems but Sony wouldn't benefit from having to make 2 systems  just to let us have a laggy experience. I'd jump to the next xbox and the Wii U if they wanted to force a system like that on me.

 @Sigil-otaku  @Albaficas  @Ladiesman17 Benefits are simple. Server-side gaming requires fewer hardware upgrades, which is money passed on to the consumer. Think about it... the shelf life of your next PS could be much longer, since graphics will improve as Sony updates their hardware. Tired of console tech falling behind PC? Me too. 

Albeit lag issues are a real concern... but a few years down the road.. who knows? This technology is very promising.