Hands-On: PS Vita TV Preview

Hands On: PS Vita TV PreviewSince we’re at the Tokyo Game Show 2013 conference (TGS), it was time to take a closer look at the Japan-only (for now) PlayStation Vita TV, a set-top box version of Sony’s handheld game console. At TGS 2013, Sony was promoting its redesigned PS Vita and the PS Vita TV quite strongly and a quick look at Sony’s TGS booth would show that right away. It may have something to do with that Sony cloud vision that is coming in 2014, but from what I can tell in the Tokyo subway, PSP handheld devices are more popular here than anywhere else in the world, so faith is high here at Sony Japan. (more…)

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    Cloud Gaming: Sony To Leverage Its Hardware Diversity

    Cloud Gaming: Sony To Leverage Its Hardware DiversityAt Tokyo Game Show, Sony has announced that it will introduce PS3 games via cloud streaming sometime in 2014. If you remember, Sony had purchased game streaming startup Gaikai (for $380M) which was founded by industry legend David Perry. Back then, I wrote about how Gaikai may change Sony Computer Entertainment forever, and it looks like the transformation will start next year, as Sony starts to roll out PlayStation games into the cloud. When it does that, other devices large (PS4) and small (PS VITA TV, XPERIA phones/tablets?) may access PlayStation 3 games over the cloud. This could be the first step towards a cloud-based gaming future. (more…)

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