Gaming rivals Sony Corporation and Microsoft team up for cloud-based gaming
5 years, 7 months ago

Gaming rivals Sony Corporation and Microsoft team up for cloud-based gaming

India TV News  

Sony and Microsoft have teamed up together to explore the development of future cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure to support their respective game and content-streaming services, considering the competition from companies like Google and Apple. Also, read: Robert Downey Jr. becomes the new marketing and brand campaign face for OnePlus Both Sony and Microsoft said in a joint statement late on Thursday, saying that the two companies will explore the use of current Microsoft Azure data centre-based solutions for Sony's game and content-streaming services. Both companies decided to partner at a time when Google announced its new Stadia game streaming service along with Apple's Arcade that will be words first game subscription service for mobile and desktop. Satya Nadella, the Microsoft CEO, said: "Sony has always been a leader in both entertainment and technology, and the collaboration we announced today builds on this history of innovation".

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Microsoft’s bid to buy Activision Blizzard clears a key hurdle. But the $69B deal is still at risk
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Microsoft’s bid to buy Activision Blizzard clears a key hurdle. But the $69B deal is still at risk

Associated Press  

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Microsoft's EU remedies target only cloud streaming rivals
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Microsoft's EU remedies target only cloud streaming rivals

The Hindu  

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Sega, Microsoft explore cloud gaming alliance
3 years, 2 months ago

Sega, Microsoft explore cloud gaming alliance

The Hindu  

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Future of Xbox is Play-Anywhere, But For Now, It's Tied to Hardware: Xbox Asia Head
4 years, 1 month ago

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News 18  

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4 years, 2 months ago

So You're Buying a New Console. Does Cloud Gaming Matter?

Wired  

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Nintendo not focusing on cloud-based gaming currently says Mario creator Miyamoto
5 years, 6 months ago

Nintendo not focusing on cloud-based gaming currently says Mario creator Miyamoto

Firstpost  

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Why rivals Microsoft and Oracle are teaming up to take on Amazon

CNN  

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Sony's PlayStation team was kept in the dark about Microsoft partnership: Report

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Sony uses AWS for the PlayStation Network, but increased coziness with Microsoft might change that. Sony and Microsoft, last week took the entire gaming industry by surprise when they announced that they were forming a partnership where PlayStation will make use of Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing services. When the partnership was announced, it reportedly set off a wave of panic …

Microsoft and Sony announce partnership for gaming, image sensors and cloud services
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Microsoft and Sony announce partnership for gaming, image sensors and cloud services

Firstpost  

Sony will use Microsoft’s cloud for streaming games and the two will work together to on new image sensors. Microsoft Corp and Sony Corp on Thursday said they struck a strategic partnership in which Sony would use Microsoft’s cloud for streaming games and media and the two would work together to develop new image sensors. But the owners of two …

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