Gaikai should be added to current generation of Sony consoles and PlayStation 4

July 13th, 2012, 01:27 Posted By: wraggster

Cloud gaming tech Gaikai should be added to the current generation of Sony consoles and PlayStation 4, David Perry has told Eurogamer.Perry, who has just sold Gaikai to Sony for $380 million, now works for the console maker, and he intends to have as much influence on the PS4 as possible."It's a given it should go across the current and next-generation hardware," Perry said in an interview at the Develop conference in Brighton."But it's a case of, we have to let them decide what they want to do. I don't want to put words in their mouth."We've been experimenting with every single platform. Set top boxes, TVs, mobile devices, tablets, everything. Will it work on consoles? The answer is: absolutely. We've done tests. It definitely works."Sony is rumoured to be preparing to launch PS4 in late 2013, with an announcement pegged for some time next year. Now Perry is on board, he is uniquely placed to play a crucial role in the development of the hardware."I'm going to get to see a console launch from the inside," he said. "I'm excited about that. I've never done that before."The PlayStation 4 is "very important", Perry said. "There's so much happening right now in the industry. The consoles, if done right, become the anchor. But they need to embrace all the changes in technologies that have been happening, and business models.

They have to evolve. You can't just make the same console as last time. You have to build something that's revolutionary. That's what I will be pushing towards.

There are 0 comments - Join In and Discuss Here