tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691787955971358127.post6542686727234718982..comments2023-10-11T00:23:55.487-07:00Comments on The Unseen University: Why everyone is wrong about Sony and GaiKaiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602248161038082454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691787955971358127.post-52943443105531284472012-07-17T20:35:44.617-07:002012-07-17T20:35:44.617-07:00waiting ;)waiting ;)Chuchu6316https://www.blogger.com/profile/11423881233537658115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691787955971358127.post-49251305246727272372012-07-11T13:54:12.207-07:002012-07-11T13:54:12.207-07:00The problem is both an economic one and a technolo...The problem is both an economic one and a technology one. As you say, Onlive's fixed costs are huge. <br /><br />More so, they have inherited the problem they claim to have fixed-- that of systems upgrade. Their data center has to ride that constantly growing demand that games put on their execution devices which means they need to get their money out of that data center relatively quickly because they will need to refresh all their hardware every few years. They havnt really fixed that problem at all, just moved it. In the end the users still have to pay its cost.<br /><br />The technical issues are latency and bandwidth.<br /><br />Interestingly enough there is one, limited market where these might no be fatal issues. And you are very close in your response. I'll blog that analysis next....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602248161038082454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1691787955971358127.post-50266653557943371062012-07-11T12:25:37.430-07:002012-07-11T12:25:37.430-07:00Totally agree with the Gaikai analysis, but would ...Totally agree with the Gaikai analysis, but would disagree with the Cloud gaming one. <br />I do believe there is a huge opportunity for cloud gaming similar to a TV syndication channels, OTT or secondary release windows. Although approaching this opportunity, Onlive business model fails because of their extremely high customer acquisition costs and their NW fixed costs.Chuchu6316https://www.blogger.com/profile/11423881233537658115noreply@blogger.com