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Cloud Gaming Company Predicts Sony Or Microsoft Will Not Have A Next-Gen Console
Yesterday Sony shot down persistent rumors that the PlayStation 4 will be debuting at E3 later this year. Now a representative of cloud gaming company Gaikai is saying that the truth about the next generation of gaming consoles could be even more shocking.
Industry Gamers reports that Gaikai chief product officer Nanea Reeves commented on the future of gaming consoles during CES: "Not all of the current console makers will have one more generation. That will be the big news at E3."
Reeves provided no further clarification on these statements as far as Industry Gamers notes.
While this statement might seem surprising, it's worth keeping in mind that as a company focused on cloud gaming -- allowing consumers to play graphically high-end games on low-power computers by streaming them across the Internet -- Gaikai has a very strong interest in making people believe that the very near future of gaming lies somewhere other than a more powerful set of consoles that are still largely disc-based. As such, I'm going to take this prediction with a suitable grain of salt.
Gaikai has been working on cloud gaming technology since 2008 and is most known for the involvement of Shiny founder David Perry. If either Microsoft or Sony truly bow out of the console race, it will be the first time a major manufacturer has disappeared from gaming hardware since Sega discontinued the Dreamcast in 2001.
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