Everyone who reads the article:
"Yea he ain't wrong"
Everyone that reads the title and thinks they know exactly what he is talking about:
"That's only if you forget about PSNOW"
" Yeah right that's just so he can tell his boss they best Stadia"
He is not talking about cloud services in general, he is talking about cloud in the context of video games and reaching more consumers, this is what the whole original article (Protocol) is about, otherwise why Sony and Nintendo are mentioned in the first place? they are not software/tech companies like Microsoft and Google. the article isn't only about infrastructure but
gaming in general.
Phil Harrison:
"From a broader industry perspective, we are now seeing the shift from games being device-centric, which has been the model for the last 40 years, to a model where the data center becomes the platform," Harrison said. "This shift to the cloud will be the defining change in how games are created and played."
Now is this the truth? where is this shift? it is not really happening right now but the steps to make it happen are whats done. now the infrastructure is there but does it mean it will become the definitive way to play video games in the future? not necessarily, Sony and Nintendo both can force their hardware-centric approach on the market for many years to come, and Microsoft would still compete with them in that space.
Cloud gaming at this stage is still an uncharted territory. Phil Spencer is not only talking about infrastructure, he is also talking about reaching wider range of consumers that, in his opinion, traditional consoles like Sony and Nintendo can't do:
(He added: "I don't want to be in a fight over format wars with those guys while Amazon and Google are focusing on how to get gaming to 7 billion people around the world. Ultimately, that's the goal.").
Most people who own smartphones already play video games, video games are the apps that people spend money on the most around the world.
BTW, I don't understand why my last post had an infraction, if mods here don't want to allow any meaningful discussion without jumping the gun then tell me that and I will stop posting, we are not kids here, and not everyone should agree about everything the mods think is true or necessary.