Wed, Apr 01, 2009 | 15:57 BST
Sony doubts potential of OnLive, claims high cost to consumer
Sony seems unconvinced that OnLive will be a successful venture.
SCEA’s Patrick Seybold has admitted to Edge that he’s concerned over “the final cost to the consumer”.
Powerful servers are needed to support the gaming service and Seyold feels that the consumer will eventually have to eat that cost with high subscription fees.
The corporate communications bossman is also concerned over the logistics of the system, due to the required broadband connection speed of 2Mb per second for normal use and 5Mb per second for hi-def.
“What will be sacrificed when you [put OnLive] into a real world environment where multiple devices are plugged into one broadband connection?” he asked.
Continuing, Seabold went on to describe Sony’s legacy in the sector, saying that PS3 has been doing the exact same thing for years with the added bonus of disc-based content.
“PlayStation’s been bringing HD gaming and entertainment into consumers’ homes for many years now,” he said.
“With both digitally distributed and disc-based content, we have a competitive offering for consumers, whether they are tethered to the Internet or not. Only on PlayStation 3 can you get HD gaming, watch BD and downloaded movies, have ample hard drive space for music, movies and photos, built-in Wi-Fi, and free access to PlayStation Network – right out of the box.”
OnLive is set to launch this Winter.
18 comments
#1
G1GAHURTZ
01/04/09, 4:16 pm
POW!!
Sony batters OnLive with a right hook!
#2
JonFE
01/04/09, 4:17 pm
Could it be that he is debunking it now, only to announce it as a PS service at a later date?
#3
Grimrita
01/04/09, 4:35 pm
Well, if anyone knows about high prices – its Sony. The PS3 speaks for itself.
#4
SERAPHEMZ
01/04/09, 5:04 pm
“Microsoft expects you to pay close to $200 to upgrade your Xbox 360′s hard drive from 20GB to 120GB. That’s about $150 more than a 120GB SATA drive actually costs.”
I guess Microsoft has no clue about high prices.
#5
Psychotext
01/04/09, 5:05 pm
Oh great… another comments thread about to descend into madness.
#6
SERAPHEMZ
01/04/09, 5:08 pm
lol.. i couldnt help it… sorry Psycho.
#7
G1GAHURTZ
01/04/09, 5:08 pm
PUD has lost his crown.
SERAPHEMZ is teh WINAR!!!
#8
mbreber
01/04/09, 9:44 pm
Sony will have his privat PS Cloud so let´s deal with competition now.
#9
Michael O'Connor
01/04/09, 10:21 pm
Oh look. SERAPH turns another PS3 post into another 360 bashing thread. Funny how you never actually discuss the topic at hand, isn’t it?
#10
wz
01/04/09, 10:34 pm
He’s afraid they won’t even be able to shout “3rd winner” in a few years.
But then, it’s all fake.
#11
davidkenobi
01/04/09, 10:36 pm
Sony’d better look at their own business before comment others.
#12
SERAPHEMZ
01/04/09, 10:38 pm
“Well, if anyone knows about high prices – its Sony. The PS3 speaks for itself.”
Who started the bashing first Michael.
Oh look, Michael ignores someone elses post just to bash something i wrote…
Funny it is Michael.
#13
Michael O'Connor
01/04/09, 10:46 pm
“Oh look, Michael ignores someone elses post just to bash something i wrote…”
Yes, I ignored them to point out how much you seem to love dragging every topic off track into a 360 bashing contest, with constantly biased assumptions.
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are all guilty of selling over-priced products. Sony with its ridiculously expensive hardware, Microsoft with its external peripherals, and Nintendo it’s 15 bazillion variants on control methods.
#14
SERAPHEMZ
01/04/09, 10:48 pm
Im going to take a break today Michael.. you win today.
#15
Gamoc
02/04/09, 3:48 am
The PS3 is not overpriced though, it’s just more expensive than the others. There’s a difference; ‘overpriced’ implies that what you’re getting doesn’t justify the price.
Anyway, I think Sony are correct, with all the bandwidth OnLive will use, I don’t see how they expect to pull it off. I have serious doubts about OnLive.
#16
lelik
02/04/09, 3:52 am
WHERE ARE SHATNER?!!
#17
Shatner
02/04/09, 7:49 am
Yo bitches, wassup?
TO THE MDF-MOBILE!
#18
lelik
02/04/09, 8:09 am
THERE HE IS!! EPIC ENTRANCE SHATNER.
but what does mdf mobile mean i wonder….
dus it stand for MICHAELOCONNOR DIGS FATTIES ON THE GO!?