Gaikai on PS4: EU launch uncertain due to broadband issues

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Sony's Gaikai cloud streaming service is targeting an 'early-ish' 2014 launch in North America, but has no projected launch window for EU due to 'issues of broadband' in the region.

SCEE president and CEO Jim Ryan has told Edge that the service - which eventually will bring PS1, 2 and 3 games to PS4 - hasn't been dated for Europe because there are "bumps along the road that need to be ironed out".

"The plan is to begin with North America next year and the plan is to provide a streaming service that will allow for PS3 content initially to be streamed to firstly PS4 then PS Vita and then PS3," said Ryan in an interview with Edge.

"And so that will happen in 2014 in North America initially. Now, and I touched upon these issues of broadband in Europe during the presentation - Europe is of course on the roadmap for that service to be deployed at some point in the future, but for reasons outside of our control we don't yet have a timeline for it," he went on to confirm.

This, he added, is why Sony left Gaikai talks out of its Gamescom presentation in Germany. "At a show which is now pretty global in its reach but primarily aimed at a European audience, we didn't really want to start talking about the virtues of this great cloud-based service without knowing exactly when it'll come to Europe.

"We've got a roadmap, there's just a few bumps along the road that need to be ironed out," he said.

As Sony as previously explained, PS4 is unable provide native backwards compatibility with PS3 games due to the vast architectural differences between the two platforms.

When eventually launched, the Gaikai streaming service will serve as a solution to this problem, providing access to older PlayStation libraries via a cloud streaming service similar to OnLive.

Gaikai tech will, however, also be powering other PS4 hardware features that will be available at launch, including its ability to live-stream gameplay footage to other PS4 users, and instantly stream playable demos to the console.

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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/427467/gaikai-on-ps4-eu-launch-uncertain-due-to-broadband-issues/

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-SkillzPosted:

That really suck... they better have it fixed

DV8Posted:

Lightyear
Wokze
Cokes
Lightyear
Katsumi
McNuggets_Jr So no PS1/2/3 games then? If the US gets it in 2014 then that means it will take even longer for Europe...


That's pretty much what the article states, hopefully they get it late 2014 - early 2015 though


Same, I hope to get some of the classics as fast as possible.


We all do. Just can't beat the classics.


Yup, games like Simpsons hit and run, looney tunes, and crack bandicoot, all amazing games :)


Crack Bandicoot? I think you mean Crash, haha.

I enjoy playing all of the classics and I HOPE they will bring some of the best back to ps4!


I remember Crash Bandicoot from when I was growing up it was like the best game ever..

ImpossibilityPosted:

what exactly were the issues

MentalistPosted:

Wokze
Cokes
Lightyear
Katsumi
McNuggets_Jr So no PS1/2/3 games then? If the US gets it in 2014 then that means it will take even longer for Europe...


That's pretty much what the article states, hopefully they get it late 2014 - early 2015 though


Same, I hope to get some of the classics as fast as possible.


We all do. Just can't beat the classics.


Yup, games like Simpsons hit and run, looney tunes, and crack bandicoot, all amazing games :)


Crack Bandicoot? I think you mean Crash, haha.

I enjoy playing all of the classics and I HOPE they will bring some of the best back to ps4!

WokzePosted:

Cokes
Lightyear
Katsumi
McNuggets_Jr So no PS1/2/3 games then? If the US gets it in 2014 then that means it will take even longer for Europe...


That's pretty much what the article states, hopefully they get it late 2014 - early 2015 though


Same, I hope to get some of the classics as fast as possible.


We all do. Just can't beat the classics.


Yup, games like Simpsons hit and run, looney tunes, and crack bandicoot, all amazing games :)

WokzePosted:

Well that sucks haha, more delays.

CokesPosted:

Lightyear
Katsumi
McNuggets_Jr So no PS1/2/3 games then? If the US gets it in 2014 then that means it will take even longer for Europe...


That's pretty much what the article states, hopefully they get it late 2014 - early 2015 though


Same, I hope to get some of the classics as fast as possible.


We all do. Just can't beat the classics.

CokesPosted:

Well that really sucks. So many delays.

MentalistPosted:

Alberici so wtf is " gaikai " ? a game ? or what?


I have no idea, I just heard it for the first time and its confusing.

MentalistPosted:

Katsumi
McNuggets_Jr So no PS1/2/3 games then? If the US gets it in 2014 then that means it will take even longer for Europe...


That's pretty much what the article states, hopefully they get it late 2014 - early 2015 though


Same, I hope to get some of the classics as fast as possible.