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How Gaming Can Learn From Netflix’s House of Cards
Netflix took the big leap into premium television this weekend by releasing their first ever original series, “House of Cards,” by putting the entire first...

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by Dave Walsh 11 years ago11 years ago

Netflix took the big leap into premium television this weekend by releasing their first ever original series, “House of Cards,” by putting the entire first season on all at once. Netflix believes that viewers tend to digest shows in large lumps and that their new series should be digested all 13 episodes in a row,...

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Game-streaming on cable TV: The biggest threat to games consoles?
It’s been clear for a good couple of years now that gaming – and computing as a whole – is moving towards the realm of...

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by Robert Zak 12 years ago12 years ago

It’s been clear for a good couple of years now that gaming – and computing as a whole – is moving towards the realm of clouds, digital downloads and online streaming. To an extent, these breakthroughs have been considered as something that could coexist peacefully with games consoles. Sony, for instance, recently purchased the game-streaming...

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Is Gaikai Sony’s Next Gen Console?
Most of the fuss about Sony’s recent acquisition of cloud-based streaming service Gaikai is how Sony will integrate the service into its games and systems....

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by Sara Swanson 12 years ago10 years ago

Most of the fuss about Sony’s recent acquisition of cloud-based streaming service Gaikai is how Sony will integrate the service into its games and systems. However, I find it unlikely that Sony acquired Gaikai simply to use it. It’s much more likely that it was bought for its patents—either allowing Sony to develop a future...

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