Sony believes that cloud gaming is in many ways superior to the way most people play games today. In a recent patent application the company argue

Sony Thinks Cloud Gaming Can Eliminate Piracy (and Consoles)

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2021-06-26 13:00:06

Sony believes that cloud gaming is in many ways superior to the way most people play games today. In a recent patent application the company argues that, when people no longer store games on local devices, piracy will become irrelevant. At the same time, this means that 'expensive' consoles are no longer needed either.

Today, console and PC gaming are larger than ever before, and the gaming audience is only expected to grow further. However, with technology advancing, the way people play games will eventually evolve. The cloud, in particular, is expected to become increasingly important.

This isn’t news to Sony. The company bought the game streaming service OnLive in 2015 and launched the Playstation Now platform soon after. Even earlier, Sony’s first references to “remote gaming” had already appeared in patent applications.

In today’s gaming ecosystem, the Japanese gaming giant certainly isn’t the leader in “cloud gaming.” However, the company takes the technology very seriously, which also shows in a recent patent application.