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Sony and Microsoft team up for cloud gaming

The producers of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One team up to develop new solutions in the cloud. Are the two competitors preparing the move to be launched against Google Stadia?

The Handelot Times Issue 15, October 2019 3 min read

The producers of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One team up to develop new solutions in the cloud. Are the two competitors preparing the move to be launched against Google Stadia?

If you can’t defeat your enemy, join him. They must have thought that Microsoft and Sony, who have announced that they have established a partnership that could have obvious repercussions on the future of gaming.

As explained in the official press release published on the Microsoft website, the agreement between the parties provides for the development of cloud solutions related to gaming and content streaming. Everything will happen on Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing platform of the Redmond company.

It seems too simple to suppose that the move of the two giants of videogame entertainment has a main objective: to create a credible competitor for Stadia, the Google solution entirely focused on streaming gaming.

The rest of this article is in the magazine Continue in issue 15

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