Games as a Service (Off-Topic)

by Jironimo , Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 10:24 (3503 days ago) @ rliebherr

The entire technology industry is moving this way. Software As A Service for example, where you used to buy Office for $250 now MS can sell you Office365 for $20 monthly. Adobe Creative Suites are another example, all SaaS and in the cloud with a payment subscription model.

Same thing for infrastructure as well, instead of buying physical servers/storage/networking people buy cloud infrastructure or platforms that they pay monthly. It's conceivable that in the future if the average internet connectivity and latency are good enough that hardware consoles will be a thing of the past. Instead you'll buy access to a game and the quality of the games themselves will just improve over time.

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Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 09:28
- Games as a Service - Jironimo, 2014-09-24, 10:24
  - Games as a Service - Cody Miller, 2014-09-24, 10:32
    - Games as a Service - Jironimo, 2014-09-24, 10:56
      - Games as a Service - Cody Miller, 2014-09-24, 11:01
        
        Games as a Service - Monochron, 2014-09-24, 11:12
        
        Agree. - Malagate, 2014-09-24, 12:11
        
        Games as a Service - kidtsunami, 2014-09-25, 02:42
    - Games as a Service is awesome, & hearken back to shareware - Earendil, 2014-09-24, 11:01
      - Games as a Service is awesome, & hearken back to shareware - Cody Miller, 2014-09-24, 11:08
        
        Games as a Service is awesome, & hearken back to shareware - Earendil, 2014-09-24, 11:22
        
        Games as a Service is awesome, & hearken back to shareware - RC, 2014-09-24, 12:39
        
        Games as a Service is awesome, & hearken back to shareware - Earendil, 2014-09-24, 15:37
      - Games as a Service is awesome, & hearken back to shareware - Korny, 2014-09-24, 12:07
        
        Games as a Service is awesome, & hearken back to shareware - Earendil, 2014-09-24, 12:12
  - Games as a Service - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-09-24, 10:33
    - Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 11:17
  - Games as a Service - RC, 2014-09-24, 12:24
    - Games as a Service - kidtsunami, 2014-09-25, 02:46
- Games as a Service - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-24, 11:50
  - Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 12:01
    - Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 12:12
      - Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 12:19
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 12:24
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 12:28
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 12:35
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 12:38
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 12:40
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 19:50
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 20:00
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 20:02
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 20:13
        
        Games as a Service - RC, 2014-09-24, 12:50
        
        You get my point. - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 12:53
      - Games as a Service - Earendil, 2014-09-24, 12:22
    - Games as a Service - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-24, 13:33
      - Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 13:41
        
        Games as a Service - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-09-24, 13:46
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 13:53
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 15:40
        
        Games as a Service - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-09-24, 15:53
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 19:33
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 19:39
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 20:39
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 20:55
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 21:00
        
        Games as a Service - uberfoop, 2014-09-24, 13:51
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 14:03
        
        Games as a Service - uberfoop, 2014-09-24, 14:17
        
        Games as a Service - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-24, 14:51
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 19:29
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 20:37
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 20:52
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 21:02
        
        Sales isn't about manipulation - Earendil, 2014-09-24, 16:02
        
        Thank you! - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 19:30
        
        But it CAN be - kidtsunami, 2014-09-25, 05:03
        
        Games as a Service - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-24, 13:59
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 14:06
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 14:11
        
        Games as a Service - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-24, 14:48
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 19:25
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 20:35
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 20:47
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 20:51
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-24, 20:53
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 21:01
        
        Games as a Service - rliebherr, 2014-09-25, 08:47
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-25, 10:15
  - Games as a Service - Earendil, 2014-09-24, 12:09
    - Games as a Service - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-24, 13:35
      - Games as a Service - Yapok, 2014-09-24, 13:44
      - Games as a Service - Earendil, 2014-09-24, 15:42
        
        Games as a Service - car15, 2014-09-24, 15:46
        
        :-D - Earendil, 2014-09-24, 15:55
- Games as a Service - Jabberwok, 2014-09-24, 14:40
- If games stop being actual physical product, then I'm out. - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2014-09-24, 18:07
  - THIS. - car15, 2014-09-24, 18:25
  - Completely agree. Nicely written too (Y) - someotherguy, 2014-09-24, 19:28
  - I'm not so pre-occupied with the ownership rights of my game - kidtsunami, 2014-09-25, 01:23
    - I'm not so pre-occupied with the ownership rights of my game - Korny, 2014-09-25, 04:52
      - I'm not so pre-occupied with the ownership rights of my game - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2014-09-25, 10:51
        
        Your posts about this make me think of... - kidtsunami, 2014-09-26, 04:39
  - My Halo 1 disc crumbles into dangerous shards of nasty. - Numinar, 2014-09-25, 04:11
    - My copy is still in perfect shape. - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2014-09-25, 09:40
  - You're being over-dramatic - RC, 2014-09-25, 06:51
    - You're being over-dramatic - someotherguy, 2014-09-25, 06:59
    - Memories fade. - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2014-09-25, 09:59
      - GOU Illusion of Permanence - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-09-25, 10:12

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