Sony Says Goodbye to OnLive on Google TV
After Sony recently announced their purchase of the Gaikai cloud gaming service for $380m, they've now announced that they will be dropping OnLive from their latest Google TV powered Blu-Ray player. This makes sense, as OnLive is a competing cloud gaming service and it wouldn't make sense to support the competition. OnLive has been making strides in partnerships with companies like LG and other Google TV manufacturers, and they likely anticipated this move by Sony and are focusing their efforts elsewhere.
After Sony recently announced their purchase of the Gaikai cloud gaming service for $380m, they’ve now announced that they will be dropping OnLive from their latest Google TV powered Blu-Ray player. This makes sense, as OnLive is a competing cloud gaming service and it wouldn’t make sense to support the competition. OnLive has been making strides in partnerships with companies like LG and other Google TV manufacturers, and they likely anticipated this move by Sony and are focusing their efforts elsewhere.
The new Blu-Ray player, scheduled for release in just 4 days, quickly had some o fits online documentation updated to remove any listing of OnLive connectivity, as reported by TG Daily.
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