While Steam seeks to allow cross platform compatibility via PC and Mac games, and in some instances PS3 consoles, Gaikai was attempting to attract a wider audience.
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This gives developers unprecedented support for porting PC and Xbox games to a mobile platform, and vice versa.
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In April, the company formed an alliance with Yahoo Japan to launch a PC-based social game platform called Yahoo Mobage.
More big moves: in April, the company formed an alliance with Yahoo Japan to launch a PC-based social game platform called Yahoo Mobage.
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So, I would assume at a certain point in the future that the living room is going to be the more important platform than the PC.
One issue to which the company is particularly sensitive is the criticism that Xbox games are really just PC games that have been ported to the new platform.
Its long-rumored Steam Box is genuinely in production right now, and fans of the company are hoping that it can strike a blow for PC gamers everywhere by bringing the platform to living room televisions.
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But that will change with the Internet's next phase, when the main platform will switch from the PC to the Internet itself, and in which hosted services will emerge and the economy will move online, he said.
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If anything, I feel like gamers are migrating to experiences on the PC every day and will continue to migrate in greater numbers as more titles are introduced to the platform.
He thinks they can create a big enough platform given the PC and printer markets to attract developers.
Mr Pearson added that a "happy side benefit" of the service would be to help curb piracy - a huge and growing issue in gaming, particularly on the PC platform.
Google does not aspire to be just another platform like other platform players are, like: Microsoft on its PC software platform, Apple on its device platforms, Amazon on its retail platform, or Facebook on its social platform.
Agawi, formerly iSwifter, recently launched the 2.0 version of its cloud gaming platform and provides its partners with content streaming solutions for all devices, from mobile to PC to TV.
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According to Venture Beat, EA has employed 1500 engineers over eighteen month to create a single ID system, Single Identity, which will unify all their games across every platform: PC, Xbox, PS3, even iOS and Facebook.
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