Sony too has been trying to develop its own cloud platform with limited success and now it partners with Microsoft to use the Azure cloud platform. But according to a report by Bloomberg, the employees working on the PlayStation were outraged with Sony’s partnership with Microsoft as they were unaware of this development. But the higher-ups had promised that the upcoming consoles of the future won’t be affected with this partnership. The report further states that, according to industry veterans and analysts, Sony is feeling ‘threatened’ with this new trend in gaming. And with Google entering the gaming business, this threat has skyrocketed for Sony. This is said to be another reason why the Japanese company has decided to leave its network infrastructure build-up to Microsoft. And following the team up with Microsoft, Sony’s shared jumped 9.9% on Friday which is the highest in the past 18 months.
In 2020, Sony bought the US start-up Gaikai Inc. to enter cloud-based gaming and then it launched the PlayStation. But now, its services have become very limited. And in the race where each company and console is trying to outdo the other and bring a new system, Sony could have lost the war in the long run if it didn’t partner with Microsoft.
