Jim Ryan says cloud gaming won't be a big part of Sony's business until at least 2025

Speaking as part of the legal battle between Microsoft and the FTC, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan said that cloud gaming will become a major part of the business no earlier than 2025.

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Back in April, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority announced that it was blocking Microsoft's deal with Activision Blizzard because it "could change the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market, leading to less innovation and less choice for UK gamers over the next year". Since then, Microsoft has signed several deals with cloud services, including Boosteroid and Nvidia GeForce Now, to distribute its games to their platforms.

When asked about when the cloud will become a commercial success or a significant part of the business, Ryan said:

"It obviously depends of how you define significant, but I will say that cloud technology will become a meaningful component of how gamers access games between 2025 and 2035. We’re making significant investments in cloud in anticipation of it becoming a very meaningful way in the way that gamers access game content."

Earlier this month, Sony starts testing PlayStation 5 cloud gaming feature.

Source: VGC

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