Sony trademarks 'PS Cloud'

  • Posted March 30th, 2009 at 22:40 EDT by Eric Blattberg
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Sony Computer Entertainment has registered a trademark for an item called PS Cloud, which, given the name and description, appears to be related to cloud computing.

Some of item's "goods and services" read: CLOUD COMPUTING DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE; COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE FOR CONNECTING INTERNET RADIO; COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE FOR CONNECTING INTERNET RADIO FOR HAND-HELD GAMES WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS ... AUTOMATIC TRANSFER OF DIGITAL DATA BY TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

After slicing through the technical language, it appears that 'PS Cloud' will allow gamers to stream games through the Internet, much like the recently revealed OnLive. 'PS' undoubtedly refers to PlayStation, but we're not precisely sure which PlayStation. If PS Cloud is created (many patents never materialize as actual items), would it work alognside the PS3, the PSP, or be its own standalone machine? That, unfortunately, is a question we won't know the answer to very soon.

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  1. Chille | Chille

    • 10:43pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 1

    to me just sounds like a way to stream internet radio to your psp

  2. hatrix | hatrix

    • 10:43pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 2

    Sounds like something that might be for the PS4. But, it could always be for the PS3.

  3. ScandalO0

    • 10:48pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 3

    this is the shot hear around the world!

  4. ilovemylambo

    • 10:56pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 4

     wow that will be impressive and thats gunna be why they didnt tell anyone till tomorrow cause a similar thing was shown off at GDC

  5. addimidaddy | addimidaddy

    • 10:57pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 5

    Shouldnt sony be concerned about other more important things?

     

  6. TheWalkingDude | TheWalkingDude19

    • 10:58pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 6

    cloud computing isn't that what folding@home uses to link ps3's together to move massive amounts of data.

  7. PROTOTYPE

    • 11:03pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 7

    i'm pretty sure it's just sony's response to onlive, just covering their bases incase onlive takes off so they won't be left standing in the dust.

  8. TheWalkingDude | TheWalkingDude19

    • 11:07pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 8

    @7 I bet you're right

  9. Sylar | Spikey456

    • 11:09pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 9

    if this means i can chill out to five live on my ps3 then yaaay

  10. fontanaboy09

    • 11:21pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 10

    is this sonys big announcement??

     

  11. Alpha2

    • 11:34pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 11

    This probably has something to do with that device they were supposedly hiring people to test that everyone and their grandmother wanted to say was a PSP2. It's probably something like Play TV that allows you to play PS games through the PSP while on the go, probably a device that could hook to both systems to stream data more efficiently or possibly a device that isnt even a PSP that can play PS3 games through the internet.

    Just brainstorming, this is all probably connected to the "announcment" they're supposed to make soon.

  12. ohshutyourmouth | ohshutyourmouth

    • 11:42pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 12

    I think a price cut would have helped better than a cloud personally.

  13. fleinn | fleinn

    • 11:47pm BST - March 30th, 2009
    • 13

    Sounds to me like a way to avoid having an essential and existing part of the psp/ps3 experience copyrighted away to another.. unnamed company. Like what happened to the xmb cross- game chat, in many ways.

  14. 1solidsnake | solid1snake67

    • 12:03am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 14

    cool, i guess.

  15. MysticStrummer | MysticStrummer

    • 12:14am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 15

    All of this "cloud" talk reminds me of things Sony said about the PS3 before it was released. They talked about combining the power of multiple PS3s, like with Folding@Home but applied to games. This could be an entirely new product, but it could also be PS3 related.

  16. Cilist72 | Cilist72

    • 12:28am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 16

     So stream Ps3 games to PSP or PSP2 so I can play Killzone 2 on the road?

  17. Tonyproggeek

    • 12:50am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 17

  18. edward_moffet | edd

    • 1:00am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 18

     @ 1 exactly! sheesh everyone thinks its to compete with onlive, if anything its further psn expansion nothing more

  19. polebull

    • 4:00am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 19

    lookie here onlive finally gets a mention.

  20. El Penetrator

    • 4:34am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 20

    1. Cut funding on stupid projects no one cares about (Home, PS Cloud, etc...)

    2. Use extra funds to enable a price cut for the PS3

    3. ???

    4. Profit.

  21. TaMszz | TaMss

    • 4:57am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 21

     Sounds like Steam cloud. The name I mean.

  22. bilbo_bobbins | bilbo_bobbins

    • 5:56am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 22

     That Cloud looks like a clown laughing. lol

  23. radgamer420 | mistercrow

    • 6:08am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 23

    Broadband penetration isnt anywhere near being enough for this kind of service to succeed at least not in North America. Physical media will be with us for at least one more console generation.

  24. supamariobrotha | supamariobrotha

    • 6:39am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 24

    wait i saw this clown cloud picture on some website months ago and they said it had something to do with the next twisted metal game??????

  25. jigglespsu

    • 6:52am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 25

    People who talk about a price cut at every available opportunity are REALLY getting on my jubblies.

    Sony have a strategic pricing policy ... if you want a PS3 an you can't afford one yet then tough!!!

    If you want something bad enough you will work harder for it and as everybody who has one already has mentioned here before, it's worth the extra money.  So quit complaining.

    PS3 is a quality piece of kit, it has a price tag to match.  Sony already makes a loss on each unit sold.  They have been in the consumer electronics business longer than most PSU readers have been born. So enough with the amateur business advice.

  26. spyrde | pyryniklas

    • 8:03am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 26

    Well its good that they're taking some cautions if Onlive gets to its feet (I hope it wont).

  27. dsluckay | dsluckay

    • 11:14am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 27

    ok

  28. Tommykrem | Tommykrem

    • 11:20am BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 28

     Agree with Chille.

    Though, you can already stream internet radio too your PSP, maybe it's ingame(?)

  29. rexdeath | rexdeath

    • 2:08pm BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 29

    why was the photo from Twisted Metal?

  30. iceveiled

    • 2:37pm BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 30

     In before FF7-remake fanboy hysteria.

  31. D3seeker

    • 3:49pm BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 31

    OOOOOOOOOOOOH! Sounds like were gonna had some new tech soon (or at least software). Wonder what its for?

  32. DemonOfRazgriz07 | DemonOfRazgriz07

    • 10:10pm BST - March 31st, 2009
    • 32

    sounds interesting, have to keep an eye on this.

  33. ptmww3

    • 6:15am BST - April 1st, 2009
    • 33

    Every step sony takes lead to better things. For real. who knows they might be able to take the cloud off from the sky when the supervolcano (yellow stone) eurupt= end of the earth, pretty much.

  34. xrobbydieselx

    • 2:03pm BST - May 4th, 2009
    • 34

    Most of you don't get it... if this actually turns out like it's supposed to, there will be no , and i mean No more competetion for the Ps3, every, other F***ing console will be killed off for good, if they can manage to dtribute large amounts of data across their servers, and they can get the lincense's for games, you would be able to play anything anywhere... SONY always comes out on top.

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