Square-Enix Square Enix to launch cloud gaming service

Yeahhhh, just a hunch, but this is gonna bomb. Badly. The strat going in is the same one that has caused a lot of other failures in such ventures: "The problem with games isn't the design, it's the tech." Plus dipping your feet in Steam's pool typically doesn't end well, as other company clients have proven. Exceptions being things with an ace up their sleeve, like GOG and its commitment to the DRM-free model.

Thankfully, unless I miss my guess it sounds like this is a sort of side project, at least judging by the people involved. Hopefully Wada's words here don't reflect SE's outlook at large despite his status.

 

The puns are so real. Cloud gaming. Shinra Technologies.

In all seriousness, cloud gaming isn't there yet, meaning this probably won't work out too well. However, it doesn't look like they're focusing too much upon it which I'm glad about. Until we get better technology to handle cloud gaming, I think video game companies shouldn't tread upon it too much.