Actually PS3 emulation has gotten pretty good on PC. With 8 Zen cores and 16 threads it's actually quite possible PS3 emulation could happen. I don't know if it will happen, but it is actually quit possible.
I take it you have never signed or served a service contract? Every contract i have ever signed or served (and there have been many) has an expiration. Not to mention legal challenges from clauses.
As for Sony's intelligence, I haven't read the contract but yes, I'd like to assume they know what they are doing.. All I can say is that it's hard for me to see Microsoft having Sony's best interest in mind about anythin...
Judge me as you will... but I hate this. Why not Amazon... or I would have preferred Google and Sony vs Microsoft.
It's hard for me to see Microsoft not using this to sabotage Sony somehow down the line. Sony has got to be crazy to let themselves get invested on Azure when Microsoft always has the right to pull the plug or raise rates prohibitively.
I hope this is just a stop gap for Sony while they work on their own infrastructure.
"Personally, I think he's done a lot of good but is dragged down by his position. His job is to sell the love of games, but he has to make business decisions that aren't seen as pro-gaming-community but pro-Microsoft-doesn't-clos e-down-Xbox sometimes."
That's fine, but for example when I think of Phil I am reminded of all the false promises all the times he has built thins up that...