My Cart - Samsung have this week announced that they will be venturing into a partnership with American company Gaikai. The move, which is being hailed as yet another revolution in the development of Smart TVs will make it possible for people to stream game content designed for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 directly through their televisions.
In a statement, Chief Executive of Gaikai Dave Perry commented;
“Our vision is to provide the same access to video games that consumers enjoy with TV shows, movies and music. Our research made Samsung the obvious partner to turn this vision into a reality…Samsung is the largest TV manufacturer in the world and Gaikai is the industry-recognised fastest cloud-based streaming service for video games. Together, we will turn Samsung Smart TVs into a console-like experience capable of delivering the best-selling video games and other content instantly to consumers – no downloads, no extra hardware, no trips to the store”
This move has been welcomed by the gaming world – proponents of which can signup right away to participate in the beta test – and this new service will be available to all customers later on this year, with the service being rolled out on the Samsung 7000 series upwards. In addition to Perry’s statement, Kyung-shik Lee, Vice President of Visual Display Business at Samsung stated;
“One of Samsung’s key strengths lies in bringing brand new technology and entertainment products to our consumers, and adding Gaikai to our Smart TVs delivers both…Working together we are proud to bring the biggest blockbuster video games straight onto Samsung televisions, significantly adding to the value of the Smart TV platform, as well as giving digital consumers an entirely new way to try and buy video games from the convenience of their living room.”
Anyone who signs up to the new Cloud gaming service will be able to play a number of AAA titles if they already have a Smart TV and a relatively fast internet connection. This is just the latest in a long line of developments for LED TVs – we’re sure that TV fans can expect much, much more to come.
