november 2008 headquarters aliso viejo california usa founder s david perry rui pereira andrew gault key people david perry mark anderson rui pereira ueli gallizzi ryan breed colin dupre services cloud gaming game streaming technology gaming on demand remote play video game and software advertising and distribution service owner sony parent sony interactive entertainment website www.gaikai.com alexa rank 577 620 august 2016 update 1 gaikai lit . open sea i.e. an expansive outdoor space is a company which provides technology for the streaming of high end video games . 2 founded in 2008 it was acquired by sony interactive entertainment in 2012 . its technology has multiple applications including in home streaming over a local wired or wireless network as in remote play between the playstation 4 and playstation vita as well as cloud based gaming where video games are rendered on remote servers and delivered to end users via internet streaming such as the playstation now game streaming service . 3 as a startup before its acquisition by sony the company announced many partners using the technology from 2010 through 2012 including game publishers web portals retailers and consumer electronics manufacturers . 4 on july 2 2012 sony announced that a formal agreement had been reached to acquire the company for 380 million usd with plans of establishing their own new cloud based gaming service as well as integrating streaming technology built by gaikai into playstation products 5 resulting in playstation now 6 and remote play . 7 contents 1 history 1.1 services 2 acquisition by sony computer entertainment 2.1 products 2.1.1 remote play 2.1.2 share play 2.1.3 playstation now 3 announced partnerships 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit gaikai was initially pre sony acquisition funded by intel capital limelight networks rustic canyon partners benchmark capital triplepoint capital nea and qualcomm . 8 9 its streaming service was embedded on game related websites and microsites social media site such as facebook 10 and within specific products such as smart mobile devices or digital tvs 11 as determined by the publisher . 12 users did not need to navigate to an online registration portal or download any software to access the games . 13 gaikai recommended an internet connection of 5 mbit s or faster and a 3 mbit s connection met the minimum system requirements . 14 gaikai s proprietary technology ran inside web browsers in part by using previously installed plug ins such as java or adobe flash or alternately without using any plug ins as demonstrated at google i o 2012 where gaikai showed a version of the service using the google native client nacl . 15 a demo video early on in the service at gdc san francisco 2010 showed call of duty 4 modern warfare world of warcraft eve online spore mario kart 64 and adobe photoshop all running in adobe flash player . 16 in may 2010 gaikai demonstrated world of warcraft running on the ipad using its game streaming technology . 17 gaikai s technology officially came out of a public beta test and launched internationally on february 27 2011 with dead space 2 the sims 3 spore and mass effect 2 . 18 services edit gaikai operated two business models for its cloud gaming services before the acquisition ad network and open platform . 19 in the ad network model at the end of the demo the customer was given the option to purchase the game or product from a local retailer online store or direct to drive download service . 20 the ad network included the gaikai affiliate network 21 which launched on june 2 2011 22 reaching over 10 million monthly active users by late 2011 . 10 websites which joined the network were able to stream high end pc games as embedded advertising and in exchange received a share of the marketing revenue generated from games streamed to consumers who played the demos free of charge . 23 gaikai enabled games had been integrated into youtube 24 ea s origin 25 and ubisoft s ubishop in late 2011 . in april 2012 gaikai launched its service embedded inside facebook 26 allowing games to be streamed directly in the facebook canvas . 27 meanwhile the open platform model allowed streaming full games to pcs digital tvs tablets and smart mobile devices . 28 the first mobile partnership came in may 2012 streaming games to the wikipad tablet . 29 in june 2012 samsung announced a cloud gaming service powered by gaikai to stream aaa games to its high end led smart tvs . 30 acquisition by sony computer entertainment edit on july 2 2012 shortly after rumors on the internet started to appear sony computer entertainment announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire the cloud based service for 380 million usd . 31 gaikai launched their revamped website in october 2012 teasing top playstation branded titles including god of war infamous and littlebigplanet among other titles . 32 products edit remote play edit on february 20 2013 gaikai was announced to be developing the next generation of remote play streaming games from the playstation 4 to the playstation vita . 33 remote play between the ps vita and ps4 launched with the ps4 in november 2013 . 34 share play edit in late 2014 share play was launched allowing users to play with a friend as if you were in the same room . this system enables users to play as they were watching the same screen remotely and even virtually handing the controller to their friends . playstation now edit at the january 2014 consumer electronics show sony announced the playstation now ps now game streaming service powered by technology from gaikai . 3 the service was initially discussed in february 2013 when it was revealed that playstation playstation 2 and playstation 3 titles would be made available for sony s upcoming playstation 4 console via a new cloud gaming service . 35 36 at e3 2013 sony had announced that the new game streaming service would launch in 2014 . 37 at ces it was revealed that in addition to playstation platforms ps4 and ps3 systems followed by ps vita playstation now would come to most 2014 us models of sony s bravia tv . 38 the service entered beta in january 2014 and will launch later with ps1 ps2 and ps3 games releasing in the summer of 2014 . 38 announced partnerships edit june 17 2010 electronic arts 39 july 20 2010 intel 40 july 20 2010 limelight networks 40 march 8 2011 video games blogger 41 april 5 2011 bigfoot networks 42 june 2 2011 the escapist 43 june 8 2011 gamer4eva june 8 2011 eurogamer 44 june 21 2011 walmart 45 july 5 2011 capcom 46 august 22 2011 cd projekt 47 october 11 2011 level 3 communications 48 october 20 2011 youtube 49 january 4 2012 best buy 49 january 4 2012 ubisoft 49 january 10 2012 lg electronics 50 january 12 2012 green man gaming 51 march 2 2012 game 52 march 8 2012 warner bros. 53 april 30 2012 gamesload 54 may 2 2012 wikipad 55 may 15 2012 nvidia 56 may 15 2012 meteor entertainment 57 may 22 2012 autodesk 58 june 4 2012 en masse 59 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