The PS4 and Xbox One use very similar hardware. In fact, other than DRM, neither is that different from a gaming PC.
It seems you'd have no trouble running PS4, PS5, Xbox One or Xbox Two games on the same hardware box that would be racked in an Azure data center.
For that matter, Microsoft has Azure data centers all over the place and very good networking for those data centers. A few years back I noticed that the nearest Azure data center had 35 ms latency to me compared to AMZN's us-east-1 which had 50 ms. (Maybe that is why AMZN built us-east-2 across the street!)
I don't see any reason why Sony should build a whole bunch of data centers and struggle with second-best networking when MSFT has already made the investment and is continuing to make the investment in a great data center product.
The PS4 and Xbox One use very similar hardware. In fact, other than DRM, neither is that different from a gaming PC.
It seems you'd have no trouble running PS4, PS5, Xbox One or Xbox Two games on the same hardware box that would be racked in an Azure data center.
For that matter, Microsoft has Azure data centers all over the place and very good networking for those data centers. A few years back I noticed that the nearest Azure data center had 35 ms latency to me compared to AMZN's us-east-1 which had 50 ms. (Maybe that is why AMZN built us-east-2 across the street!)
I don't see any reason why Sony should build a whole bunch of data centers and struggle with second-best networking when MSFT has already made the investment and is continuing to make the investment in a great data center product.