Streaming games is something that many companies including Sony, Steam, and Nvidia have been working on. So far at least, success in this field has been limited. Two independent companies that raised a lot of attention in this field were Gaikai and OnLive, both of which promised to allow you to stream games running on their servers across the Internet, so you could play a high-end game on a netbook, for example. Today, neither Gaikai nor OnLive exist. Sony acquired Gaikai in 2012, and it is likely using the same technology for its PlayStation Now service. OnLive, which launched complete with special hardware, went bankrupt. Sony also acquired the "important parts" of OnLive in 2015, but announced no plan to continue the service in it's "current form," suggesting that OnLive's technology would likely be used to add to PlayStation Now.
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