Overview
The two main types of cloud gaming that exist currently are cloud games based on video streaming and cloud games based on file streaming. In both cases the cloud plays a crucial role in providing a seamless experience and direct playability for gamers across all devices from all over the globe. Cloud gaming solutions enable enterprises to develop advanced and unique games with better in-built user experience, much lower response time, as well as lower operational and maintenance costs.
Download WhitepaperWhy Alibaba Cloud?
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Content AccelerationProvides accelerated content distribution for content such as textures, UIs, audio, sounds and special effects. -
Easy ScalingAlibaba Cloud provides elastic resources to allow gamers from all over the world to simultaneously access your online games and ensures that you have sufficient capacity to handle traffic peaks. -
Shortened Time-to-marketCompanies in the cloud gaming industry need to quickly develop and deploy the latest game applications. Alibaba Cloud facilitates continuous integration and deployment, allowing you to quickly launch your latest game features and upgrades. -
Minimized Operating CostsAlibaba Cloud provides a pay-as-you-go mode with clear prices. You can freely switch between billing methods and enjoy low-cost and high-quality cloud services.
Our Comprehensive Gaming Solution
1. Cross-Region Deployment
Alibaba Cloud has 63 regional data centers located in 21 regions worldwide. This helps game companies deploy their games in all major game markets. Compared with other cloud operators, Alibaba Cloud has a large number of data centers in Asia, especially in Southeast Asia. For game companies, allowing users to access nearby data centers reduces latency and improves gameplay quality.
Difficulties: Users often cannot access services, the access speed among China and the rest of the world is low, and effective connection among Chinese networks is unavailable
How can Alibaba Cloud help?
Product Introduction
Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN)
CEN helps you create a global network for rapidly building a distributed business system with a hybrid cloud computing solution.
Learn More >Global Acceleration
Global Acceleration reduces the impact of network problems, such as latency, jitter, and packet loss, on global user services.
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2. Multi-Layer Gaming Security
Online game companies often face cybersecurity threats due to security vulnerabilities and are at risk from DDoS attacks. Such attacks may produce security vulnerabilities that lead to the disclosure of users' personal information including bank account information, addresses, and transaction histories. Afterward, victim companies have to pay heavy fines and work to rebuild their reputation, which can take a long time.
Difficulties: The cloud gaming industry has always been a popular target of DDoS attacks. DDoS attacks can result in business interruption, a sharp decrease in the number of players, and the loss in revenue.
How can Alibaba Cloud help?
Product Introduction
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
WAF is a cloud-based web application firewall service that ensures website security and availability.
Learn More >Anti-DDoS Premium
Anti-DDoS Premium can block DDoS attacks and protect your network and data with powerful and advanced security protection.
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3. Accelerated Content Delivery
Smooth delivery is key to the success of a game. Network and server latency can compromise the gaming experience. With more games to choose from, users expect more from the games they play. Game companies need to effectively deal with the sudden increases in demand to retain users and build brand reputation.
Difficulties: Serious lag or poor fluency of games leads to a poor gameplay experience and further decrease in users.
How can Alibaba Cloud help?
- Improved Game Fluency
- Rapid Expansion
Product Introduction
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
The content delivery network (CDN) of Alibaba Cloud can accelerate the response to user requests and the delivery of high-resolution graphics, images, and audio.
Learn More >Short Message Service (SMS)
A messaging service that covers the globe, Alibaba SMS provides convenient, efficient, and intelligent communication capabilities that help businesses quickly contact their customers.
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4. Game Tool Platform for SMEs
Small- and medium-sized cloud game developers often face resource shortages, but developing a successful game requires a high level of investment in operating infrastructure. Cloud-based game solutions not only help enterprises focus on game innovation and reduce maintenance costs and time, but can also meet special needs, such as live streaming, by providing different types of products.
Difficulties: Long launch and development cycles, high R&D and testing costs place heavy burdens on smaller game developers.
How can Alibaba Cloud help?
Product Introduction
Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK)
ACK is a virtual server service that provides on-demand distributed computing resources with excellent reliability and scalability.
Learn More >ApsaraVideo Live
ApsaraVideo Live is a live streaming platform for both audio and video based on leading content hosting and delivery networks and large-scale distributed real-time transcoding technology.
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5. Game Content Analysis and Personalization
The introduction of big data analysis is changing the global cloud game industry ecosystem. Cloud data analysis tools allow you to better understand user needs and preferences, and then improve the user experience and lay the foundation for personalized services. In this way, you can increase user stickiness and better compete in the market.
Difficulties: Many new games are launched each year in this fiercely competitive market, while user preferences are constantly changing.
How can Alibaba Cloud help?
- Big Data Analysis of User Behavior
- Top Cloud Technologies in Asia Pacific
Product Introduction
AnalyticDB for MySQL
AnalyticDB for MySQL is a real-time data warehousing service that can process petabytes of data with high concurrency and low latency.
Learn More >Data Lake Analytics
Data Lake Analytics allows you to use standard SQL syntax and business intelligence (BI) tools to efficiently analyze your data stored in the cloud with extremely low costs.
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