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It allows you to spend more time focusing on your business differentiators—building great games and creating innovative gameplay. When migrating to the cloud, you can move individual workloads instead of moving your entire infrastructure at once. Moving individual workloads lets you can start seeing benefits of the cloud no matter what stage your game is in. Scalability: With the cloud, game developers can create a high-performance backend that automatically scales without managing on-premises hardware. Not having to provision your own computing resources, you can accommodate fluctuating player demand and deliver computationally ridiculous experiences using the cloud. No upfront costs: With cloud infrastructure on- demand models, studios only pay for the resources used instead of investing in on-premises servers and operations. Most cloud providers offer pay-as-you-go pricing, so your studio doesn't have to pay upfront for computing infrastructure. And because you only pay for what you consume, there's no need to procure expensive physical hardware. Faster launch: On-demand cloud infrastructure enables you to spin up computing resources where you need them. With most major cloud providers, this can be done in a matter of minutes instead of the weeks or even months it would take to set up hardware on-premises. This gives you more agility when it comes to deploying your game and scaling to meet player demand. Plus, you can reduce latency by deploying server instances across the globe. Low-risk experimentation: Servers can be deprovisioned as needed, allowing you to experiment often and fail fast if a game idea doesn't work. With serverless managed services, there's no need to provision anything—so you can experiment and iterate even faster. The cost and efficiency benefits of the cloud make this low-risk experimentation possible. You can increase your game's chance for success without risking upfront server investments. Better player experiences: Studios can spend less time building infrastructure and more time developing compelling gameplay. Without the need to provision, operate, and maintain servers, you can focus on what matters most—creating your game. Cloud providers can oversee these tasks and provide IT infrastructure services. And you can invest more of your limited resources into building better games, intelligent player acquisition, and retention strategies. As an on-demand service, cloud computing helps you save time, respond faster to player feedback and traffic, and reduce redundant spending. 3 Enabling game innovation 1.0