History of video games/Platforms/ST-3200

History
The system was developed by Sumitomo Electric Networks, Inc. and deployed by the telecom company NTT Pala for their Hikari TV streaming service.

The full name of the device was the Stream Cruiser Smart TV 3200, and was commonly shortened to the ST-3200. The system was launched as a rental unit only in June 2013. This device offered one of the first shipped domestic cloud gaming consoles in Japan, following the unreleased Taito WOWOW in the 1990's.

On September 1st, 2013 orders for the system began being accepted, with units being shipped on September 9th, 2013. system was available in two bundles, a base bundle of console, controller, and remote costing 24,800 to 19,800 Japanese Yen, and another bundle adding a 2 terabyte external hard disk costing 34,800 to 29,800 Japanese Yen. Setting up the system notably required a phone call and physical paperwork to be handled.

Technology
The system was based on the STiH415 processor, which included a dual core ARM A9 CPU clocked at 1 gigahertz. The onboard computer ran Android 4.0 as an operating system.

The system could record two video streams simultaneously by using an external storage device.