http://www.onlive.com/index.html
Lots of buzz about this at the moment, but I have to say that I don't see how it can possibly work as advertised. I'd explain it myself, but Eurogamer did a much better job, and thought of stuff I missed:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/gdc-w ... rk-article
To sum up, do you really want your PC games running at about 1024x768 with 30fps, glitching now and then, having sluggish controls and probably having to wait in a queue to play the latest game? Thanks, but I'd rather buy a console or PC and not have to worry about that. I can see it working for casual or adventure type games but not the Crysis/Burnout Paradise type games they are pushing.
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Re: OnLive
Yeah, I saw this a few days ago when I was browsing startups, and agree. Even with "cloud algorithms" there is still physical distance & speed that come into play. Not saying that this might not be a possibility in the future, but I don't think it's going to be an immediate future. At least not at a level that most gamers are going to be willing to give up the current ability for.
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Re: OnLive
I think it'll be more 1) how much it costs, 2) how many servers they have, 3) locations of the servers...
It'd have to get to Google sizes to be great, though.
It'd have to get to Google sizes to be great, though.
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