OnLive Service

[ivr56]

At GDC 09 OnLive was introduced. A Subcription based program where you can play any PC Game at the best settings on any computer with a Internet connection or even a TV with the OnLive Console.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/965/965535p1.html
http://pc.ign.com/dor/articles/965599/onli...eam_032309.html

You Just announced at this year's GDC, OnLive is an on-demand gaming service. It's essentially the gaming version of cloud computing - everything is computed, rendered and housed online. In its simplest description, your controller inputs are uploaded, a high-end server takes your inputs and plays the game, and then a video stream of the output is sent back to your computer. Think of it as something like Youtube or Hulu for games.

Their is something similar to this service out their for free but the game is ran from your computer or someone else's rather then a high end dedicated server.

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[AdamantineFist]

One word for you mate. Lag.

What he said.

Interesting concept, though I'm not very fond of the thought of being forced to rely on another's computer for my gaming. Much rather have the game myself and run it on my computer, even if I can't handle the max settings. Don't like subscriptions...

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[JakeSG]

Sounds like a bandwidth whore. Not to mention incredibly expensive.

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[xSecret01]

Nice concept but not very practicable unless technology jumps 10 years ahead now.

[EverBlue]

Good idea in theory... But yeah, connection issues are gonna be a huge pain, not to mention the bandwidth.. I can just imagine playing a game like that, telling it to shoot, and waiting a few seconds for it to actually SHOOT...

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[jshkornmiller]

i can see a bunch of welfare bums buying this with there massive tax returns for having so many idiot kids.
but their lack of intelligence they'll get the cheap slowest broadband and it'll be slow as heck and they'll break it and then spam the market with
"this item is fail cuz ah can't afford to play it."

although, for me, i am probably gonna get one :laugh:

[tansytansey]

It's not a revolution in gaming. It's just another console.

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[13CentKiller]

It's not a revolution in gaming. It's just another console.

Wrong.

This thing has the potential to become the biggest thing since T.V. And with internet speeds increasing month by month, this has the ultimate potential to blow half the market for high powered computer equipment away into nothingness, like Wikipedia did to Microsoft Encarta!

The market for video-cards would plummet. As for every other gaming gimmick that ever lived. I'm not saying that there will be no demand at all for equipment like this, I'm just saying that the market would shrink....a lot!

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[FooFighter]

I don't want to rent games, I want to own them. Also, I don't want to be at mercy of a) my Internet provider and b) some Internet service to play my games.

Also, lol, lag.