OnLive. This could very well change what we need to play games

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So you want to play crysis but do not have the hardware to get smooth framerate. What about needing more RAM even a new CPU but can't afford to get the latest and greatest. We all know with PC gaming the new gets old within a few months. Well this concept will change that around. Already has the back up from developers like Epic,EA, and others this may finally make gaming a universal item. Not like the Phantom that tried to make a single hardware setup work for different formats. No this is much more than that. Its based on the idea of cloud computing. The only requirement is having a fast connection for superior quality.

This years GDC is looking very bright.

http://kotaku.com/5181625/see-onlive-in-action

Edit:Here is a new video. Couldn't embed
http://i.gizmodo.com/5183416/onlive-demos-streaming-games-yes-thats-crysis-on-integrated-graphics
 
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Obviously the technology behind all this is quite impressive. It won't be replacing PC gaming anytime soon, but if it works could be really sweet! To be able to spectate somebody while they are playing the newest games, you could make decision before purchase and not have to rely on reviews. It seems it will be packed with cool features. I look forward to reading up more on this in the next couple of months.

Edit: No user created content, mods and tweaking are a massive turn off for me though.

Seems more aimed towards "casual" gamers.
 
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i had heard of this technology about 2 years ago, and i was really excited, but kind of lost interest in it gradually, but it looks really promising!! just imagine, one HUGE trillion-core processor!!!:biggrin:
 
Yes, because we dont hear "ZOMG lag Kill" enough. Now we get to hear "OMG dude my controller lag'd yo!"

Great concept and I look forward to seeing how it turns out. I have my doubts about the service. Input "lag" is what I would be worried about.
 
Yeah, as we all know from being an online gaming community, unless everyone has fiber-optic connections anything "demanding" over the internet is guaranteed to lag at least a little. No brainer, but it's just moving the stress.
 
That is one of my concerns too kendle. Because no system is perfect I wonder what issues will be. Like selected networks being down so someone in texas cannot play but someone on the east or west coast can.

Lance, hopefully soon the government will start pushing for better internet communication speeds because so far we are one of the slowest countries as far as internet speed and availability goes.

InfenXi- Yea. I am thinking something like Steam with a universal account but a monthly subscription to help keep servers up and bandwidth costs.

We will just have to see.
 
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So you want to play crysis but do not have the hardware to get smooth framerate. What about needing more RAM even a new CPU but can't afford to get the latest and greatest.
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I'm not sure if I quite understand this. You're saying (they're saying) that my $2000 computer is the equivalent to a $300 Walmart computer when it comes down to this service? Not cool.

This sounds just like Xbox Live really. I don't see anything totally awesome about this product.

Xbox Live:
-Avatars
-File sharing
-Voice
-Spectating
-HD or Standard.
-Friends

Xfire:
All of the above, but live broadcasting is a bonus.
 
Actually that is what the video is saying Crash. If successful and works great 99% of the time you can run any game from any where with the source of broadband internet. Now it is a lot like Xbox Live but you do not have to physically buy games anymore. You buy them like you would through steam but instead of worrying about it running on your Rig it runs off OnLive servers and the video feed is sent to you screen.

As kendle said I think a big flaw will be lag but from you input. Keyboard,Mouse, or gamepad.
 
On live isn't going to attract the games that are unique to a single specific (I won't doubt console specific demos). The reason: they won't to sell consoles. Also it isn't digital distribution like Steam. It sounds great for previewing and renting; however, (assuming you can buy a game to use permanently) I don't like the idea of not having the files on my computer, and having to pay monthly feees to use my account.

Also information travel time. If I'm playing online I'm getting doubly hard by lag; I would have to ping the Onlive that pings the other gaming server to come back to Onlive then to me.

With that being said. If there isn't subscription fees for having the lowest access level, I'll be sure to check it out.

But A mass demo system (which it seems like it is more geared to) seems like an excellent idea. As someone stated above, geared toward more casual gamers.
 
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Doubt it will be successful. Anyone remember the Phantom?
 
This certainly applies to me, because I don't have the technology necessary to run many new games coming out. If it works and is reasonably priced when it comes out, I'm probably gonna get it.

Also, the Brag feature looks interesting, but I won't be able to use it much :)
 
What happens when your internet is out and you just wanna sit down and play a nice single player game?

This looks like an interesting idea... but PC gaming is all about the enthusiast crowd, and this is definitely not geared to the enthusiast crowd. I also think that anyone who would want to play these kinds of games, but would only consider themselves a "casual" gamer in this sense, would have moved to consoles long ago.

Again, interesting concept, and it could be nice, but in reality, just not sure how practical it will be.
 
haha Jarrod that brings funny memories but its not the phantom because the company will update their hardware to meet the needs of new games and tech. coming out. The phantom was made more like a universal gaming machine Hardware wise you will have at your house. Onlive is something you just connect to from any internet source. so you could play it on old crt to a brand new HDTV with out worrying if it is going to work. Great thoughts guys. Glad this post is getting feedback.Waiting to see what else is in store from GDC
 
DO NOT misunderstand what they're saying Cr@sh! Your $2000 computer is definitely superior. If you listen again to what the guy was saying, he mentions that the standard resolutions they offer are around the 1280x760 mark assuming your connection is fast enough to run that. That's pretty abysmally small when you look at it. And it will only increase in resolution probably if your connection is better than average. You'd have to be running a T1 line through your house to get the kinds of resolutions your machine can run. No doubt, your $2000 machine can afford to run things at MUCH better resolutions than that.

I'd probably end up playing the game at a resolution as small as 800x600 based off my connection speed. I get a max of about 1mb/second if I'm lucky. My typical speed is more akin to the 600 or 800kb/second mark. Screw that noise. Rather than rent the service, I'd spend the money tricking out my PC instead of paying to play the game from their server.
 
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