http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8556874.stm
releasing in june ! not even that far away! but only in america for that release date
releasing in june ! not even that far away! but only in america for that release date
Aye it does seem a lot at first, but i'm pretty sure that most xbox owners will buy more than 3 to 4 new games a year which are usually 40 quid each. 3 or 4 games also comes to the same price of an xbox360, they're only 150 quid now.Hmm, 14.99 a month before you even rent or buy games... So within a year you'll have spent more than buying an xbox for example.
Hmm, 14.99 a month before you even rent or buy games... So within a year you'll have spent more than buying an xbox for example.
It's certainly an interesting concept and could be one possible future for gaming, but at the moment I remain to be convinced that the current broadband infrastructure could cope with the bandwidth requirements.
"OnLive breaks the console cycle. We don't need new hardware devices," said company founder Steve Perlman.
So, little johnny's pentium 4 with onboard graphics and 512mb of ram won't need to be updated to play Mass Effect 2 ?
Or am I completely missing the point here ?
YouTube is a fair comparison IMO, it may even look worse. They are able to use more bandwidth than YouTube but this is countered by the fact that they will have to use much less efficient compression as they have to do it in real-time.- who knows what the video streaming/compression quality will be (bit unfair comparison but look at any 720p video streaming site such as (even more unfair here) youtube then compare the same footage to the visual quality of an HD download/blu ray/any pc game made in the last decade.)
- who knows what the video streaming/compression quality will be (bit unfair comparison but look at any 720p video streaming site such as (even more unfair here) youtube then compare the same footage to the visual quality of an HD download/blu ray/any pc game made in the last decade.)
I'd be gutted if this takes off! would be the death of custom PC's as we know it!
I hope this dies a quick and painful death... as soon as the early adopters get slaughtered by the ping or can't play anything when the server end is down or attacked (like Ubi's new DRM!).