OnLive Info and Discussion

Reminds me of the old days when Valve announced their visions of what STEAM would become, everyone LOL'd and ROFL'd all day long.

I believe this IS the future, dumb terminals WILL rise from the ashes it is just a case of when. It gets mentioned every 7 years or so and it gets blown out the water but with the internet now progressing, it is a definite possibility.

Imagine your Windows desktop available within seconds on Internet connected phone, computer, or watch :eek:

Infact, I believe the version of Windows after Windows 7 will support such features to a certain degree. Combine that with this games service - Mmmm

The possibilities are mind blowing.

I am not saying it suits everyone but for some, its a win. Personally, anything to see the consoles obliterated from the face of the earth is a bonus as we all know its them which hold PC gaming back ;)
 
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I posted this in the graphics cards forum thread but thought it would do here too.

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apparently you only need a 5mb connection to play something at 720p aaaand that's available pretty much everywhere... the input latency part of it does seem a little... how is that even possible? but looking at the videos it doesn't look to be an issue... but even still... this opens up gaming on devices you would never have thought it was possible to...

Personally I'm a little pessimistic about it, but hoping to be surprised
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What with Akamai releasing the Q4 State Of The Internet documents in the last few days, I thought I'd just update you guys on this note :)

20% of the Global Internet Population achieves speeds of 5Mbps
8% of the UK Internet Population are currently hitting 5Mbps
The UK Average speed is only 3.5Mbps

We are the 11th fastest country in Europe, behind countries like Iceland, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden and Ireland.

Looking at the US and Canada, their average is not quite 4Mbps whilst countries like South Korea have an average speed of 15Mbps.

You can read this info at www.akamai.com and www.ISPReview.com

The truth is, we are nowhere near ready to cope with speeds that this would require yet. Sure there are people right now in the UK sitting on one of the few 100Mbps lines that have been installed, and people on LLU exhanges with ADSL2+ are getting around 24Mbps but the vast majority of users are still around 3Mbps in the UK.
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Direct link to the ISP Review article.
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/20...roadband-isp-users-connect-at-over-5mbps.html
 
I do not see this replacing PC's or Consoles but will provide an adequate service for some with lower spec PC's perhaps?

http://www.gaikai.com/

Full 3D Games in your browser is another up and coming technology which has been implemented well so far by some companies.

I would rather see that model suceed more than Onlive, no monthly subscription then you see.
 
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Single player gaming relying on remote server access over the Internet. This doesn't sound too appealing to me - can't think why...
 
On a serious note, this is a good concept but not without proper decent Internet infastructure. My connection weeps trying to stream iPlayer in HD.
 
Haven't read through the whole thread, but i wonder how much bandwidth something like this would use ? its basically streaming video so i Imagen it would be quite allot, if that is the case then allot of ISP would need to remove there speed caps :P
 
I would pay for a LAN version of OnLive. I've got a lowish spec HTPC in my living room, hooked up to my TV. I've got a PC upstairs with an average monitor. I'd love to be able to use the PC upstairs to crunch the game, and play it on the HTPC instead. And the main issue of OnLive, the lag and latancy issues, won't be a problem because its all done locally over the LAN. Heck, it shouldn't be too hard for them to adapt the software to work over LAN surely?
 
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I would pay for a LAN version of OnLive. I've got a lowish spec HTPC in my living room, hooked up to my TV. I've got a PC upstairs with an average monitor. I'd love to be able to use the PC upstairs to crunch the game, and play it on the HTPC instead. And the main issue of OnLive, the lag and latancy issues, won't be a problem because its all done locally over the LAN. Heck, it shouldn't be too hard for them to adapt the software to work over LAN surely?
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The point is having it all hosted by them, you're wanting a completely different and already existing system.
 
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