Thin computing for gamers

zo1d · 25 Sep 2010 at 22:31

This looks interesting...

http://www.onlive.com/service/cloudgaming

Powerful Gaming Made Easy

* Connect to OnLive with your PC, Mac® or TV and play games instantly
* Games run over the Internet from state-of-the-art OnLive game data centers
* Controller action and game play are relayed up and down the Internet at blindingly fast speeds
* Enjoy instant game play on your PC, Mac® or TV. No high-end hardware required

SpeedFreak · 25 Sep 2010 at 22:35

how do I overclock it?

SlyReaper · 25 Sep 2010 at 22:36

I can just see that working over a 100kb/s line...

orderoftheflame · 25 Sep 2010 at 22:45

Old news.

Terrible pricing plan and unrealistic should it take off.

skullman · 25 Sep 2010 at 23:46

Powerful Gaming Made Boring

d_brennen · 25 Sep 2010 at 23:51

It has a future. Just not for a good few years.

Bandwidth between you and your ISP is not as much as an issue as to the wider internet. The idea is, afaik, ISPs integrate OnLive servers and offer the service for a fee.

Oh, and old news

no_1_dave · 26 Sep 2010 at 00:03

Very old news, was posted almost a year ago.
Its out in US now (I think) and reviews are very bad saying you need very low resolution to keep the ping down & even then there is huge mouse lag.

Tefal · 26 Sep 2010 at 00:08

d_brennen said:
It has a future. Just not for a good few years.

Bandwidth between you and your ISP is not as much as an issue as to the wider internet. The idea is, afaik, ISPs integrate OnLive servers and offer the service for a fee.

Oh, and old news

It's the latency that's the killer.

100ms round trip for control input would be annoying as hell to play on.

Infam0us · 26 Sep 2010 at 00:09

d_brennen · 26 Sep 2010 at 00:30

Tefal said:
It's the latency that's the killer.

100ms round trip for control input would be annoying as hell to play on.

100ms isn't so much of a problem for single player games tbh, especially if its coded with that in mind.

And look how far we've come in 5 years.... And as I mentioned before, bandwidth between customer and ISP isn't really much of an issue for most.

Thought this is years off mainstream

Tefal · 26 Sep 2010 at 00:32

100ms mouse lag with be very noticeable.

it's not like lagging on hit reg it's input lag.

bandwidth between customer and ISP isn't really much of an issue for most.

Ever tried streaming >1080p footage without buffering?

d_brennen · 26 Sep 2010 at 00:37

Tefal said:
Ever tried streaming >1080p footage without buffering?

From where? Not my ISP, no

Pixel · 26 Sep 2010 at 00:56

OnLive is hilariously poor, the only way it would work is if they harness the power of tachyons, even then the pricing would put me off.

Tefal · 26 Sep 2010 at 01:00

d_brennen said:
From where? Not my ISP, no

Go try it then say bandwidth for such a service isn't an issue for most.

iNPUt · 26 Sep 2010 at 01:03

Well we will all need JAnet connections, the ones you get at university (in my expedience in halls) are amazing, 5 ms solid any UK server.. It would work a treat on those, but until that is an reality for the general public its just not going to work..

rjk · 26 Sep 2010 at 01:12

i have a very expensive computer to play games on

do not want this

kylew · 26 Sep 2010 at 02:01

Eww, onlive.

Alex74 · 26 Sep 2010 at 02:30

kylew said:
Eww, onlive.

Pretty much this

d_brennen · 26 Sep 2010 at 03:43

People opposed Steam (and still do)

It wont be a sudden thing, it will permeate slowly until "live" gaming is the norm...

ChrisJSY · 26 Sep 2010 at 07:53

"* Controller action and game play are relayed up and down the Internet at blindingly fast speeds"

Blindingly, really? Sure thing!