Kurt
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http://www.onlive.com/
So i was watching something earlier when they showed this new way of gaming..
Essentially there are 1000's of servers running the game at its best performance and you rent or buy the games but dont actually download them... Theyre streamed to you.. so pretty much what you have is a streamed video that you control
will be compatible with mac, pc or you can have a hardware box and controller for use with telly
Sounds pretty intresting if it works.. lag will be a major issue though
[Edited on 04-04-2009 by Kurt]
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Jambo
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i heard of this the other day, sounds good 
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Cosmo
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What sort of net connection do you need though?!
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Kurt
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it just says broadband
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Cosmo
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put it this way, that video on their site is lagging with my connection - so Im betting any game would be fucking awful.
Great idea, and Im sure it'll work great to people with decent connections, but for the rest of the UK it wont be any good.
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_Allan_
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Seems to be US based only for now anyway.
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Paul_J
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Interesting concept...
so i'm assuming it almost works like a remote desktop connection...
Essentially video of the game is streamed to your pc / monitor... and you send key press / button presses back to them...
Therefore, all the action is actually happening on their pc / server... and you're essentially just watching a live 'feed' of the action, but able to also control it.
would be interesting to see how much lag you'd get? plus the quality would be pants on a crap connection.
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Paul_J
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ahhh...
quote:
For Standard-Definition TV resolution, OnLive needs a 1.5 Mbps connection. For HDTV resolution (720p60), OnLive needs 5 Mbps.
I was gonna say.
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John
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It's not sustainable just now.
Getting an uninterupted 1.5meg connection is a challenge, and how much bandwidth will they be needing to supply it at that.
Destined to never get off the ground imo.
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Russ
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bandwidth 
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Deadude
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who run at a res lower than 1024x768 now though cant see it being any good unless you have 12mbps+ connection for any decent res and your still looking at a minimum of 60ms lag time just from the hops if its hosted in the UK
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Bart
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^^ agreed.
Its a great concept, but I cant see it being hugely popular.
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Ian
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It's almost a backwards step. Increasing the concurrent hardware load while decreasing the rate at which it can be displayed.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
It's almost a backwards step. Increasing the concurrent hardware load while decreasing the rate at which it can be displayed.
I dont know if its a backwards step, as a lot of things are moving to a 'cloud' computing type of thing - I just think its a forward step thats being taken too soon when the hardware/bandwidth just isnt there.
I can only see this taking off where decent net connections are a standard, and thats just not here.
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FruitBooTeR
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Bump
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8556874.stm
Doesnt say when its launching in the UK though..
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by John
It's not sustainable just now.
Perhaps in this country, where most of us are bottlenecked by BT and their 40 year old copper 
I've got friends on ze mainland (holland, denmark and sweden) with connections I can only dream of - and 24 hour max downtime in the event of a failure. It's ridiculous compared to the crap we're stuck with.
The internet is capable of this, and so much more - if the infrastructure of the world catches up a bit 
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Ian
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Infrastructure aside, I don't even like the model.
Why you would centralise hardware load I don't know.
Current arrangement means that gamers foot the bill for hardware. New arrangement means the service provider must do.
Unless there's an economy of scale in all those £9.99s buying better hardware at the other end. Suppose it is potentially a better use of processor cycles if you internationalise the audience and they have to sleep some time.
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John
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It's still destined to be a massive flop.
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DC90
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Modem speed wouldn't be a problem for a lot of people as it is constantly getting bigger and cheaper. For example, Virgin are looking to get 200mb out by the end of 2010.
Really can't see this idea taking off at all, though.
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