Onlive

[kallard]

Discuss the revolutionary product here...

Coming soon on june 17th During E3.

[url]www.onlive.com[/url]

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[KSI]

great op

[kallard]

[QUOTE=KSI;22240309]great op[/QUOTE]

Can you do it for me?

[Spartan973]

A++ Thread Would read again.

[editline]02:44PM[/editline]

Wrong Section too =)

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[Vexont]

Onlive is a terrible idea, it's just way too ahead of its time.

[CoolCorky]

Typical Onlive subscriber:

"Hey maybe I could play some Crysis now I don't need a super powerful computer I'm sure my 56K internet should be enough for it :downs:"

[Adius]

I don't think they are going to release something that can only be used by people with really fast connections.

They will optimize it to work for everyone, it's probably why it's taking so long to go golden.

[scorpion8754]

It's not gonna work

[DaAngryWeasel]

...What's the catch?

[bionic0n3]

[QUOTE=DaAngryWeasel;22243142]...What's the catch?[/QUOTE]

Onlive is like Netflix/Blockbuster mix for the computer. You have a monthly fee and then you pay to play whatever game you'd like on a rental basis. While you do not need a high-powered machine to play any of the games that will be available on Onlive you will need a decent internet connection.

[Natrox]

OnLive will probably fail. I bet they won't have enough computers for everyone to stream stuff.

[Mingebox]

Onlive: the Segway of the gaming industry.

[flyboy95]

[QUOTE=Mingebox;22243539]Onlive: the Segway of the gaming industry.[/QUOTE]
Overly expensive, cool, unnecessary and a bit scary?

[Mingebox]

[QUOTE=flyboy95;22245309]Overly expensive, cool, unnecessary and a bit scary?[/QUOTE]

A flashy new invention that will revolutionize the industry!

[superadamwo]

I was in the US-only beta (I'm in Canada, heh) and I have to say the experience was incredibly cool. Any lag couldn't really be blamed on them since it's not set up to work in Canada yet.

[Willie Nelson]

Basically they are streaming you games. Does that mean I can play Crysis or ARMA 2 on a 128mb vcard?

[editline]07:26PM[/editline]

Never mind I read the site a little bit. Although there will be no modding in the games, since it's all on their servers.

[Mr. Kobayashi]

[QUOTE=Willie Nelson;22245618]Basically they are streaming you games. Does that mean I can play Crysis or ARMA 2 on a 128mb vcard?

[editline]07:26PM[/editline]

Never mind I read the site a little bit. Although there will be no modding in the games, since it's all on their servers.[/QUOTE]
As-long as it can draw the video.
But they is horrible latency issues so unless you have a really fast connection I wouldn't recommend it

[Redsun]

onlive has good intentions..
but i don't think it will work like they intend it to.

[coco911231]

Onlive...

"Taking lag to a whole new dimension."

[Bllasae]

Bacon:Pants ratio.

[mzathemind]

This is... interesting.

Yes, interesting.

[Ncccookiees]

You gotta admit that the promo video is beautiful, though.

[Program Files]

onlive or how to fuck up your download/upload monthly limit.

[Vbitz]

Well I like the idea, though remote desktop for games sounds like a lag nightmare, even though the games are modded this will take a massive infrastructure to work.

[Ncccookiees]

[QUOTE=Vbits;22248635]Well I like the idea, though remote desktop for games sounds like a lag nightmare, even though the games are modded this will take a massive infrastructure to work.[/QUOTE]

"OnLive spent seven years in stealth development before officially unveiling in March 2009."

I am going to assume that they've done all the necessary research and everything, they probably have everything financially correct, but yes, they will need lots of personnel.

This could be cool, and it might be plausible.

[BagMinge101]

Onlive has been "coming soon" for years now.

[Vladimir Putin']

OP has 9 fingers

[Noz]

[QUOTE=Adius Shadow;22242746]I don't think they are going to release something that can only be used by people with really fast connections.

They will optimize it to work for everyone, it's probably why it's taking so long to go golden.[/QUOTE]

I don't think you understand what optimize means. You can't just magically "optimize" a service like Onlive so that it'll run on people's shitty internet connections perfectly. It'd be like "Hey I wonder if my $300 PC can run Crysis on max, no? Damn, it's not optimized enough."

[Stixman]

It DOES look awesome though

[jantz]

I'm worried that if this works, it might ruin the PC gaming industry. No one will buy games if they can just rent them. It will also make our powerful systems just like any other computer.