What are the chances this will actually catch on? Very slim.
I welcome new consoles, but Physical media is necessary until you have 1000 terabyte or more HDDs or Solid State drives.
I welcome new consoles, but Physical media is necessary until you have 1000 terabyte or more HDDs or Solid State drives.
"Cloud".
You do not need a single giga of hdd.
You do not need a single giga of hdd.
This could catch on... a hundred years into the future!!!
Did you ever seen a counterstrike player??? He is willing to give his right kidney just for 1 fps more and you ever think that streaming will be fast?? Come on... I'm playing crappy video at HD quality and I have to wait for buffer to fill up from time to time! And this is with a 3MB line... Probably when all of us will have fiber optic connections this will get somehow real!
Still is a very good idea for casual gamers and for the not even slightly hard core gamer... maybe granny and poppy and 5 years old Johnny.. Maybe...!
Did you ever seen a counterstrike player??? He is willing to give his right kidney just for 1 fps more and you ever think that streaming will be fast?? Come on... I'm playing crappy video at HD quality and I have to wait for buffer to fill up from time to time! And this is with a 3MB line... Probably when all of us will have fiber optic connections this will get somehow real!
Still is a very good idea for casual gamers and for the not even slightly hard core gamer... maybe granny and poppy and 5 years old Johnny.. Maybe...!
im glad sony and other companies make more online options for games :p
This sounds EXTREMELY BAD ASS!!!!! If this does work out as planned that is....I am a HUGE Sony fan; and there are a few reasons as to why I don't own a 360: the first and main reason is that EVERY SINGLE GAME that I want to play (i.e. Gears of War, Geometry Wars, etc...) that comes out on the 360 is ALSO playable AND downloadable via Bittorrent on my PC...which I already own! I don't need to go buy ANOTHER console (especially one with such a high hardware failure rate) to play games that I can try out for free anyway.
However, one drawback to this is the amount of cash required to maintain a HIGH END PC that is capable of playing these games at their prime resolution; AND the load times it took to play games like Bioshock... Jesus that was UNBELIEVABLE!!! Seriously some levels took upwards of 10-15 minutes, and of course on top of these issues I would also have to "dumb-down" the graphics/resolution just to be able to play some of these games just to be able to play them with a crappy choppy frame rate!
Some would argue I would be better off just buying a 360; however, I don't have the $cratch to purchase one at the moment AND I would argue that it is NOT the superior console-based hardware on the market right now...which is why I opt for the PS3.
Now ALL that being said, If there was a service - like OnLive - whereby I could purchase and play these games in their FULL GLORY without the need of having to go spend 3 - 4,000$ for a high end PC - not to mention the money that needs to be spent on maintaining various aspects of that PC such as the video/graphics cards etc... - I would totally be beyond interested! The deciding factor for me, personally, in this equation will be the PRICE POINT!
As stated in the article: "OnLive will be available in a variety of different pricing packages and tiers, competitively priced to retail."
Depending on what these prices turn out to be, would be what determine my end opinion/decision about this service.
Basically what I am trying to determine is how much money would I end up sinking into a service like this in the long run, AND would that amount of money end up being comparably greater or less than the amount of money it would take to just go out and BUY a high end PC! Only time will my child (lol)! Only time will tell.
However, one drawback to this is the amount of cash required to maintain a HIGH END PC that is capable of playing these games at their prime resolution; AND the load times it took to play games like Bioshock... Jesus that was UNBELIEVABLE!!! Seriously some levels took upwards of 10-15 minutes, and of course on top of these issues I would also have to "dumb-down" the graphics/resolution just to be able to play some of these games just to be able to play them with a crappy choppy frame rate!
Some would argue I would be better off just buying a 360; however, I don't have the $cratch to purchase one at the moment AND I would argue that it is NOT the superior console-based hardware on the market right now...which is why I opt for the PS3.
Now ALL that being said, If there was a service - like OnLive - whereby I could purchase and play these games in their FULL GLORY without the need of having to go spend 3 - 4,000$ for a high end PC - not to mention the money that needs to be spent on maintaining various aspects of that PC such as the video/graphics cards etc... - I would totally be beyond interested! The deciding factor for me, personally, in this equation will be the PRICE POINT!
As stated in the article: "OnLive will be available in a variety of different pricing packages and tiers, competitively priced to retail."
Depending on what these prices turn out to be, would be what determine my end opinion/decision about this service.
Basically what I am trying to determine is how much money would I end up sinking into a service like this in the long run, AND would that amount of money end up being comparably greater or less than the amount of money it would take to just go out and BUY a high end PC! Only time will my child (lol)! Only time will tell.
Their website is up, and their stream is indeed fast and have such good quality.
