Rally Pat Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 This concept by itself is one of those things were I went "Shit, why didn't I think of that..." OnLive is a service that allows you to play video games remotely, as if they were running on your machine. Imagine using Remote Desktop for gaming, except its a service and the games are all running and the graphics are being rendered on extremely high end servers. The big deal is "YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE TO UPGRADE HARDWARE EVER AGAIN". Some of the demo's they had outlined at the presentation is running Crysis on an extremely low end laptop. The service would run on PC's, Macs, and TV's. Imaging having a Mac that can play all PC games. Absolutely incredible. I am so excited its incredible. They said that the set top box for TV's are so cheap to produce that they can give them away with the service. Cons: Just one that I can think of, and its that you need a 5 mb connection, which I have anyway, so who cares. I am so down. http://media.pc.ign.com/articles/965/965599/vids_1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Sounds cool. I wonder how good it will be once in actual use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 wow that is the greatest idea ever i love it, I would for sure sign up for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man of Steele Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 I remember my first video game, I think you should hold your breath for this to come out lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Sounds cool. I wonder how good it will be once in actual use. should be fine I have been playing q3 online for a bit now and it runs like a champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I don't see it going too far, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 While I think it is neat, I also don't see it going far. I can see it working for consoles somewhat, but pc gamers are a different breed. When I buy a game, I want to play it, sometimes disconnected from the net or at a lan party. Also, it would lack the modding communities, which are essential to life itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted April 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Well, you guys are already wrong with the "not going far". Public beta starts this summer, with the service being 100% released by the end of the year. This is not Vaporware like the Phantom console, this product has been in development in secret for the past 7 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Well, you guys are already wrong with the "not going far". Public beta starts this summer, with the service being 100% released by the end of the year. This is not Vaporware like the Phantom console, this product has been in development in secret for the past 7 years. I mean not going far as in the actual released product. I've been following before IGN initially even started covering it. I don't see it lasting a long time or reaching out to an audience wider then the average pc gamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 This is not the first time something like this has been attempted. Hopefully its not fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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