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I'm most skeptical on the part that says "no matter what your internet connection is". Low-latency controller input and HD streaming over hundreds or thousands on miles? I'll believe it when I see it.
Can't wait to play Duke Nukem Forever on this puppy.
Yes I am still going to be making DNF jokes. Get used to it.
Yes I am still going to be making DNF jokes. Get used to it.
agree with above post Dragon Age will be GOTY
and im actually excited for onlive. I was disappointed there was no beta during the summer (we where promised...) and im now doubting it will launch this year...
and im actually excited for onlive. I was disappointed there was no beta during the summer (we where promised...) and im now doubting it will launch this year...
Seriously the more they talk about this the more it sounds like the work of magic. This is either not ever coming out or just not gonna work as advertised.
This thing is still alive? I haven't heard any news about it since March. They better be able to back up their words or this will go the way of the Phantom.
Also, surely they must have the system working well as it is now to have time to get it on cell phones as well.
Also, surely they must have the system working well as it is now to have time to get it on cell phones as well.
I'll turn into Johnny The Homicidal Maniac before OnLive lives up to it's promises....
Also, Dragon Age? Really?
No, seriously, is it good or what?
Also, Dragon Age? Really?
No, seriously, is it good or what?
Never mind the Phantom! How about the M2 !
In all seriousness, It would be awesome is it worked. I never got into the beta, still waiting.
In all seriousness, It would be awesome is it worked. I never got into the beta, still waiting.
if they can put servers in all the countries so they dont have more than 500km between them and wire all of us customers with a direct fiber connection... then it could work.
I see that this experiment may very well be kept alive for years until broadband becomes really fast. After all I think that is all it needs: 0 lag.
I see that this experiment may very well be kept alive for years until broadband becomes really fast. After all I think that is all it needs: 0 lag.
@Velt
You enjoy your direct fiber connection to your cell phone.
Even if OnLive does technically work, there are going to be so many people trying to use it at once that there will be a global power outage. Or something.
You enjoy your direct fiber connection to your cell phone.
Even if OnLive does technically work, there are going to be so many people trying to use it at once that there will be a global power outage. Or something.
But at that point you'd have XtremeDefinition and your connection still wouldn't be able to handle it.
Dragon Age will be GOTY.
Back in my day games with tweaked Multiplayer and a 4 hour campaign was called an expansion pack.
Back in my day games with tweaked Multiplayer and a 4 hour campaign was called an expansion pack.
Any game exclusive to this service would be very difficult to pirate, so on paper it would do the industry some good. But it needs to be seen in action. It takes forever for uploaded YouTube videos to encode, if this exists they have some computer science ninjas working for them.
OnLive it's just a Myth, and sooner or later It will become a meme. I just don't see this working, or works for everyone or just GTFO.
I don't think any amount of OnLive magic will make it work properly in the U.S. Though it could work pretty well elsewhere.
You may connect a bluetooth controller to your onLive compatible phone, maybe.. Also, massive failure.
I have this feeling in my stomach that this thing would turn out to be a scam like that phantom video game console.
1- make a company with limited liability.
2- advertise it to collect investors.
3- transfer the money to your personal acount bankrupting the business.
1- make a company with limited liability.
2- advertise it to collect investors.
3- transfer the money to your personal acount bankrupting the business.
I'm not going to find the math, but I'm pretty sure that, unless it is low res, there is just too much bandwidth needed for this to work. Plus latency would be a bitch, and the subscription rates would have to be through the roof to pay off the server farm and licensing.
Assuming this DOES work on cell phones, does the fact that most services cap 3G data usage to 5 gigs mean that you'll likely hit your cap an hour into the game?
@Mowdownjoe - Not to mention actual "unlimited" broadband caps!
Virgin media are the only fibre optic cable supplier in the UK (read: Monopoly) and cap ther downloads to 2.5 gig within peak hours (10am - 2pm and 3pm - 9pm) and their upload cap limit is seriously low, like don't-you-dare-upload-a-youtube-video-in-peak-time low.
If OnLive even works, anyone in the UK with fibre optic broadband at 10mb/s or 20mb/s will be able to play for less than an hour before their internet drops off for 5 mins and comes back at 2.5mb/s for the next 5 hours.
I have an open dispute with them as I want to cap my payments down to 25% of the bill when they reach my cashflow-managment limit.
When it works the 10mb/s fibre optic broadband is awesome, allows me to download torrents at 1300kb/s while playing lagless MW2 and while the mrs streams TV shows, just so long as it's before 10am or after 9pm - brilliant when you're at work between 9 and 5 and need to sleep between 12 and 8. A whole fucking 3 hours of high speed broadband on an "Unlimited" package.
God forbid you want to download a demo after work, that instanlty labels you as a high bandwidth user, puts you on a P2P watch list and throttles your speed to 25% of what you pay for!
But sir, you could always upgrade to 50bm/s and get no limits - So you want more money to make my unlimited Broadband UNLIMITED?!!?!?!
Make sure you check out Virgin's "traffic-managment" information before signing up for their super awesome sounding fibre optic cable broadband.
Virgin media are the only fibre optic cable supplier in the UK (read: Monopoly) and cap ther downloads to 2.5 gig within peak hours (10am - 2pm and 3pm - 9pm) and their upload cap limit is seriously low, like don't-you-dare-upload-a-youtube-video-in-peak-time low.
If OnLive even works, anyone in the UK with fibre optic broadband at 10mb/s or 20mb/s will be able to play for less than an hour before their internet drops off for 5 mins and comes back at 2.5mb/s for the next 5 hours.
I have an open dispute with them as I want to cap my payments down to 25% of the bill when they reach my cashflow-managment limit.
When it works the 10mb/s fibre optic broadband is awesome, allows me to download torrents at 1300kb/s while playing lagless MW2 and while the mrs streams TV shows, just so long as it's before 10am or after 9pm - brilliant when you're at work between 9 and 5 and need to sleep between 12 and 8. A whole fucking 3 hours of high speed broadband on an "Unlimited" package.
God forbid you want to download a demo after work, that instanlty labels you as a high bandwidth user, puts you on a P2P watch list and throttles your speed to 25% of what you pay for!
But sir, you could always upgrade to 50bm/s and get no limits - So you want more money to make my unlimited Broadband UNLIMITED?!!?!?!
Make sure you check out Virgin's "traffic-managment" information before signing up for their super awesome sounding fibre optic cable broadband.
Onlive could be on a lot of things, but is it? Nope.
Yeah whens this coming out again? And how soon afterwards will it fail?
Yeah whens this coming out again? And how soon afterwards will it fail?
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