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Old 03-25-2009, 07:39 PM   #1
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New threat to Wii, Xbox.. OnLive is causing quite a stir in the gaming community






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OnLive promises on-demand, streaming games
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What if you could stream top-end games to your TV, just like a Youtube video that you can control? You'd never need to buy a console again.

That's the future envisaged by Palo Alto startup OnLive, which plans to launch a groundbreaking gaming service this winter. OnLive will supply players with a small set-top box, not much bigger than a Nintendo DS, which will plug into your TV and your home broadband connection. From there, you can start playing games just like those on the Xbox 360, PS3 or PC -- but with no install time, no waiting for downloads, and no need for big, noisy, expensive consoles cluttering up your living room. OnLive's service can be continually upgraded, too, so you'll never be stuck with obsolete hardware again.

Skeptical? So were we, until we actually sat down and played with an OnLive box last week. Even a blisteringly fast racer like Burnout Paradise was totally playable over the service, and top-spec shooter Crysis: Warhead -- which normally requires an expensive gaming PC -- ran excellently too. It's all rolled together with a slick interface that requires just a few button-presses to get playing.


OnLive also includes some features you might associate more with your DVR than with a gaming console, including a Replay feature that lets you save the last ten seconds of your gameplay, and send it to your friends.

PC gamers aren't left out, either: OnLive's service can be accessed with a browser plugin from either Mac or PC platforms, works identically to the TV version, and has hardware requirements so low you'll be able, the company boasts, to play the most advanced of games on a $300 netbook.

OnLive has already signed deals with an impressive range of partners -- including EA, Take-Two, and Ubisoft -- and promises to have an up-to-the-minute selection of games when the service launches. Along with Burnout and Crysis, we spotted Grand Theft Auto IV, LEGO Batman, and Mirror's Edge among the games on offer, although the lineup will likely change before the service launches.

There's a catch, though. Being an online, streaming service, OnLive is only going to be as good as your Internet connection. High-definition resolutions will require a higher-end broadband connection, and if your service is prone to drop out unexpectedly, you're probably going to wind up frustrated. Even if it works, all that streaming video's going to add up over the months, and heavy users might find themselves the receipient of some unwelcome attention from their ISPs. Modem users, needless to say, need not apply.

OnLive won't talk price, other than to say that they'll be competitive with subscription services like Xbox Live. The box itself is simple and cheap to make, they told us, and it's easy to imagine it being thrown in with subscriptions -- rather like a cable or satellite TV set-top box. Games will most likely be available to rent or buy, and with free demos that don't need to be downloaded.

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Old 03-25-2009, 07:44 PM   #2
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at today's internet speed.....to stream a game would be a nightmare...the amount of hi-def data coming in through your internet will be too much for the internet to handle. The one they showed the journalists probably hooked up with a fiber optic cable or something.

Basically your internet has to have the bandwidth of your HDMI cable + some to run smooth.
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Old 03-25-2009, 07:52 PM   #3
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remember when they had saga type games on the tv back in the day? That was just comedy and didn't last long thats for sure.
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Old 03-25-2009, 07:54 PM   #4
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I wonder how's the controller lag...
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at today's internet speed.....to stream a game would be a nightmare...the amount of hi-def data coming in through your internet will be too much for the internet to handle. The one they showed the journalists probably hooked up with a fiber optic cable or something.

Basically your internet has to have the bandwidth of your HDMI cable + some to run smooth.
i think the resolution gets smaller rather than the game slowing down, but either way it's a cool techonology
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Old 03-25-2009, 08:07 PM   #7
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remember when they had saga type games on the tv back in the day? That was just comedy and didn't last long thats for sure.
When i was a kid i really wanted Sega TV lol..
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i dont understand what this service is offering other than hardware for the end user and their own hardware.

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Old 03-25-2009, 09:34 PM   #12
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Old 03-25-2009, 09:45 PM   #13
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Netflix and other companies already stream video's online, some in HD. This is the future gaming. Systems like the Xbox will be gone in 1 or 2 generations. This type of tech could also be built into TV's at a low cost. Say goodbye to console wars.

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I had Sega TV for a month. The games were DL'ed before you could play them. The games were the same as the ones you would buy in a cartridge, Sega Genesis roms were only a few megs each in size.
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As someone who notices when their keyboard or mouse lags by a few milliseconds, this is going to be utterly impossible to play for me.
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The concept isn't new. Sega had proposed something similar in the DC era.

For gaming, I don't think it's suitable for latency-critical games like FPS, action or fightings.

Until we get a much better internet, this system won't go anywhere.

But I don't think this company would last until the infraestructure are ready.
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will definitely try this out. shaw gave us all a speed upgrade for a reason
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I'm pretty positive about this thing. I for one will try it out when it's out winter 2009 unless I get my hands on a beta version of it.
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Old 03-25-2009, 11:38 PM   #19
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Old 03-26-2009, 06:39 AM   #21
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Pretty sure Wii and xbox aren't worried in the least
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for this to work, you need a fast and stable network connection for the majority of the population, so far, this is NOT possible as a monthly cable for that is still too high.
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