hollywoodreporter.com — Unlike current consoles like the Sony PlayStation 3 or Microsoft Xbox 360 -- or even the PC -- OnLive will have all the graphics, assets and game play taking place on its servers and then streamed in real-time using a special interactive compression technology that took seven years to develop. It's set to launch in winter 2009
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irriadinMar 24, 2009
On a somewhat related note. Can you imagine thousands of people wanting to play Crysis all at once? I'm not sure what kind of servers they are, but I doubt they'd be able to handle that.
danwallaceMar 24, 2009
Because everybody on the internet is a technical genius and wants you to know it by invoking the "fail" meme over and over again.
danwallaceMar 24, 2009
That's because this idea has been around for a long time. We've really just been waiting for the broadband infrastructure to pull it off.
aaabbbsssMar 24, 2009
Perhaps I wasn't clear enough for the common populace. PS3 and 360 fanboys do the same thing as PC enthusiasts. Console owners like to flaunt that they have the system with the best specs. The newest generation in gaming. Etc. They won't like saying, well this server 1000 miles away has my real video game console/gaming PC. My comment was not limited to those who know how many FLOPS their CPUs/GPU perform.....
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tp123Mar 25, 2009
There is a chance OnLive will fail. However I don't see that happening. As long as the games can flow nicely through broadband, I really believe that it will put Console systems out of business within a few years. Check out the Onlive Forum at:<a class="user" href="http://onlivefans.com" rel="nofollow">http://onlivefans.com</a>
philbertMar 25, 2009
Remember when games came with cool stuff? The reason I bought my PSOne was for Lunar: Silver Star Saga. On top of the game it came with the manual, a hard cover book, a cloth map, and I think a poster too. Sadly the gameplay wasn't as good as the original, but the graphics were improved.
wolferzMar 26, 2009
@dragonuh... no i didn't. I said you could PLAY it. We're talking 50+ fps in all cases mentioned above.
theseamanMar 26, 2009
What's the difference between what you are describing and Steam? Sure, the files are stored directly on your PC, but you can't really play them without Steam installed. And Steam's obviously massively successful. Why aren't you afraid Steam is going to do the same thing? (Or are you?)