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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: killerchameleon on February 17, 2012, 05:34:32 am
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Has anyone seen this or used this? Should this be add to the database?
http://www.onlive.com/game-system
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I've seen a demo of it in person but haven't actually used it. I'm honestly curious but almost scared of it, because if it's successful it'll change gaming as we know it.
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It’s going to happen weather you like it or not, I don’t know though I think people still want to hold something at least us older generation still feel that way. The newer generation will be more acceptable towards it like music CD’s, kids don’t buy CD’s they down load music to there phones or IPOD.
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Well I down loaded the free software for the Onlive cloud gaming system. I’m afraid that this is going to be the future of gaming. Say good by to boxes and cases. No longer will you need a powerful gaming system like the Xbox or Playstation, all you need is a high speed internet connection. I managed to pick up the Onlive micro console for $29.00 so I’m going to check that out when I get it but yes girls and boys I believe this is the next big thing. Perhaps Microsoft and Sony will add software updates to incorporate the same idea as Onlive, I just don’t see the need for more powerful systems anymore. Also how can you beat the price $99 a year and you have access to over 140 games, I’m already paying over half that now just for Xbox live. Yep I’m going to have to try this out, this will give me access to games I might never have tried to play do to just being too cheap to try. Anyway that’s my thoughts on this Onlive could gaming system so far.
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I don't think cloud gaming is quite there yet. Internet speeds need to be faster for everyone first (otherwise a lot of people couldn't access gaming at all and "normal" consoles would have to remain the norm), things such as bandwidth on internet subscriptions need to go otherwise this will greatly limit playtime for people (with big name ISPs in Canada, you have around 10-25GB of download every month, which isn't a lot), and there's always gonna be minor input lag. That and the video quality, at least now, has to remain lower.
Maybe in 10 years cloud gaming will be viable if internet speed increases and it becomes available to everyone, but until then the gaming industry needs to continue embracing physical media.
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Sony and Nintendo obviously feel like they still need to produce physical copies of games for the next 5 years. Vita and 3DS anyone?
I think something is going to change after the next round of consoles release, but a flight to the cloud? I doubt it.
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I think the next big push is to simply release titles as both physical media and as a downloadable title. I can defintely see MS going this direction with the next console release. As for going to an OnLive system, this is definitely something that could be implemented with an existing system so we may definitely see some of the major players entering this market. I'm interested and really need to give OnLive a chance.
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I think the next big push is to simply release titles as both physical media and as a downloadable title.
Well, Sony are already doing that with the Vita, so that makes perfect sense.
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Well I know in my house hold Netflix is streaming video almost 24/7, I’m on the computer and one of my kids will usually be on their 3DS either playing a game on the internet or streaming a video and I use Vonage for my phone my speeds seem to be pretty stable. I do agree, more band width will be needed but I think it will be here sooner than we think.
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Look, has Sony seen the light? Is Sony going to switch their strategies and drop the expensive processors and look towards cloud gaming?
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/rumor-sony-may-be-dropping-cell-processor-for-ps4/
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I know I’m just reading into some of these articles but look at this could Sony be upgrading its firmware on it’s PS3 to support cloud gaming? Profit wise this would be the way to go for Sony.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/playstation-network-maintenance-postponed/
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I'm a bit disappointed with the current generation of consoles and will not be buying in to the next generation. Call me a dinosaur or a relic of a bygone era, but when it comes to games, if I can't touch it, I don't want it. Besides, I have many games in my collection I haven't played and there's still thousands out there for the now-classic consoles. Should keep me busy for a while.
My thoughts on the subject are obviously quite different from the current generation and even that of my own generation. I'm apparently not a part of the target audience that Onlive is pursuing.
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Well...this thread worked and convinced me to give it a try. Holy shit. Nearly flawless. I tried a few 15 minute trials and everything was as smooth as silk. I wanted to test out an FPS so I loaded up FEAR3. Graphics were nearly maxed out and the thing ran silky smooth. I'm on a 10meg Charter connection and it handled it great. I may be sold on this idea...
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I'm with dstone on this one, If I can't touch it, I don't want it. Yes i am old school all the way and love the feel of the actual controller in my hands. I have emulators on my PSP and they work when I need something to play but they dont feel right without the proper controller, no matter how bad the controller.
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I'm with dstone and atariboy. If modern gaming goes this route, then I'll be building up my retro library.
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I think there is one major flaw. Latency... Good luck, I don't care how much bandwidth you have. @Matt, have you tried FPS multiplayer?
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I think there is one major flaw. Latency... Good luck, I don't care how much bandwidth you have. @Matt, have you tried FPS multiplayer?
Oh no and coming from this ex-competitive CS player, I never would. That is exactly why I tried out an FPS right away. I wanted to see how bad/good it was and I was pleasantly surprised. Fine for single player but not quite their for multi.
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@matt Ah ok, thanks! This would be very important to me if I tried it out.
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Try it out. You've got nothing to lose. Accounts are free and you can demo any game for 15 - 30 minutes.
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I don't want to try it! I am scared of change and if I like it then it might catch on and then I won't be able to collect games anymore..... DON'T TEMPT ME!
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I kind of felt the same way, still stuck with that old mentality but then I started thinking. I don’t buy CDs, DVDs or Bluerays anymore and I don’t miss them and the house is less cluttered. Don’t have to worry about the media being damaged, I think once I get use to it I will probably prefer it that way. Anyways it’s about the gaming experience as long as that’s intact I think it will catch on. Also for me I’m not really a game collector, I like collecting the game systems and have a few key games to show off the systems so having the media in hand is not as important for me as it is for most of the collectors here. In fact even though I own a certain game I mostly end up playing the emulation of it mostly because of convenience, I know you losses some of the nostalgia by playing an emulation but for the most part the experience of the game is still in tacked. I also find appealing with cloud gaming is that I can pick up the game I was playing on my TV or computer and play the same game on my portable device being it be a laptop, tablet or smartphone, having all your game saves moving from device to device is a major plus. I found a used Onlive micro system for the TV at Goodwill for only $29, I going to check it out by playing the free stuff for now. If I like it I will probably pay the $99 for the year to play all their games for the year but I ‘m still not ready to leave my Xbox360 yet and I will always love pulling out one of the vintage systems and I will still go to the flea market or yard sale in search for a deal on a game I know nothing about. The future is coming weather you like it or live in denial, the video game industry is bigger than the movie industry and the movie and gaming industry will be dependent on the infrastructure the money is there someone will step up to the plate to collect that money.
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Not sure if any one is using Onlive but I’ve been using it now for a few months and so far I like it. They now have over 200 games on their $9.99 service and a lot of them are some of the cool Sega Genesis games like Shinning Force, land Stalker and Wonder Boy everyone should give it a try, at least try it for free.
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I use OnLive all the time. I absolutely love. Latency is not an issue, but I have Xfinity High Speed Internet so that may be why. It allows my average computer to play some pretty nice games that I would otherwise not be able to play. I currently have about 18 games on the service last time I checked.
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Looks like the OUYA game system will support Onlive.
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Looks like the OUYA game system will support Onlive.
I wonder with the new news re: OnLive how things might our might now change for Ouya...
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I might need a new tab:
Collection ; Wish List ; Sell List ; Games I used to have on OnLive