whos looking forward to the onlive sevice.

[foodme]

whos looking forward to the onlive sevice.

[m@nyt1mes]

whats onlive service?

[Josjie]

OnLive is an gaming-on-demand game platform, announced at the Game Developers Conference in 2009.[1] The service is a gaming equivalent of cloud computing: the game is synchronized, rendered, and stored on a remote server and delivered online. The service was announced to be compatible with any Windows PC running Windows XP or Windows Vista, or any Intel-based Mac running OS X.[2] A low-end computer, as long as it can play video, may be used to play any kind of game since the game is computed on the OnLive server. For that reason, the service is being seen as a strong competitor for the console market.[3][4] Thus, Engadget states that "Broadband connections of 1.5 Mbps dials the image quality down to Wii levels while 4-5 Mbps pipes are required for HD resolution." The average broadband connection speed in the US at the end of 2008 was 3.9 Mbps, while 25% of US broadband connections were rated faster than 5 Mbps.[5]

It was announced that Electronic Arts, Take-Two, Ubisoft, Epic Games, Atari, Codemasters, THQ, Warner Bros., 2D Boy and Eidos Interactive have signed up to have their PC games available on the service.[6] Sixteen game titles are currently available from the OnLive service.[7] The service is currently in closed beta with plans to have an open beta during the summer of 2009. The service is planned for release in the winter of 2009.

[ace62394]

I heard about this in one of my magazines (Popular Science, I think). It sure does look neat, but I already have a high-end PC, so I won't be needing it. Quite amazing how they did this, though.