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1. Re: Onlive: Video Game Cloud (PC/Console Obsolete?)

   

   Reply by EVIL · Mar 2009 · Home› General Discussion

   We did some calculations here and the input lag would be around 2 ms extra, not nearly as bad as people would think. The biggest hogger will be sound and video. It could work, but there are so many variables that need to be taken into account. I wonder how they will compress the content from server to client in order for…

2. Onlive: Video Game Cloud (PC/Console Obsolete?)

   

   Topic by oXYnary · Mar 2009 · Home› General Discussion

   http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2343717,00.asp What do you guys think? Personally, I think the bandwidth just isn't there. That and this would depend on high quality of service lines from broadband providers. Just in example, our can go anywhere from 11mbs to 1mbs depending on time of day.

3. Re: Onlive: Video Game Cloud (PC/Console Obsolete?)

   

   Reply by Richard Kain · Mar 2009 · Home› General Discussion

   For the moment, this is future-tech. Even if they can get a viable prototype, they won't have nearly enough customers with fat enough pipes to make it financially viable. This is the sort of thing you need fiber-optic bandwidth to pull off. Besides, you are going to get the best performance on a system like this from games…

4. Re: Onlive: Video Game Cloud (PC/Console Obsolete?)

   

   Reply by oXYnary · Mar 2009 · Home› General Discussion

   Not really. I mean a economy would be crippled, but by no means up a creek without a paddle. You still can work with local intranets and have access to personal programs and games with the modern net even if it failed. We also haven't become so dependent on it that other forms of communication don't exist. This is changing…