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[swigs]

As posted in another thread, I'm curious what your opinions are on the OnLive. A gaming service that makes gaming hardware (graphics cards and consoles) potentially obsolete for the consumer.

This is a technology, if popular might become common for everyday computing.

Some articles:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cotown-games25-2009mar25,0,2697390.story

http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/04/06/story13.html?b=1238990400^1805368

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7976206.stm

[fullmulletjacket]

seems like a great idea. i feel a little bit skeptical about if they can pull it off. feels a bit like the phantom to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_(game_system)

[dazzed]

I already read about it. It seems a good concept but I don't think it's a good idea overall. Such as lag time, packet loss, etc. Any interference in your connection would ruin the game time. Also they said it's not good as having the software on your comp, unless you don't care much about full graphics.

[Demophobe]

[tsm174]

Yea, I believe for this to work as an everyday "take the place of all consoles" type thing, everybody's internet would have to be much much faster. I do remember reading a while back though about a team of scientists who are completely re-inventing the internet from the ground up, which apparently increased the speed exponentially. Who knows, ten years from now the face of internet and gaming could be decades ahead of where it is now. Whether this idea takes off or not, it's exciting to see companies coming up with this kind of thing.