The death of PC AND Console Gaming.

this is awesome i will wait outside bestbuy release night for this this truly is the revolution in gaming that the industry needs if this works which i have a feeling it will considering everyone should have internet even my grandpa whos 82 has it and plays on his email this is the 21st century and this is what we have needed i know that this will benefit me as a pc gamer by letting me rent pc games in a world in which most pc games dont get demos this is ahuge step forward i dont quit understand how this thing will allow u to play games over a cloud connection but i meen the fact that this has been this been and in dev for as long as it has makes me think these dudes know wut there doing and this is gonna work and they said itll be like 100 at most which is awesome one of the coolest things about this is the fact that u buy that game and its your s and saved on ur onlive which is awesome AMAZING IDEA cant wait to see how it pans out.

As I said in another thread, if they ever did figure this out it would be a threat to console gaming; not PC gaming.

People like PC gaming because the perks it offers over console gaming, this has even less freedoms and choices than console gaming.

AnnoyedDragon

I don't hink this will succeed at first even if it eventually might catch on, but lets say it does, console gaming could very well die or change with companies like MS moving to provide similar competing services.

But I'm not so sure if PC gaming would die, people still need pc so the platform will be around, and at the same time there are plenty of hardcore gamers who wouldn't be satisfied with 720p resolutions, not to mention all those small indie devs who put out niche titles, and how'bout mmorpg players who only play one or two games, are they gonna pay subscription in addition to monthly fees, how are they gonna work out the servers for massive online games, how'bout all the old games that people already own and play, how'bout modding etc. Nothing can kill the PC, as long as personal computers are being made there will be some sort of games for them. And technically it's still PC gaming even if you're only using your pc to stream the game.

you guys should watch this http://www.gametrailers.com/player/47080.html
this guy knows what hes talking abotu there s a part 2 as welll

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kidcool189

The thing about this is it's like a console as a service.

PC gamers pay more because they feel the perks of the platform are worth the price, that there is a cheaper console like experience out there doesn't change it doesn't offer what draws people to PC gaming,

Should this service work it would be limited to 720p and offer zero modability and customisability, that doesn't sound very appealing to me. The most this would do for me is providing rentables to try, but I'd buy and run my games using the traditional methods.

Sorry kids, this isn't going to catch on. Yes I am from the future, I know.

flclempire

Wow, finally get to meet you :P For the record, I don't think it will catch on either.

This would be successful if everyone had fiber-optic connections...:|

PC will never die.

Aljosa23

Where console gaming *will* die, right? :|

Useless for mods. I'll stick to my PC, thanks. Plus, I'd hope they could stream all that data and graphical processing of Crysis with TOD/Natural Mod with Ultra High settings and 32xAA/AF at a resolution of 1680x1050+ to hundreds if not thousands of computers.

That's just silly.

Useless for mods. I'll stick to my PC, thanks. Plus, I'd hope they could stream all that data and graphical processing of Crysis with TOD/Natural Mod with Ultra High settings and 32xAA/AF at a resolution of 1680x1050+ to hundreds if not thousands of computers.

Saturos3091

that's the thing. Simply saying 480p or 720p is not saying much, as to me it seems like a major downgrade and yet with my current connection I would barely be able to handle 720p. Which brings up another question? What is the amount of private used pc's that have speeds high enough to support this service?

If this is the future, there are going to be a lot of angry gamers.OICWUTUDIDTHAR

Indeed. Plus who the heck plays games at 720p on the PC? I can understand consoles, becuase that's the main standard for games at the moment, but on the PC? LOL. I'm pretty sure that both Microsoft & Sony will be bringing out true 1080p on their next gen systems. Than what will happen with OnLive?

Great idea outside the US. Funny how we created the internet, but are one of the slowest countries. Fios should be country wide by now. America sucks.nmaharg

that's because Japan actually heavily funds their science and technology unlike the US. Blame the republicans.

Blame the republicans.

Trinners

AGREED

Sounds sorta like the phantom.

I don't like the sound of the whole streaming thing. I like to actually have the games I pay for.

vashkey