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As I'm sure a lot of people will be, I'm dubious about its potential.
The idea behind it is solid (essentially remote processing like a terminal server), but it will be interesting to see whether it can actually deliver what it promises.

One issue I can foresee (for us at least) is network speed. I just don't think the UK has the broadband infrastructure (yet) to support something like this.

I will happily be proved wrong though...and the small download (1MB browser plugin apparently) that PC & Mac users will be able to get should be able to prove the concept for most people.

"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
-Terry Pratchett.

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Where will OnLive be available?
We’ll be launching across the continental US
as usual......

Yeah halfway through a tricky level of something and Virgin throttles you

lol, you can tell it's games convention season as onLive rears its ugly head again. I assume like me, anyone who has used RDP, Citrix etc isn't entirely convinced

WTF is... cloud gaming?

This is like those articles about how consoles have killed PC gaming, how handhelds have killed console gaming, and how mobile phones have killed all other forms of gaming.


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OnLive: 'We'll be No.1 for core games'
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"I believe the cloud will become the dominant way to play high performance video games"

After the jostling for podium positions at E3, OnLive has declared itself “the fourth platform” – and predicted that it will soon be No.1 for core gaming.

The cloud-based service, which launches in the UK this autumn, has been live in the US for almost a year.


I'm still not convinced, but maybe dealing with Citrix all day I'm jaded

http://www.onlive.com/go/uk



unofficial forums

http://onlivefans.com/forum.php

not had chance to look through to see what ppl think, but a lot of games there.

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Why whenever I hear the words "The Cloud" do I feel the need to give out a huge sigh?

I'm also completely unconvinced. Maybe when it is out of beta I'll give it a quick whirl just to prove to myself it isn't as good as it claims to be.


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Maybe it's just me but I don't like the idea of having to connect to the Net in order to do EVERYTHING.  Some things I'd like to do without having to worry about my connection...

I'm also not convinced that streaming hi-end games will work well until upload streams are anywhere near as fast as download, I've always found an element of lag in on-line gaming for FPS.  Not so much of a problem for the current browser type gaming, I'm playing the Battlestar Galactica version of EVE at the moment, but that doesn't really require huge speeds whereas graphic intensive FPS will.

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I'm still not convinced:

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Onlive 'cloud console' to get UK launch
Onlive is to launch its cloud-based gaming service in the UK on 22 September.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14481101

This item was edited on Thursday, 11th August 2011, 13:10