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No disc, no download, no fuss...but can OnLive revolutionise the gaming scene?
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No disc, no download, no fuss...but can OnLive revolutionise the gaming scene?
Seems fine for extremely casual gaming.....which is why I can't see many people switching from PC/Console any time soon.
Plus, there is no mention of input lag. A lot of gamers detect it locally when using vsync......I can only imagine what its like while playing it "from the cloud"!
extremely casual gamers will have poopy comps, this definetly has a niche... just not us.Quote:
Originally Posted by shaithis
have they teamed up with any ISPs yet for cross-promotion?
Not ISP's but they have a partnership with Game in the works...not sure about anyone else.
I gave it a whirl (since its free to sign up and try) and I was quite impressed too. I found it to be extremely responsive with such little input lag I hardly noticed it (I only ran a demo mind...)
The graphics were rendered nicely and what not, but what it let down for me was the stream quality (not the render quality). It was a little like watching an average Youtube video...where I would of had my pants blown off if they delivered more Vimeo HD. It was fast, no lag, very smooth but just the quality let it down - and it seemed just a little muddy...time will hopefully improve this and bring out the best it has to offer. I think it has potential to be really really good.
I would of thought the casual gamer is a bigger market segment than the likes of us...Quote:
Originally Posted by MadduckUK
@.havoc
Niche doesn't necessarily mean small, only specialized.
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It's a great concept but I would like to know if people using OnLive play with gamers that don't use it? If they don't then I think they have a bottleneck, but otherwise it could encourage more budget concious people to join us gamers, which is a good thing imo.
On Virgin 20 meg broadband. Tried it at 7 pm yesterday so probably the network was getting hammered but, that is real life for ya.
I tried 20 mins of Arkham Asylum demo as I wan't going to pay for an unknown quantity.
Felt irritatingly laggy at times and graphics were so-so. And I'm used to the relative feel of perceptible lag day in day out as I run a Citrix network for a living. Probably a passable service if you want to play on tablets or the likes very casually. Or good as a demo delivery system. As your primary game platform, too irritating - the lag kills it.
Edit: in balance - tried again tonight at 11pm and it was quite playable. Still a little lag but no jerky and horrible stuttering like yesterday. Graphics still only suited to small screen or the very unfussy though.
Watching other people play is one of the best parts. Guaranteed HD quality. A lot better than watching JustinTV where quality differed from stream to stream.
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Originally Posted by ExHail
Well I gave it whirl on my 2.5Mb line last night, good fun but not exactly playable. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone on anything under 5Mb, For my it akin to playing a badly encoded youtube video at 360p.
If you're on a shared connection your housemates would probably be pissed off with you. I think there's a need for at least an unlimited 10Mb connection for a decent experience without restricting other users on a network too serverely.
Will never work effectively with the terrible internet speeds in the UK. Someone needs to do something isntit.