Comments on: OnLive: Will videogames be changed forever?

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:43:32 +0000

I think if they did this in a couple more years, it’d be a hit. There’s just not enough people who have that fast of a connection. If you thought the RROD was bad for Xbox, wait til we hear of all the crashes with this system! I have a feeling this is going to go south real fast.

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By: tdwilly

tdwilly — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:41:36 +0000

everyone keeps talking about lag lag lag…i think the developers of onlive know how important reaction time is in gaming …and lag would be a nail in the coffin for this system..no one spends seven years developing something like this to let the one thing that would kill it before it starts be a problem.
anyone else want to comment on the lag issue check out http://www.onlivenation.com

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:50:48 +0000

Anyone who insults the Turbografx-16 and Saturn like that does not deserve to call themselves a hardcore gamer.

By: RBlackstone

RBlackstone — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:49:07 +0000

Cold, dead, calloused hands.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:21:33 +0000

I cant even fully enjoy this generations games because I can only get dial-up at home.
Game Companies should invest in telecom companies to spread high-speed internet.

By: Des

Des — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:15:20 +0000

This will work for New Zealand which has a high bandwidth and quality internet. For a third world country like USA it will fail

By: LJ

LJ — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:55:12 +0000

Input-sensitive games like Street Fighter still can’t be played consistently well online due to lag, and that’s only sending your controller presses. The bandwidth required for hi-def video (HDTV is severely compressed), on top of sending input and other info to the server, makes me extremely skeptical that OnLive will be a satisfying experience. Maybe in the future when fat pipes are stable, reliable, and common.
The other issue with OnLive, much like iTunes, is the issue of ownership. People can (and do) still plug in their original NES to enjoy the games they own. With this kind of service, if they remove it from the server its gone forever. No thanks.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:03:27 +0000

No. Consoles have a much lower overall cost of ownership than the traditional computer (Mac/PC). Modern consoles are at the dawn of being consumer appliances rather than simply game machines. All we need on consoles is a decent word processor and money manager and we’re set, we can finally throw away the traditional computers. Today it is even conceivable that consumers buy a console system without even using it for gaming.

By: givetoandy

givetoandy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:58:05 +0000

Oops. I meant to say $600 extra a year (not a month) for speedier internet.