Onlive.... Which may mark the Death of Consoles and Gaming rigs!!!!

[PCWORM]

Just announced at this year's GDC, OnLive is an on-demand gaming service. It's essentially the gaming version of cloud computing - everything is computed, rendered and housed online. In its simplest description, your controller inputs are uploaded, a high-end server takes your inputs and plays the game, and then a video stream of the output is sent back to your computer. Think of it as something like Youtube or Hulu for games.
When you load up the service and choose a game to play, it starts immediately. The game is housed and played on one of OnLive's servers, so there's never anything to download. Using an appropriate input device, be it a controller or mouse and keyboard, you'll then play the game as you would if it were installed on your local machine. The server then plays the game just like it would if you were sitting at the machine, except that instead of outputting the video to a display, it gets compressed and streamed to your computer where you can see the action. Rinse and repeat 60 times per second.
The cool thing here is that your only requirement is a capable internet connection and some sort of computer. In theory, you should be able to play Crysis on a netbook.
A handful of people have played the game, at its highest settings, on a MacBook Air with the service
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Source: http://pc.ign.com/articles/965/965535p1.html
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Official website: http://www.onlive.com/

[max_demon]

not for indians , we need broadband

[avinash.gamerboy]

^^
yaa not for us..best thing is just download software and run in pc and ready to play games..but the Broadband here sucks..

ONLIve SDTV= 2Mbps ( BSNL offers 2mbps connection)
HDTV= 8-12Mbps

[amol48]

it;s true that it;s not for india or where fast BB is not there but I guess it surely has future! Imagine no more upgrading your PC's every six months to play that latest games.

[Gowt1ham]

maybe we can play with our grandchildren

[PCWORM]

Originally Posted by amol48

it;s true that it;s not for india or where fast BB is not there but I guess it surely has future! Imagine no more upgrading your PC's every six months to play that latest games.

+1 looking from the future perspective,, it may be usable even in india!

[Krazy Bluez]

When will we have real broadband....*sob*...