The Gaming News Thread

**Crandaeolon** · 03-27-2009, 17:45

No mention of Onlive yet?

News article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10202688-235.html

One-hour video presentation from GDC 2009:
http://www.gamespot.com/shows/on-the...e_spot20090324

**Monk** · 03-28-2009, 11:23

Originally Posted by Crandaeolon

No mention of Onlive yet?

News article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10202688-235.html

One-hour video presentation from GDC 2009:
http://www.gamespot.com/shows/on-the...e_spot20090324

OnLive looks incredibly promising and at the same looks like it could be incredibly hard to implement. Imagine how many people are going to sign up on day one. Imagine the

that will occur if the developers of this new community/distribution system do not have the hardware in place to cater to demand. All one has to do is recall the launch of steam. For an idea of what may be to come.

Personally? I hope OnLive works. It sounds amazing, but I won't go throwing roses at the feet of those responsible until we get the system ourselves. That way we can see, without a shadow of a doubt or flashy promos, what works and what doesn't.

**Husar** · 03-28-2009, 12:48

My thoughts on OnLive:

- works ONLY online, meaning the whole data of everything is on their server and you depend even more on their server than you do with Steam
- even if you have a 100Mbps connection and their servers are lightning fast, there can be lag and I seriously doubt that there will never be lag between your input and the picture, unless you live next door to their server farm, perhaps
- you will pay quite a bit more for your games, you may not have to upgrade your own PC but you pay for them to upgrade their servers
- I'm european
- they're american
- you get the point

**Jolt** · 03-29-2009, 16:12

Let me see if I get this right (I had heard about this, but didn't really care as I don't think it'll have that much success): Even with my graphics card (Something close to GeForce 2), I can buy Crysis and ETW and play them in the highest graphics without any lag (Other than Internet lag)? Even so, with a 4 MB broadband, I doubt it could bring in enough information at enough speed to run it laglessly.

**Crandaeolon** · 03-29-2009, 16:58

According to their claims, you could play in standard definition with a 4Mbit connection. HD would require 5Mbit.

**TinCow** · 03-31-2009, 13:28

EA strips all DRM from The Sims 2 except for serial numbers:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7972677.stm

Looks like they've finally learned their lesson.