Q&A Will OnLive Change The Gaming Culture?

In this video, I answer a question from Ian regarding Onlive and how this will change the gaming culture. I explain that OnLive provides games via a network connection. Games are streamed over the network for you to play them. It is a little box that you can attach to your Mac, PC or television that will enable you to play over the internet. My opinion is that I don't believe that OnLive will scale to meet demand. Thanks to Ian for the question!

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[Hotrod768]

the big thing is that no first party games will appear on onlive, meaning it won't have halo, mario, killzone, gears of war, god of war, gran turismo etc etc. And those are the main games that make or break the console, so of course consoles are gonna stay in market.

[m1ke905]

CORRECTION: if you have a PC..all you need is a internet browser plug in..not the box it self...the box is only if your using a TV..not a computer.

[Sk4zZi0uS]

So what do you think to OnLive now? Its recently been launched in the UK and I noticed you have an account. I recently picked up a few games and the console and I have to say its pretty awesome for how much it costs.

I have a really poor net connection at times... so it can be a problem... but I also have 2 kids... so gaming always has to be fit into a misc gap.

[TheBigDaddyMrB]

@Hotrod768 i dont think ps3 will ever have halo or xbox have killzone either

[TheFunnynewz]

it isnt on a hard drive... its all in "the cloud"



[SlaginnMetal247]

what happens when your shit gets hacked and then no more games

[mikeannike]

One thing they should do is open their system up to indie developers as a app market type of platform and charge them to distribute through them. This would generate them another stream of income, and could possibly lead to them getting some exclusive titles in their lineup.

[mikeannike]

I am also kinda iffy about this technology as well. although do thinks it could work if implement certain thinks. For example if the implement some sort of p2p protocol that will use a small percentage of a user's bandwidth to stream the core parts of the game your playing with other users playing the same game. This way they could reduce there server load. They should also advertise this as a platform for independent game developers(ie. appstore) and charge them to use this.

[THEjkllkkljkljkl]

If you like on line gaming this is not good for that

if you love singleplayer games then this has no point

this is juat another way to control people and stop piracy

[KKINTI]

great review man

[donutplay]

@xSH4DOWKILL3Rx a binary clock

[DaFROMAN95]

I think that OnLive will be better on potable consoles (Nintendo 3DS & PSP2 (whenever it comes out) or maybe like the iPhone, and other iOS Devices) because everyone knows trying to play Crysis or Left 4 Dead on a mobile device is less likely to happen