Onlive's cloud gaming review (HD)

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Pros
- Play games, demos and beta test instantly
- Gameplay is limited by internet, not the computer
- Lag is barely noticeable
- They automatically apply patches

Cons
- Doesn't work over wi-fi
- They control the prices
- They control the games - you leave and you may lose some games/info

~wartex8

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[thatguy4837]

you can use wifi. bridge the wireless connection with your wired connection and it works.

[wartex8]

@thatguy4837 Yah, onlive prevents people from using wifi, unless you can find a workaround. They probably did that because the wifi connection adds additional time to your response time. They need the response time to be under 60 ms so every little bit counts.

[Shut0w3n]

@wartex8 whys there alot of lag?

[wartex8]

@Shut0w3n the capture program (camtasia) added lag to the recording.

[EvilSwordProductions]

@carson535

Not even close broseph. Steam is just where you buy games, and play them, and it actually reduces performance on bad rigs. This basically streams the games. If you have a good rig, use steam still, if not, this is prettty boss.

[Lasekfraek]

i cant do this because my internet isnt fast enough, u have to have a required speed

[3styler1]

i tried it out on my old laptop and it works pretty great is a very good way to play games if your pc specs are not good but if they are like my gaming rig stick to the old way

[runescapecars4321]

this is cool and all but i think im gonna stick with Steam :P

[mins332]

There can be no free games. Face it they treat this as a buisness or a scheme of making money.

[i0am0the0one0]

What is Cloud Gaming

[lantyboy696]

I really dislike the idea of this could gaming lark, i and many MANY people prefer to own the game and have a hard copy of it. If this fad and i hope all it is, is a fad takes off and it brings the end of being able to own a hard copy of the game i will stop gaming all together.

The only reason this cloud thing is being made is to stop trade ins on games and put more money in greedy devs pockets, some people cant afford £40+ for a game so they buy them pre owned. Cloud gaming lol total BS!

[SVPScottiesVideos]

I just found this today, bought Lord of the Rings War of the North for $1! I love it because I have a horrible computer and all it requires is a good internet speed witch I have. I seemed a bit upset when it had an expire date on the game but after 4 years you will forget you even bought it

[zukas5]

@DudeWolfx It depends on strenght of your router and your receiver or something. And i'm using stationary PC but cable can't reach my room so i use Wireless with USB additional thing. It works good for me

[DudeWolfx]

@zukas5 lol then u must be sitting right next to the router ;) Wi-Fi would only not work because its far away from the router. but you still will expierence lag no matter what evetually it will freeze every know and then

[zukas5]

@DudeWolfx Nah. It was perfect for me :)