Get Some Free Gaming on OnLive This Halloweekend

[DSpider]

[citation][nom]gmcizzle[/nom]This. I always wanted to try OnLive out, but man what a disappointment. I tried metro 2033 and Fear 3 and man it looks like ass on my 1080p monitor, like a 720p upscale or something.[/citation]
That's because it is a 720p upscale (1280x720). A lot of people still game on 1280x1024, a small percentage even lower. Most laptops/netbooks come in 1024 x 600, 1366x768. And think of it this way, would you rather spend $9.99/month for playing over 100 games or $39.99 to be able to play them in 1080p?

I think 720p is good enough (for now), for the money. It has a lot room for expansion too. For instance they could add a savegame manager that lets you upload saved games or that "syncs" them with your computer(s) whenever you log into OnLive, so that they work with installed games too.


[citation][nom]nelood[/nom]It may not be "there" yet for some years, but cloud gaming is probably going to be the future...[/citation]

If Sony did this with their entire library they would make a KILLING. The PlayStation 5 could be the first console that goes with you everywhere! Not just through TV sets connected to the internet (first Android-powered TV was announced last year and Apple is rumoured to be working on a TV set with iOS), but through phones, tablets, netbooks, basically anything that connects to the internet.

Heck, the PS5 could be purely software (PS "5" as in being able to play PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP and Vita games, all in one). There's a huge opportunity there.

 

[orionite]

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."
―Yoda —

Sorry, you don't approve of Onlive or the cloud or, well apparently, anything. There are millions of users that disagree with you. I for one welcome our new overlords.

 

[upgrade_1977]

[citation][nom]Benihana[/nom]Probably be better to just pick them up from the Steam sale, 'cause after Halloween is over, you still have your game to play.[/citation]

I completely agree.. I just picked up all the GTAIV games for $12.54. All of them, gta, gta II, Gta III, GTA IV, Vice city, San Andreas, both expansions for GTA IV, ALL for only 12 bucks and some change. Thats why I love steam...
Was gonna get Bioshock 2 which was on sale for $5.00 last night, but I refuse to buy any games that use secure rom the way they implemented it. (And I do BUY all my games to support the developers I like)

As far as onlive, I tried it a couple of times, way to laggy for me. Until 200mb fiber optics are the norm and lag has been eliminated, and they work out some deal with all the ISP's with the bandcaps, I think i'll stick with my pc. I'll stick with my PC. (Comcast 12MB down connection)

 

[species8472]

If you'd prefer to game locally instead, using your own CPU and GPU power, check out the Halloween Steam sale.

Nice one! Report on this cloud foolishness only to direct attention away. I like it!

 

[orionite]

[citation][nom]species8472[/nom]Nice one! Report on this cloud foolishness only to direct attention away. I like it![/citation]

What are you talking about? There's a THW article on the steam sale, as well. Tinfoil hat too tight?

 

[jl0329]

Cloud gaming will eventually take over local gaming, but NOT in the near future. Internet bandwidth in the US is not sufficient for proper cloud gaming. We will need much much faster internet connection to utilize this technology.

It's like streaming bluray videos in the 28K modem age.

 

[DSpider]

More like streaming BluRay videos at an incredibly low bitrate.

I know they can't just stream raw frames, but I think they should implement a newer codec or rendering method or something. I finished Metro 2033 on OnLive (amazing game, btw), and some bullet casings I could barely see, even with them glowing and all. Further out details get lost in the compression process and it's a pain if you use a sniper because you simply don't see the enemy at far distances. The image needs to be sharper.