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kraaft
9 Mar 2010, 03:50
http://www.onlive.com/

Watch the vid; it's about playing high-end games on computers (from high-low specs) because it uses a a broadband video to stream the game you're playing to your computer. 'Cloud Gaming'

Like steam, this could KILL piracy.
KRD
10 Mar 2010, 01:24
It could would also kill roping. You can't do that with the sort of input lag that inevitably comes with these solutions.
kraaft
10 Mar 2010, 02:35
They're hoping to overcome that with a fast enough connection :\
yakuza
10 Mar 2010, 09:20
They're hoping to overcome that with a fast enough connection :\

Are they giving away free super internet to people?
franpa
10 Mar 2010, 10:00
They'd need to upgrade everyone to fibre optics and give everyone ADSL 2 routers then upgrade all the servers and DSLAMs around the world. It will only cost what? half a petadollar?
M3ntal
10 Mar 2010, 13:03
Even that wouldn't be good enough, I know people who won't play games with a wireless mouse and keyboard because of the input lag.
franpa
10 Mar 2010, 15:37
Even that wouldn't be good enough, I know people who won't play games with a wireless mouse and keyboard because of the input lag.

If no one cared about money, then it wouldn't hurt at all :P but yes and I am one of said people that hate any and all lag!
yakuza
10 Mar 2010, 15:41
Even that wouldn't be good enough, I know people who won't play games with a wireless mouse and keyboard because of the input lag.

I know people that won't even play with USB keyboards because of the input lag
DrMelon
10 Mar 2010, 15:45
Am I the only one who controls the worm by firing electric current straight into the input pins on the motherboard? I can't stand any input lag.
Balee
10 Mar 2010, 23:28
Could kill piracy? Yes, it could.

Will it kill piracy? Hardly.
franpa
10 Mar 2010, 23:59
Yep, the game data will be leaked eventually and then eventually cracked. Nothing stays a secret forever, 'cept maybe the first moon landing >.>"
Muzer
11 Mar 2010, 00:26
Yep, the game data will be leaked eventually and then eventually cracked. Nothing stays a secret forever, 'cept maybe the first moon landing >.>"

Some other people could go up and see if the flag is there :p
GreeN
11 Mar 2010, 01:24
I feel I have to question the thought behind this actually becoming a "new market" for worms.

For one, the game hardly requires a top-end computer (currently, in which would actually faulter the game play; see Vista/7 and various other problems). Secondly (this applies to many games I suspect), this annihilates all possibility of customisation to the game; e.g. mods/tweaks. And last but not least, the game is availible (For those with access to it) for the price of a 'downloadable' old game like this anyway.

Tell your marketing director to reprint his business cards.
kraaft
11 Mar 2010, 01:30
tell your marketing director to reprint his business cards.

:p .