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[citation][nom]gosefroba[/nom]i was in the beta and would not recommend, i have a 45mbit down and 20 up still lagged bad![/citation]
The problem is not bandwidth but latency.
The problem is not bandwidth but latency.
mlopinto2k1
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[citation][nom]builderbobftw[/nom]AHAHAHAHAHANow macs can play Crysis!Lol.[/citation]AHahahhahah! Now iPhone's and iPod touches can too! What's your point? So can your grandma's POS.
Even my discs are now just images on my hard drive and iso mounted. Steam and Battle.net digitally distribute the rest of my collection. Owning a physical copy is soooo 2000 
/www.onlive.com/So your computer that, just by looking at what Best Buy currently offers at their website at the minimum specifications, runs you around $300 for the tower, another $100 for a 1280x720 monitor, and $100 for various knick-knacks like keyboard, mouse, sound, and what-have-you, you're starting at a modest $500 investment just for a basic computer that matches their minimums. (Also, Best Buy sells Win7x64 computers with 2gb of RAM?!? Yeesh.) Of course, that's assuming you buy new through Best Buy at today's prices without any discounts, etc., which I assume is the intended candidate for this type of service ("Computer gaming is too complicated since you need a $5000 computer that costs $1000/month in upgrades and viruses and porn and terror alert red!"). I won't get into ISP pricing.
$500 is sounding suspiciously close to an introductory level price of Xbox 360, Wii, or PS3 gaming setup ($2-300 system and a $2-300 television). And as far as I can glean from beta members and other news sources, games are still full price. Where is the advantage? I mean, I guess you can say your word processor/YouTube machine can also play Crysis but at this level are you really going to be all that inclined to even play the PC game? Additionally, I look at Sections 12 and 13 of the OnLive ToS about Account Suspension and Closure and just kind of wonder why this is enticing. If you don't pay for 12 months (subscribe for 4 months, buy a few games since you're wasting money if you don't, then decide to go with a console or whatever else instead and drop the service), your purchases are gone, end of story. I know the Steam comparisons are overplayed but I'd hope this is a valid concern for potential users. I don't know about you other "classic" style PC gamers but I still play quite a few of my older games that are more than a year old.
I don't know, I really don't. It doesn't really affect me but I just look at this service as some sort of bizarre creature. It's sort of the same feeling I had when I used to walk by the one religious nut that evangelized in the campus commons outside every day (well, at least not during winter; I guess Minnesota winters are more effective than the word of god). It's not some sort of beast you can defeat with logic nor is it inherently evil. More power to the people that want to go with it but I'll stick with Steam, disks, and whatever you want to call how most MMOs set up their gaming.
$500 is sounding suspiciously close to an introductory level price of Xbox 360, Wii, or PS3 gaming setup ($2-300 system and a $2-300 television). And as far as I can glean from beta members and other news sources, games are still full price. Where is the advantage? I mean, I guess you can say your word processor/YouTube machine can also play Crysis but at this level are you really going to be all that inclined to even play the PC game? Additionally, I look at Sections 12 and 13 of the OnLive ToS about Account Suspension and Closure and just kind of wonder why this is enticing. If you don't pay for 12 months (subscribe for 4 months, buy a few games since you're wasting money if you don't, then decide to go with a console or whatever else instead and drop the service), your purchases are gone, end of story. I know the Steam comparisons are overplayed but I'd hope this is a valid concern for potential users. I don't know about you other "classic" style PC gamers but I still play quite a few of my older games that are more than a year old.
I don't know, I really don't. It doesn't really affect me but I just look at this service as some sort of bizarre creature. It's sort of the same feeling I had when I used to walk by the one religious nut that evangelized in the campus commons outside every day (well, at least not during winter; I guess Minnesota winters are more effective than the word of god). It's not some sort of beast you can defeat with logic nor is it inherently evil. More power to the people that want to go with it but I'll stick with Steam, disks, and whatever you want to call how most MMOs set up their gaming.
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[citation][nom]Smochina[/nom]Nobody can play Crysis, to play something, it has to be a game first. It's like saying you were playing Futuremark or some other stupid benchmark.[/citation]
You sir, are an idiot. And, yes, I do play Crysis.
You sir, are an idiot. And, yes, I do play Crysis.
[citation][nom]Smochina[/nom]Nobody can play Crysis, to play something, it has to be a game first. It's like saying you were playing Futuremark or some other stupid benchmark.[/citation]
I am playing Crysis at 32fps with all settings maxed out, even AA and AF are as high as it can go. It is nice and smooth and fucking sexy looking. Care to re-evaluate your statement? That's a rhetorical question, no need whatsoever for you to answer.
Now as far as onlive goes, With the money you'll end up dumping into this service( obviously once the full price kicks in) and the beefy internet connection, you could end up paying for a couple nice gaming rigs within a relatively short amount of time. But hell, if people are willing to settle and pay into this, i say go for it. Just aint my cup 'o tea.
I am playing Crysis at 32fps with all settings maxed out, even AA and AF are as high as it can go. It is nice and smooth and fucking sexy looking. Care to re-evaluate your statement? That's a rhetorical question, no need whatsoever for you to answer.
Now as far as onlive goes, With the money you'll end up dumping into this service( obviously once the full price kicks in) and the beefy internet connection, you could end up paying for a couple nice gaming rigs within a relatively short amount of time. But hell, if people are willing to settle and pay into this, i say go for it. Just aint my cup 'o tea.
[citation][nom]syriquez[/nom]Additionally, I look at Sections 12 and 13 of the OnLive ToS about Account Suspension and Closure and just kind of wonder why this is enticing. If you don't pay for 12 months (subscribe for 4 months, buy a few games since you're wasting money if you don't, then decide to go with a console or whatever else instead and drop the service), your purchases are gone, end of story. I know the Steam comparisons are overplayed but I'd hope this is a valid concern for potential users. I don't know about you other "classic" style PC gamers but I still play quite a few of my older games that are more than a year old.[/citation]
I to on occasion play some of my older games from time to time, I just re-installed the witcher and am going to give the enhanced edition patch a go.
And talk about putting the used game market to a complete stop. At least with steam I can change my email to a fresh one and sell my acc with it, or when a no cd patch is released you can send over the digital copy to your friend to play when your done with it. But with this service all ur money is gone and in 3 years you got nothing but maybe some screen shots to show for it 0.0
I to on occasion play some of my older games from time to time, I just re-installed the witcher and am going to give the enhanced edition patch a go.
And talk about putting the used game market to a complete stop. At least with steam I can change my email to a fresh one and sell my acc with it, or when a no cd patch is released you can send over the digital copy to your friend to play when your done with it. But with this service all ur money is gone and in 3 years you got nothing but maybe some screen shots to show for it 0.0
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You may be able to play the games, but it might be at the minimum settings. You could get better than that just by cramming a 5770 into your generic Best Buy office PC. In a year or two, buying a cheap GPU will have been cheaper.
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[citation][nom]Trueno07[/nom]Honestly, my internet would create more lag than my computer[/citation]
i'd say your right in nearly every case
i'd say your right in nearly every case
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Let's say 10,000 people are logged in all playing Crysis... how do they accomplish this task? Do they have 10,000 machines rendering the images for each player????
[citation][nom]edilee[/nom]Are you for real? I have 16 megabits and it's fairly cheap... and something like 8m would be even cheaper. It's 2010...get with the program.[/citation]
Not every 1 live in SHIT LAND "AMERICA" our net is probably 2mBPS at TOPS even though its been advertised with up to 15Mbps SPEED USUALLY around 1 + our internet would probably be capped after 1 day of play, no every is high tech as you guys.
Not every 1 live in SHIT LAND "AMERICA" our net is probably 2mBPS at TOPS even though its been advertised with up to 15Mbps SPEED USUALLY around 1 + our internet would probably be capped after 1 day of play, no every is high tech as you guys.
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i was in the beta and its not all that great my gtx275 runs higher resolutions than thier streamed 720p or lower with much higher graphics options,though if i had to use my crummy old pentium 4 backup pc it would be a viable source of entertainment or if i lived in korea
Well, they are like now youtube was then. Back than nobody thought that 720p or 1080p HD will come ever. With time and smart developing they can become huge. And yes I know that video streaming and cloud gaming is not the same 
But they can get there...
But they can get there...princeofdreams
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Toms, you need to research your facts before publishing an article, Onlive is not giving the service for free at all, all you will have access to is demo's, and certain functions like friends etc, if yo want the the FULL game you still have to pay for it, you WONT have access via this site
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[citation][nom]Stryter[/nom]I am playing Crysis at 32fps with all settings maxed out, even AA and AF are as high as it can go. It is nice and smooth and fucking sexy looking. Care to re-evaluate your statement? That's a rhetorical question, no need whatsoever for you to answer. Now as far as onlive goes, With the money you'll end up dumping into this service( obviously once the full price kicks in) and the beefy internet connection, you could end up paying for a couple nice gaming rigs within a relatively short amount of time. But hell, if people are willing to settle and pay into this, i say go for it. Just aint my cup 'o tea.[/citation]
YOU FAIL at reading comprehension. But since you need it typed out. What he was saying is te game sucks balls. and all its good for is benchmarking. And I 100% agree its a pile of something a dog does when you let it out. and that likely has more playability then crysis.
YOU FAIL at reading comprehension. But since you need it typed out. What he was saying is te game sucks balls. and all its good for is benchmarking. And I 100% agree its a pile of something a dog does when you let it out. and that likely has more playability then crysis.
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