onlive is a "cloud gaming" provider that lets you play games on a browser that barely takes anything to run.

For instance, my google chrome watching a stream takes 65,000 KB to run.

A demo of Dirt 3 took only 80,000 KB to run.... wow

ALthough there is some lag, it is extremely cool for casual gamers, i even heard you can get it on your ipad or tablet (SIIIICKKKK)

http://www.onlive.com/

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-7_0rXB14E]

nimbus99

Canada194 Posts

September 21 2011 02:30 GMT

i meant that video to be embedded :'(

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

September 21 2011 02:33 GMT

Just put in the youtube link to embed.

Navi

5286 Posts

September 21 2011 02:34 GMT

just type the url without brackets and stuff

it'd be really interesting if they could get it on tablets, wonder what kind of games would be worth playing on one :3

Jonoman92

United States9104 Posts

September 21 2011 02:35 GMT

Remember reading about this a while back. It's so any crap computer can play games as long as it had good internet right? Seem cool for sure.

blabber

United States4448 Posts

September 21 2011 02:44 GMT

coulda sworn it's been out for a while now?

anyways i would imagine the slight input lag is a deal breaker for most people

eNtitY~

United States1293 Posts

September 21 2011 02:48 GMT

Thought this already has been out.

Vansetsu

United States1454 Posts

September 21 2011 02:49 GMT

Looks like a somewhat neat concept, I just don't see any titles worth playing atm.

fabiano

Brazil4644 Posts

September 21 2011 02:51 GMT

Once the world's average internet speed reaches 100mbps up and down, and the providers actually provide at least 80% of the promissed, onlive will be a great service.

da_head

Canada3350 Posts

September 21 2011 03:04 GMT

#10

oh man this is finally out huh? well im not really too interested in it. i got a beast computer, and i enjoy pirating my games

but to be able to play on tablets? hmm thats interesting..

tok

United States691 Posts

September 21 2011 03:06 GMT

#11

You can play this on college computers, it's amazing how well single player games run. Multiplayer games are not what it's supposed to be used for but are alright.

Al Bundy

7257 Posts

September 21 2011 03:12 GMT

#12

This is the future.

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

September 21 2011 03:24 GMT

#13

It's been out for months now.

Djzapz

Canada10681 Posts

September 21 2011 03:48 GMT

#14

Yep, it has been out for months but hasn't worked because it has very few of the good games and it blows through bandwidth like crazy.

I don't know how it stays in business, where's the money coming from? I can't imagine that many people use it very much.

SpoR

United States1542 Posts

September 21 2011 09:58 GMT

#15

insert xzibit lag joke

theonemephisto

United States409 Posts

September 21 2011 13:41 GMT

#16

I've actually been using it for a while now. It works pretty well as long as you have a good, stable internet connection. If you're having any problems you'll get random lag spikes and such.

Also is better for some games than others. I couldn't imagine playing an FPS on it, because there is a slight latency increase. Sports games are perfect though.

And very limited game selection. Though the free demo system is great.

KeksX

Germany3634 Posts

September 21 2011 13:50 GMT

#17

On September 21 2011 12:12 AlBundy wrote:
This is the future.

No it's not... It's the present and it's a mediocre technology. >.<

I will always prefer to have my own systems, there is just too much trouble with this streaming thing. Also, the paying system is a joke. This way, the only benefit you have is that you don't need a good computer if you just want to play games, but who does that? There is always more stuff you want to do. And you don't even OWN the game, but are only allowed to play it at onlive? Did I get that right?

But yea, for casual gamers that don't need good pc systems and really only want to play video games this is a very good way to play new games, if they still want to spend money for them (which is still quite a lot though)

QuanticHawk

United States32073 Posts

September 21 2011 13:57 GMT

#18

It came out and everyone dirted on it because they billed it as having like 40ms and it's actually 150 or so, which is quite a leap