OnLive to make PC and console online gaming obsolete, says IGN

[TheCorpulent1]

Downloading retail games is the way to go. So much less hassle than buying them from a shop and having them sitting around your house forever.

 

[Addendum]

Yeah, that bookcase with my CD's, DVD's and games is taking up a lot of space in my apartment. Really blocks a nice view of my wall

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Different strokes, my friend. I'm not particularly organized, so it's a lot more convenient for me to be able to download games whenever I want them from a list on my computer than to go sifting through my hundreds of CDs to find the game I want.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Yeah, that bookcase with my CD's, DVD's and games is taking up a lot of space in my apartment. Really blocks a nice view of my wall

When you have +200 though they can be a pain in the butt.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Digital distribution is good for game sales, too. Buying stuff online doesn't feel as real as buying things physically for some people. I've bought like 10 games off Steam in the last week and a half.

I... I think I have a problem.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Those steam deals make me buy crap left right and centre.

 

[Havok83]

Downloading retail games is the way to go. So much less hassle than buying them from a shop and having them sitting around your house forever.

the closest we've had to that is Sony offering retail games of some of its titles through the PSN. I like that idea better than what OnLive will offer

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Those steam deals make me buy crap left right and centre.

I got both Oddworld games for under $4.

Sometimes I'm too impatient to wait for sales, though. I spend way too much money that way.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Digital distribution is good for game sales, too. Buying stuff online doesn't feel as real as buying things physically for some people. I've bought like 10 games off Steam in the last week and a half.

I... I think I have a problem.

I feel yeah. I buy DLC and XBLA games with a lot less restraint then I do full retail copies.

 

[StrainedEyes]

the closest we've had to that is Sony offering retail games of some of its titles through the PSN. I like that idea better than what OnLive will offer

Yeah, I agree. I think downloading retail games is definitely going to be a major factor during the next console generation.

 

[Addendum]

When you have +200 though they can be a pain in the butt.

I have 150-160 games (PC, PS1, PS2, Xbox and 360), with another 170 DVDs (including boxsets), then about 250 or so CDs.

I've never had this problem where I can't keep track of the stuff I've bought

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

I've never had this problem where I can't keep track of the stuff I've bought

You must be pretty organized as mine as all over the place.

 

[Addendum]

Except for my desk at work. I just organize the stuff I care about.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Except for my desk at work. I just organize the stuff I care about.

Ergo: Organized

 

[Addendum]

I'm an organized mess

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Sony may be the latest company to explore the hot topic of cloud computing, the off-loading of software and services to remote servers, based on recent trademark filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has registered a trademark for "PS Cloud," protecting it against it against all manner of video game-related things, like "entertainment services, namely, providing an on-line video game that users may access through the internet." The possible service, which has not been announced, could follow the recently announced OnLive model, which plays your games remotely, or Valve's SteamCloud service, which hosts Steam user preferences and game saves on outside servers.


If we had our druthers, the latter might be more appealing, as having more remote access to account-specific content could be a boon to PlayStation 3 (and PSP) owners who would like to have game saves and DRM-restricted content away from their home console. It's not like the PS3 is the most portable of game machines.


But if it were the former, the ability to play games that aren't stored locally, especially on the PSP, could be appealing. A cloud-based service could possibly come with fees attached, as OnLive has planned, revenue that would likely help Sony's PlayStation business out.
Or it could be a big, fluffy cloud controller. That would be just heavenly.
Keep in mind that some filed trademarks never make it to market as an actual product, so we're just getting our kicks speculating.




http://kotaku.com/5190494/playstation-moving-into-the-cloud


"it against it against "

Another well written kotaku article.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I saw a thing about OnLive on one of X-Play's podcasts. Perlman mentioned that the video compression process they're using is a new one that they developed, so whoever said a while ago that there's no way OnLive could work with existing video compression techniques was apparently right. Whether it actually works with its own new video compression technique is another story, though.

 

[wiegeabo]

If their video compression is as good as they say (or just better than what's out there), they could always make money licensing the it. There's potentially a lot of money to be made there to help fund the program.

And if OnLive fails, they'll always have the licensing to fall back on.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Talks abit about bandwidth and power consumption.

http://uk.gamespot.com/hardware/blo...om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks;title;2

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

I dont get the need to have a physical game or console in your possession? Who cares? as long as you can play the games on demand and they function the same it shoudlnt matter.

When you get your paycheck direct deposited do you then proceed to go to the bank and withdraw it all in small bills just so you can have something physical to hold in your hands?

Big deal if some companies retail locations go out of business. Companies either adapt and survive or they die off. It's the whole reason Blockbuster Video is going to eventually become more like NetFlix and eventually OnDemand or Tivo. Much in the same way I think eventually Sony, MS, and Nintendo will eventually turn into online gaming services once the bugs are worked out. I'm sure it's more cost effective for them not to have the overhead costs or producing consoles they dont profit that much on.

You dont want to be the guy still trying to sell horse buggies after the invention of the automobile.

 

[terry78]

I dont get the need to have a physical game or console in your possession? Who cares? as long as you can play the games on demand and they function the same it shoudlnt matter.

When you get your paycheck direct deposited do you then proceed to go to the bank and withdraw it all in small bills just so you can have something physical to hold in your hands?

Well, if last week's South Park is any indication, I may start doing just that.

 

[Addendum]

Well, it's not like content on the internet has ever gone away. Websites closing up? Servers shutting down? That's just unheard of

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Steam seems pretty secure. It's making buckets of money for Valve and Valve itself has the obscenely rich Gabe Newell running things, so I don't think it's going anywhere.

 

[Addendum]

True, but things happen in business. I'm just saying that if Valve goes out of business and files bankruptcy, I don't think Steam will be kept running you know?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Eh, if that ever happens, it'll probably be ten years from now, when I don't even want to play any of these games anymore.