'Console killer'

[r3dfaction]

The base month-to-month service fee is $14.95. Loyalty programs (e.g. multi-month pricing) and other special offers will be announced by the start of E3. The first 25,000 qualified people to register on the OnLive Game Service will have their first 3 months’ service fee waived. You’ll find all the important details here, and note that the service fee does not include the purchase or rental of games.

http://www.onlive.com/service/faq.html

This is not goin to last in the market... $15 monthly plus (lets say) $40-60 per game (that you don't own because if your not "OnLive" then it won't work offline)


FAIL!

 

[Bladexdsl]

EDIT: Oops, I can't read, it says 5Mbps for HD. 625 KB per second, 20.83 KB of data per frame at 30FPS.

it's fucking useless here than we can't even go up to 5mb/s highest we can achieve (if your lucky to even get this i have this connection but max at 1.1mb/s) is 2.4mb/s! they better not even bring it here cos it will be a big loss to them

Ever heard of adsl2+? That more then suffices at up to 24mb/s. I dont have very fast internet and i have 4 mb/s

your missing the point 24mb/sec IS 2.4/mb sec usa uses different definitions to us. you have 4mb sec? you have 400Kb/sec than not even close to being enough

i have same connection twoplus my max speed is 13mb/sec AKA 1.3mb sec but i hardly even get that most time i get only 1.0mb/sec

don't pay any attention to our so called advertised download speeds their all lying. download something off your isps server to do a test and watch what speed is says in your browser THAT'S your real speed.

adsl2+ is overrated here you will never receive that max speed it advertises unless your living right on the doorstep of the fucking exchange.

 

[Rydian]

No no no, network speed is measured in bits (small b), filesize speed (and thus file download speed) is measured in Bytes (big B), so if your ISP advertises a 5mb connection speed (5 megabit), that's what you're getting. Just, as I showed, 5 megabits is 625 kilobytes download speed.

It's just conversion between two different units of measurement.

And, that said, the same internet isn't available in every place.

 

[ProtoKun7]

Rydian, I appreciate it when someone else here is able to differentiate between bits and bytes. I hate it when people think Mb and MB are the same thing.

 

[macgeek417]

There are 8 bits in a byte.
(And 4 bits in a nybble and 2 nybbles in a byte... xD)

 

[shakirmoledina]

i think they see pirates as a big threat hence try to solve the main/dominant reason of pirating which is getting the game hence very nice idea though ppl who cant get either (buy off the shelf or on-demand) will have problems like ppl here but it will take time to get implemented properly

 

[Costello]

hmmm.
I was dubious about Onlive.. until a friend working in the video game industry (game development) told me he "has tried it, and it works great".
I have no idea how they're going to proceed technically, but if game developers say it'll work, then perhaps I should begin to believe?

 

[Rydian]

hmmm.
I was dubious about Onlive.. until a friend working in the video game industry (game development) told me he "has tried it, and it works great".
I have no idea how they're going to proceed technically, but if game developers say it'll work, then perhaps I should begin to believe?

I don't doubt that it'll be functional.... I doubt that it'll play an FPS fine.

Other games, like racing and some RTS games don't matter if you have 100 more ping.