OnLive - Good bye to consoles?

[Quikrufio]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/965/965535p1.html

Discuss.

[DaveFeelsRight]

yeah thats never going to happen

[IAmNietzche]

You guys probably should have read the article or a bit more about it before posting. You can stream to your HDTV.

[Kif]

This is never ever going to work. Even if that rig is ridiculously powerful, streaming that kind of quality to millions of people is going to kill them.

It would be cool if it did work though.

[Blakebear]

Late this year?

This seems a little out of nowhere.

I'm a little skeptical.

[SgtSmegma]

I am interested to see the pricing on this. Also, don't certain consoles have rights to particular games and such? So how would that come into play with this new concept? I'm sure Microsoft and Sony aren't just going to willingly give up the rights to these games. It's a huge part of their income.

[IAmNietzche]

I am interested to see the pricing on this. Also, don't certain consoles have rights to particular games and such? So how would that come into play with this new concept? I'm sure Microsoft and Sony aren't just going to willingly give up the rights to these games. It's a huge part of their income.
The companies that make the games have the right to market their games on OnLive. As for the pricing, they say because the box is so cheap to make, it will probably be available free with subscription sort of like Comcast does with its cable box. This will be like OnDemand but for games.

[starseed]

I've just got one word to say on this. Phantom.

That's all. Anyone who gets that reference will know what I mean.

[SgtSmegma]

The companies that make the games have the right to market their games on OnLive. As for the pricing, they say because the box is so cheap to make, it will probably be available free with subscription sort of like Comcast does with its cable box. This will be like OnDemand but for games.

Interesting. Seems like it has potential.

[DaveFeelsRight]

I've just got one word to say on this. Phantom.

That's all. Anyone who gets that reference will know what I mean.yeah. i called it the phantom pt. 2 in the video game thread

[IcedOpethBlind]

meh

[spriltsc]

ya it'll probably work well if only few people use it at the same time.