OnLive Game Console Announced

Tharic-Nar · 11-19-2010, 05:44 AM

Cloud based gaming, not up there with the faries but a large collection of servers offering up interactive games over the internet with minimal local processing. OnLive has been stirring up quite a bit of interest over the last couple years with an interesting take on playing games. Instead of buying $1000 of computer parts every 2 years to play the latest PC games, how about using a cheap $400 PC you built 3 years ago to play the latest PC games in High Definition... over the internet? Better yet, how about playing them on a console, a netbook, or even a mobile phone? This is what OnLive wants to achieve and has made great strides to do it.

You can read the rest of our post and discuss here.

Doomsday · 11-19-2010, 09:50 AM

nothing can replace a home built PC, but this can come in handy for ppl like me who dont want to buy consoles but would like to try out a few games of the PS3 or X360!

TheCrimsonStar · 11-19-2010, 09:52 AM

ok, now THAT'S cool. If this takes off, guarantee I'll be getting it...only if you can use keyboard and mouse with it

Tharic-Nar · 11-19-2010, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by TheCrimsonStar

ok, now THAT'S cool. If this takes off, guarantee I'll be getting it...only if you can use keyboard and mouse with it

I forgot to mention that.... that's what the 2 USB slots are for on the front... Keyboard and mouse, so you're set

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Optix · 11-19-2010, 11:56 AM

Awesome! I'm glad they took that into account.

We have console gamers here at work and all of the PC gamers (myself included) make fun of them having to aim with a stick. It's so bad in fact that we are thinking of conducting a test - get one of the biggest loud mouth console guys who is God's gift to Black Ops to connect his controller to a PC, log into a PC server and see just how bad ass he is.

Rob Williams · 11-23-2010, 01:32 AM

This is never meant to replace a PC for PC gamers, but be a solution for console gamers who want PC games. I don't see it taking off to be honest. Everyone I know who's tested it out said it was never that fluid (slight lag), so that kind of kills of for me. It's a cool idea, but perhaps better for the future if bandwidth limits cease to exist and latencies improve for people all around.

11-19-2010, 05:44 AM	#1
Tharic-Nar Techgage Staff Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,152	OnLive Game Console Announced Cloud based gaming, not up there with the faries but a large collection of servers offering up interactive games over the internet with minimal local processing. OnLive has been stirring up quite a bit of interest over the last couple years with an interesting take on playing games. Instead of buying $1000 of computer parts every 2 years to play the latest PC games, how about using a cheap $400 PC you built 3 years ago to play the latest PC games in High Definition... over the internet? Better yet, how about playing them on a console, a netbook, or even a mobile phone? This is what OnLive wants to achieve and has made great strides to do it. You can read the rest of our post and discuss here.

11-19-2010, 09:50 AM	#2
Doomsday Tech Junkie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: KHI, PAK Posts: 1,539	nothing can replace a home built PC, but this can come in handy for ppl like me who dont want to buy consoles but would like to try out a few games of the PS3 or X360! __________________ PSU: Corsair AX850 - Case: Cooler Master HAF X - CPU:Core i7-2600k - Cooler: Cooler Master V6 GT - Motherboard: Asus Z68 Maximus IV Extreme Z - Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB-1600Mhz - GPU: AMD MSI R6970 Lightning - HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB, Seagate 2TB Barracuda Green - SSD: Intel 520 Series 120GB - K/B: Razer Lycosa Mirror - Mouse: Logitech G700 - MouseMat: Steel Series 4HD - LCD: Samsung 2333SW 23" - Speakers: Creative Inspire M4500 4.1 - Headset: Logitech G35 7.1 "Do not look at a man's prayers nor his fasts, rather, measure him by how well he deals with others, the compassion he shows his fellow man, his wisdom and his integrity" - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

11-19-2010, 09:52 AM	#3
TheCrimsonStar Tech Monkey Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Strawberry Plains, TN Posts: 816	ok, now THAT'S cool. If this takes off, guarantee I'll be getting it...only if you can use keyboard and mouse with it __________________ Intel Core i5-2500k @ 3.3GHz ASUS Sabertooth P67 Corsair XMS 1600 8GB (2 x 4GB) XFX Radeon HD 6970 Corsair CMPSU-850TX 850W Corsair H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Windows 7 Professional (x64)

11-19-2010, 11:56 AM	#5
Optix Basket Chassis Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 1,653	Awesome! I'm glad they took that into account. We have console gamers here at work and all of the PC gamers (myself included) make fun of them having to aim with a stick. It's so bad in fact that we are thinking of conducting a test - get one of the biggest loud mouth console guys who is God's gift to Black Ops to connect his controller to a PC, log into a PC server and see just how bad ass he is. __________________ Intel i5 3570K, MSI Z77Z-GD55, 4x2GB Kingston Genesis 2133mhz, 120GB Mushkin Chronos SSD, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue, Intel 210 cache drive, MSI 7850 Power Edition OC, Corsair H100, Silverstone Strider 750w Gold, Killer2100 NIC, Corsair 600T SE White, LG W2242, ROCCAT Kone+, Isku & Kave, 200GB Western Digital Scorpio Black external drive

11-23-2010, 01:32 AM	#6
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	This is never meant to replace a PC for PC gamers, but be a solution for console gamers who want PC games. I don't see it taking off to be honest. Everyone I know who's tested it out said it was never that fluid (slight lag), so that kind of kills of for me. It's a cool idea, but perhaps better for the future if bandwidth limits cease to exist and latencies improve for people all around. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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