OnLive is here and it works!

[richardhutnik]

Mr Puggsly said:

Zlejedi said:

Plus you have to pay for higher quality network connection from ISP. Actually anyon knows what's the bandwidth consumed by 720p stream from on-live per hour ? I wonder how big of a hit it would be against bandwidth caps some providers use.

OnLive just may be ahead of its time. Over time the required ISP speed will be cheaper and more people will own compuers that can handle the requirements of OnLive. Basically, no matter how advanced games get you'll be able to play them on a relatively low end computer. You won't have to get a new machine or change parts just to get more frames in a new game.

I see cable companies getting in on this.  OnLive is in need of a bunch of things, as far as being a lucrative business model, but I believe the technology is something that will serve some sort of niche in the industry.