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Soleron on 07 July 2010
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Mr Puggsly said:
Soleron said:
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But EVERY computer is going to have fast-enough graphics next year! Even the budget office ones.

So OnLive's market will peak this year and only decline after.

Once you have that hardware, OnLive won't be easier to use than, say, Steam.

You assume every computer will have a high end gaming card. But they definitely won't have the capability to play the latest high end games. Especially laptops.

Also the OnLive micro console will be a great choice for people who have a low end computer and don't want to invest into a new computer.

Please read what I wrote.

Next year, EVERY COMPUTER WHETHER IT HAS A GRAPHICS CARD OR NOT will have good enough graphics to play PC games, because EVERY SINGLE NEW CPU will have a "high-end gaming card" equivalent actually on the CPU itself. Even netbook CPUs.

Yes, OnLive will still be an option for those people who won't buy a new PC next year. But that market can only shrink from this year, as people replace their computers anyway. And again, even if they buy THE CHEAPEST MODEL FROM DELL OR HP it will be able to play decent PC games.

Sorry for allcaps but you completely failed to read the first sentence of my post you quoted.

AMD's mainstream laptop CPU, Llano, will have the same number of shaders as an HD 5670, which can play all of the very latest games at playable framerates on medium settings at OnLive's 720p resolution.

AMD's netbook CPU, Ontario, can play Alien v. Predator at playable framerates on medium settings at 720p too. And since a netbook is the least powerful form of PC one can buy...