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dahuman on 07 July 2010
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richardhutnik said:
Soleron said:
Mr Puggsly said:
NJ5 said:

One more thing... I just opened Onlive's system requirements page, and saw this:

"If you are using a low-performance computer, like a netbook, you may also experience high latency."

I do remember that one of the original selling points was "omg crysis on a netbook". I suppose that the decompression algorithms are actually quite CPU-intensive.

Did anyone here try it on a netbook?


They use it on a netbook torwards the end of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtwaH4g3Kk4

Can you just acknowledge that Ontario exists (and renders OnLive obsolete)? I'll shut up and go away then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed3InAJhh2k

And if I say, "Can you acknowledge that consoles provide enough horsepower now for people that it renders PC gaming as not relevant?"  Would you acknowledge that?  You argument that somehow Ontario is the end all and be all for gaming, is pushing it.  For you to stand on that is to say there isn't a need for any updating of graphics at all on a PC.  And then I could say, "well then why bother with that over consoles?"  I don't get the same level of headaches with consoles as I do with PC gaming, and it works.

I think the cool thing about those APUs is that it's very portable with a netbook and can be used on the road, and you can easily get online with tethering on the road if you need some online fix. It will open a new road for cheaper high end portable gaming on a decent size screen which is not something the consoles are able to do. With something like Steam, gaming has never been easier on PC, through digital distribution, you don't have to even goto the store and their games are at such a good price that it's ridiculous when compared to consoles(Just Cause 2 with all DLC for 30 bucks.)  It has always been the flexibility of what you can do with a PC that outshines a fixed spec. Open Steam, browse games, easy purchase, instantly starts to download, easy to browse game list, and all you gotta do is double click and it opens, and no need for disc change or swap, just quit and double click on another icon and you are set to go. When you think about that, Kojima saying consoles are dying almost sounds logical with the rise or portable handhelds and cheap and powerful netbooks with an easy purchase model if you look years ahead of us.