Pachter about the Sony/Gaikai deal inside

[withdreday]

wfz said:

withdreday said:

osed125 said:

BasilZero said:

System specs are pretty much dependent on your internet (same with the lag).

Oh god if that is true I won't be able to play any game properly, my internet sucks!

It's true. I just went to Gaikai's  website and tried to stream Crysis 2. I can't say it ran at more than 15-20 fps. And my internet is 800kps(supposed to be 5.5mbs, but this is At&T we're talking about).

 

If anyone thinks this will replace consoles, they should just try it out for 10 minutes. They'll come running back.

I might be wrong, but I think your internet problems stem from the fact that ISP's list their internet speeds in "Bits" while most downloads calculate speed using "Bytes." 

And Bytes are 8x larger than Bits, I believe. That would mean a speed of 5.5"mbps" (listed in bits) is actually around 700KBPS (bytes). 

I think...

That could be the case. I may have to do some digging to find out.

But AT&T's been known to throttle though...