VGKing said:
walsufnir said:
VGKing said:
walsufnir said:
VGKing said:
walsufnir said:
VGKing said:
It would be great if PS4 lets me install my PS3 game to the hard drive and then a virtual emulator plalys the game through Gaikai or something. This way it wouldn't really use that much bandwidth as you wouldn't be streaming full games from the cloud. |
again, again and again: it is all up to *latency*, bandwidth isn't that crucial.
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Yes, latency is important, but for many people, so is bandwidth.
Many people have a bandwidth limit for their internet. If they go OVER that limit, they'll be paying extra per gig or something. But a more important issue than bandwidth is internet speeds.
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wait now I'm confused: what is the difference for you between bandwidth andinternet speed? do you actually mean a trafficlimit? to make the experience nice for the user internetspeed is also important but way more latency. think of an access to the wired via satellite: you'll get high bandwidth but lousy latency and will most certainly not enjoy any streaming service. that's what I meant.
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Bandwidth and Internet Speeds are 2 completely different things.
For example, my internet speeds at 3mbps download/0.7mbps upload. My bandwidth limit is 150 gigabytes. So for me, although I have a pretty high bandwidth limit, I wouldn't even be able to run a streaming service such as Gaikai since my internet speeds is way too slow.
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May I ask you where you are from? according to your profile it's us. I am surprised that youhave limited internet traffic, really.
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Why are you surprised? The competition here in the US between Internet Service Providers is virtually non-existant.
Take a look at this article which explains how far behind the US is in internet speeds and affordability http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/internet-speed-united-states-digital-divide_n_1855054.html
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Yeah you can thank the local governments for that one. In the 1980's when cable was first starting to bloom. They signed deals with local cities to secure a utility monopoly in the area. And since the deal secured their position in the area they didn't have to do things like lowering the price of their services/improving their services to keep the competition out. Fun fact the Monopolys of old used pricing to keep start ups out. They would only make a penny or so profit off of each unit so no one could move into the market. So it really isn't true that a free market makes for the best prices. A free market means the price is set at the highest the market will bear usually.
