nuckles87 said:
According to your Speedtest.net results, your connection is faster then 99% of the country, so I'm not sure your testament accounts for much when it comes to the mass market, which is what I am talking about. I have my doubts that most people on here will be able to make use of a cloud service, at least unless they have a really good connection to a Gaikai server in their city. And I would like to know why ping is what matters, as the OnLive servce itself specifically mentions mbps. I can't use OnLive and I have a pretty decent connection. |
Game streaming needs a base Mbps. Look at youtube for example. If you don't have enough bandwidth, you will have to wait for HD videos to load. However once the bandwidth is large enough to download video faster than it plays, extra bandwidth becomes useless. OnLive mentions Mbps because you need to at least be able to stream video at a good quality.
Ping is how fast your internet actually is. It's basically the time it takes for a video to start playing after you press play. With onlive ping is basically the time between you pressing space and your character responding. Ping is the main reason for lag in online games.
