You are predicting a lifespan for OnLive to be shorter than that of the XFL?  Why don't you see technology like this catching on, once the bandwidth gets up there, or it appear in the equivalent of arcades?

If everyone used it our speeds would be super slow since the amount of use on the broadband.

Did you actually watch any of the video?

Yes I did but it was at work a couple of days ago and I couldnt watch it with a proper volume, so maybe I didn't pay attention to the multiplayer part.

So u can play Crisis multiplayer, so whats the lag in ms?

I believe they did play Crysis mutliplayer in the video and also discussed multiplayer specifically, both online and also possibly split screen.   The technology is promising, IF it works as they are saying it does.  As for it gaining traction, there is a lot that needs to happen, but I believe the technology will eventually get implemented.  It may not be everywhere, but it is likely to find some at least. 

I will say that, unless it fails totally, don't expect it to go away.  It isn't going to go dead in 2010 and disappear.

In the future when the tech has matured and internet is faster everywhere, then yes it's possible. In a decade or two. But that's not gonna be called OnLive for sure. OnLive will die within a year or two and we wont be hearing about cloud gaming for several years.

And still, imagine a decade from now another company comes up with a similar solution but this time the tech is mature, then there's still the problems that Soleron wrote about (in the 2nd or 3d post I think) - that it will still be practical for people to have their own hardware at home because it's so cheap.

I am still awaiting my beta notification.

Cloud computing sounds great -- until the cloud goes out in a storm.

On-line gaming with consoles has shows some problems (see the SSBB issues).

In other words, we are not there yet.

Mike from Morgantown

I'm not really talking about the future of PC gaming. I'm talking about consoles. If OnLive were to be a success, do you think it would be the end of XBox, PS, and Nintendo? Or, instead of buying consoles, would we just be buying controllers made by Sony, MS, and Nintendo?

I really hope that it doesn't become the ONLY way for me to get my gaming. I really prefer to own things over renting. I feel this will be a good fit though for people coming up, each generation gets a shorter and shorter attention span, you have to keep them engaged with something new all the time or they just won't care.

I think texting is a good example of this. Instead of having one longer conversation, that conversation can be broken into mulitple texts, which allows that constant need to "do something" be fulfilled. Honestly, this need to always be moving up and doing something really could make things better in the world, or we could burn ourselves out as a society. I like to stay positive and think that the ADD generations coming up will make huge advancements due to their non-stop nature.

This is such a great piece of technology, here are some of the finer points I enjoyed:

You can watch anyone playing on the game without lag or interference.
Cross network chat. Voice chat with anyone, anytime, anywhere.
-think about this: You're friend says, how do you get the item in such and such level? You load up the game, and he watches. You go over to where the item is and say, this one? And he says "no, the one behind you". You then perform the necessary action to get it.
In short, GUIDED WALKTHROUGHS.
Other possibilities:
Competitions with voiced commentary and thousands in the crowd.

It would be cool if they had this system where, while watching a game, you can "connect" to a friend or friends who are watching and the connection acts as a kind of digital loge. You can hear your connected peers at normal volume, but you can also hear a muted crowd in the background. So, say you're watching Starcraft or something. During the game, all the chatter blends together but then at a crucial part of the game, everyone stops talking and goes "OOOOHHHHH". It would feel like being in a stadium.


The guy in the video said it would be something like this.

This really is the future.
I can easily see this becoming something like network television. A true gaming channel.