OnLive Launching June 17, $14.95 Per month - Page 4

proliferazor · 03-12-10, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

That's like saying MacDonalds is better than real food because its extremely popular.

No, its just been made unavoidable and given enough incentives (low price, quick and easy) to make you ignore how sh*tty it is.

in fact, it is not. Are we talking food, gaming, capitalism, or laziness, cause It's beginning to sound like your just making sh!t up.

NarcissistZero · 03-13-10, 01:03 AM

What does ATI vs. nVidia have to do with any of it?

It's PC hardware enthusiast versus otherwise.

**MowTin** · 03-13-10, 02:34 AM

I'll give it a try when it comes out.

This is the future--virtualization and cloud computing. The trend is instead of buying hardware you rent hardware just for the time you need it. The physical hardware is accessed remotely.

Unfortunately, I can't imagine who their target market is. PC gamers? Maybe gaming Internet cafes in Asia?

NarcissistZero · 03-13-10, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MowTin

Unfortunately, I can't imagine who their target market is. PC gamers? Maybe gaming Internet cafes in Asia?

That's a good point, I doubt console gamers are going to flock to PC gaming just because of this. A set-top box with real controller support and Xbox Live type features would be needed for them.

ViN86 · 03-13-10, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

That's like saying MacDonalds is better than real food because its extremely popular.

No, its just been made unavoidable and given enough incentives (low price, quick and easy) to make you ignore how sh*tty it is.

You really think this service will offer low prices? Think about the computing power required to render a game, compress it, and send it at 720p. Now scale that up by 100,000.

CaptNKILL · 03-13-10, 11:22 AM

I was just making a comparison to show the difference between GOOD and POPULAR since proliferazor said that popular=good. I wasn't talking about OnLive being cheap.

ViN86 · 03-13-10, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

I was just making a comparison to show the difference between GOOD and POPULAR since proliferazor said that popular=good. I wasn't talking about OnLive being cheap.

I know, but your comparison to McDonald's isn't really valid because I doubt OnLive will be cheap at all. Sure it will be convenient, but price scaling will be insane. To be honest, I wonder who developed the pricing model, because in order for people to invest, they had to show that they could turn a profit.

So they will make money, but I think you will see either quality drop (e.g. 720p down to 480p) or prices increase if the service takes off.

Chesskid1 · 03-15-10, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by MowTin

Unfortunately, I can't imagine who their target market is. PC gamers? Maybe gaming Internet cafes in Asia?

i highly doubt onlive's target market is internet cafes in asia when onlive is USA only atm.

CaptNKILL · 03-15-10, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ViN86

I know, but your comparison to McDonald's isn't really valid because I doubt OnLive will be cheap at all. Sure it will be convenient, but price scaling will be insane. To be honest, I wonder who developed the pricing model, because in order for people to invest, they had to show that they could turn a profit.

As I said, I wasn't comparing McDonald's to OnLive.

I really have no interest what so ever in how the service works, how much it costs or how likely it is to succeed, I'm only concerned about the effect it could have on the industry. That is all.

ViN86 · 03-15-10, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

As I said, I wasn't comparing McDonald's to OnLive.

Then don't draw the parallel.

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I really have no interest what so ever in how the service works, how much it costs or how likely it is to succeed, I'm only concerned about the effect it could have on the industry. That is all.

To be concerned with its effect you must be concerned with the specifics, since they directly determine the effects. I stick with my statement that you all don't need to worry so much about it and that this system will only thrive in a small niche market. Most PC gamers won't want to spend a crap load of money and most console gamers already have their systems and would probably rather buy their games to own.

The only reason I responded the way I did in this thread is that the majority of the PC enthusiasts (read: fanboy euphemism) responded to this thread as if it was the biggest thing to threaten PC gaming since the emergence of next gen consoles. If anything, this could help PC gaming, as it may eliminate the learning curve for upgrading PC's. I mean aren't all these OnLive players going to be playing multiplayer with other PC gamers? Wouldn't that help the platform?

03-13-10, 01:03 AM	#38
NarcissistZero Loving Everything Me Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 8,033	Re: OnLive Launching June 17, $14.95 Per month What does ATI vs. nVidia have to do with any of it? It's PC hardware enthusiast versus otherwise. __________________ I gots one of them high powered gaming computers with an EVGA GTX 480 video thingy and a Q9550 processing device and also one of them Windows 7 64 operating programs with 4GB of some Corsair 1033 DDR2 ram. Steam, Xbox Live and PSN: StingingVelvet

03-13-10, 02:34 AM	#39
MowTin Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,205	Re: OnLive Launching June 17, $14.95 Per month I'll give it a try when it comes out. This is the future--virtualization and cloud computing. The trend is instead of buying hardware you rent hardware just for the time you need it. The physical hardware is accessed remotely. Unfortunately, I can't imagine who their target market is. PC gamers? Maybe gaming Internet cafes in Asia? __________________ i7 920 @ 3.6Ghz \| 480 GTX \| 3x2GB OCZ Gold \| x58 3SLI \| X-Fi Extreme Gamer \| Samsung 226BW \| Samsung 4665F LCD HDTV \| Kenwood 500W receiver PS3 \| Xbox 360

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