OnLive could threaten Xbox, PS3 and Wii

[Matt.]

so you need hdmi

 

[Matt.]

i thought it was the Saturn. but same concept. payed a monthly fee, and could choose from many sega games to play whenever you wanted. just scroll through the list, and play. every month, the list was changed, so you always had something new to play.

I never knew about that... hmm, interesting... what was its max speed? 28.8k?

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

so you need hdmi

You don't NEED Hdmi, you can get a converter.

 

[hooked_on4]

so where does the cartridge go??


Ok lol i'm done, pretty cool concept, deff will be the future of gaming, I'm down......

 

[anfrey]

I never knew about that... hmm, interesting... what was its max speed? 28.8k?

no. it was delivered via coax thru time-warner cable... so you got multiplexed broadband speeds

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

 

[johno590]

I just don't think this will catch on. Wii, 360, and PS3 are just too established.

 

[hooked_on4]

I just don't think this will catch on. Wii, 360, and PS3 are just too established.

lol wanna put $ on how long it will take Nintendo/MS/Sony to come up w/a similar solution?

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

lol wanna put $ on how long it will take Nintendo/MS/Sony to come up w/a similar solution?

Ding ding ding. And with OnLive already patented all this, they are all screwed.

 

[somejaykid]

 

[hooked_on4]

Ding ding ding. And with OnLive already patented all this, they are all screwed.

similar not exact, it'll happen or one of em will buy this company and pwn it!

BTW I'm sure MS patented their controller before they ripped it off,

Future prediction:

MS lawyers sue the s**t outta this company

Company goes bankrupt MS buys out debt

new Xbox 720!!!

Haha

 

[joe7987]

I'm excited for this. If it's reasonably priced, I'll definitely invest. It reminds me a lot of Sega Channel from back in the day, and I was pissed when they discontinued that.

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

similar not exact, it'll happen or one of em will buy this company and pwn it!

BTW I'm sure MS patented their controller before they ripped it off,

Future prediction:

MS lawyers sue the s**t outta this company

Company goes bankrupt MS buys out debt

new Xbox 720!!!

Haha

Microsoft can't patent their controller. It'd be too broad and would get shot down. The thing they could have done was copyright the overall design/look of the controller.

 

[$lick Rick]

Microsoft can't patent their controller. It'd be too broad and would get shot down. The thing they could have done was copyright the overall design/look of the controller.

Just as onlive cannot patent streaming games with browser plugins and the like.

Patents and copyrights are just toys for expensive lawyers to jump around.

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

Just as onlive cannot patent streaming games with browser plugins and the like.

Patents and copyrights are just toys for expensive lawyers to jump around.

They didn't patent the idea of streaming games, they patented the concept and design of the way to compress the data to be able to stress to a 1.5MBps connection.

 

[$lick Rick]

They didn't patent the idea of streaming games, they patented the concept and design of the way to compress the data to be able to stress to a 1.5MBps connection.

oh, they patented a technique?

well that's the easiest patent to get around
change the process in any way and you dont even have to use lawyers.

 

[bizoneoeh]

I'd rather stick with 360 live.

 

[$lick Rick]

I'd rather stick with 360 live.

xbl + netflix is pretty damned awesome

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

oh, they patented a technique?

well that's the easiest patent to get around
change the process in any way and you dont even have to use lawyers.

Something like this, I'm sure they've covered all the bases. This is somewhat ground breaking to stream a high definition GAME to a computer that only needs a broadband connection.

 

[bizoneoeh]

xbl + netflix is pretty damned awesome

yes it is...... why yes it is!