On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:39:25AM -0400, Rodrick Brown wrote: > Not sure if anyone has followed the recent announcement of OnLive and > their new gaming service which will basically allow them to stream > video game gameplay output realtime to any commodity PC over a > broadband network. > > Currnet ISP pricing models are not not how many backbone providers > today can handle thousands of users simultaneously watch continuous > streaming video at 5Mb/s ? > If this thing takes off it seem tiered pricing for internet usage > might not be as far off as one may think? > > OnLive is launching the world?s highest performance Games On Demand > service, instantly delivering the latest high-end titles over home > broadband Internet to the TV and entry-level PCs and Macs. > > More overview here: > http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/24/onlive-killed-the-game-console-star/ > http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/03/24/onlive-the-end-of-seperate-games-platforms/ > > -- > [ Rodrick R. Brown ] > http://www.rodrickbrown.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrickbrown
This is very similar to Roiku/TiVo/Apple TV et al just that they say they can do HD with ~5Mb/s circuit. Has tiered pricing become a hotter topic with those products? I'm not taking any position -- just asking out loud. -r
