Well the biggest flop in gaming since the N-Gage comes out in June are you ready to laugh? They are so full of crap on this lagless gaming experience. Even current PC/Console games have the smallest amount of lag. There's no way they can keep it the same if not better.
Seriously? Streaming games over the Internet? Youtube can't even stream little videos without problems most of the time. I don't see how this can be anything other than a disaster.
Like the Xband in the 90s this is waaaaay too early for current tech. I saw the demo they made at CES: only 5 units and there was still some noticeable lag This is an investor scam, like the Phantom
Actually it's not for a lot of reasons. Off the top of my head: 1) A return to such a system would increase impetus for broadband/high speed internet. 2) MOST computer users are only using a fraction of the resources their full PC offers them (hence the move to netbooks) yet PC manufacturers keep on increasing power to allow for amortization of costs for the high-end users. As a side effect software becomes needlessly complex and resource hungry. 3) It would be much more efficient from the material resources and power consumption standpoints. 4) It would allow for a higher degree of security by taking the issue out of the hands of the 'average user' Of course using such a thing exclusively for gaming is really stupid. It would make much more sense as starting out as a solution for corporations and mid sized institutes (schools, government agencies, whatnot). The biggest thing standing in the way of this practice coming back is the conception of it as antiquated.
1) And streaming video hasn't? That's all this would be: streaming video with streaming input. 2) I would disagree with this. The business sector makes up a large portion of the commercial hardware market. While a lot of people might not use the hardware they have, a lot of people do use it. 3) Meh. 4) Not even remotely true. You would just be exchanging information security for system security. A cloud system might have a lower chance of viruses, but every single piece of information you ever use would be transmitted over the network.
Sad thing is I remember when I was 13-14 years old wanting to pre-order it really badly. Instead I bought a GameCube. To this day I wish I would have got a PS2. =P
Agree, just look at facebook: until just recently any employee could access accounts and modify the data no matter what privacy setting it had. After the scandal, now only those above certain level can, but they're many nonetheless. Would you trust people like this with all your data? I wouldnt:fresh:
1) I don't believe so. I've never heard an individual comment 'I need to have a faster connection for YouTube/Hulu/whatever'. 2) The business sector is exactly who I was talking about. For every analyst who might be having some predictions crunched or data set checked there are 10 secretaries or word processors or data entry people who will never use more than a fraction of their overpowered PC. I said it would 'allow' for a higher degree of security, not that it would force it. Of course there would be issues of mainframe security and access rights. Having one uniform system though would ALLOW the creators to make it as secure as the most secure individuals machine. Also most people already do trust complete online strangers with all their 'information'. How much work do you do on your PC that is strangers couldn't somehow access? As it is most people have no control over any of their data that is used to communicate with others online and can only really control what they generate and never send out across the tubes. Do you run your own local email server? Do you only send emails to others who run their own local email servers? EMail is the prototypical example of this sort of issue and yet nobody seems to have much of a problem with it.
Personally.. I want it to succeed. I think pushing that technology out in the open would be a great thing to do... ASSUMING IT WORKS. I don't know what to think.. But if it does well for a few months, I'll give it a try.
