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OnLive- Bad news for Alienware

post #1 of 10
3/26/09 at 5:03pm
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The coming release of OnLive sounds like it could be very bad for Alienware...

If it works as advertised, why would anyone want to lug around a 8 pound desktop-replacement laptop, or pay $2,000+ for a high-end laptop when you can buy a lightweight and cheap laptop and run the most intensive, high-end games.

Of course, this is assuming it works as advertised.
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post #2 of 10
3/26/09 at 5:06pm
What exactly are you referring to? Link?
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post #3 of 10
3/26/09 at 5:38pm
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Originally Posted by itallcomescheap View Post
The coming release of OnLive sounds like it could be very bad for Alienware...

If it works as advertised, why would anyone want to lug around a 8 pound desktop-replacement laptop, or pay $2,000+ for a high-end laptop when you can buy a lightweight and cheap laptop and run the most intensive, high-end games.

Of course, this is assuming it works as advertised.
http://www.onlive.com/service.html

Essentially what I get from this is it does the processing via a remote location and you get a "stream" of the game. Thus, in theory it will not require you to have the hardware to actually run the game as advertised but may be able to run the game with less of a hardware setup then required. I disagree that this is anything that AW should worry about. I would not expect more then 1% of the gamers now to switch to something like this.
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post #4 of 10
3/26/09 at 5:42pm
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Originally Posted by tridge View Post
http://www.onlive.com/service.html

Essentially what I get from this is it does the processing via a remote location and you get a "stream" of the game. Thus, in theory it will not require you to have the hardware to actually run the game as advertised but may be able to run the game with less of a hardware setup then required. I disagree that this is anything that AW should worry about. I would not expect more then 1% of the gamers now to switch to something like this.
I know that's something I'm not interested in at all. I suppose maybe if I didn't have gaming equipment, I would be slightly interested.
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post #5 of 10
3/26/09 at 5:54pm
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http://www.gamespot.com/shows/on-the...e_spot20090324


if you are in the mood for a long video....
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post #6 of 10
3/26/09 at 6:23pm
Why Online Can't work.
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post #7 of 10
3/29/09 at 10:57pm
My thoughts exactly.
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post #8 of 10
3/30/09 at 3:41am
Yeah that pretty much sums it up, a load of garbage. It'll never work simply because no single company could afford the constant hardware upgrade cycle that the consumer currently foots as even a tiered pricing experience. Not to mention we are at least a decade if not more from having the network infrastructure to handle that kind of bandwidth/latency pipe.
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post #9 of 10
3/30/09 at 3:53am
Is this a threat to Alienware? NO!

Is this a threat to Playstation and XBox? Well Maybe...

An Interesting Idea coming to life......
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post #10 of 10
6/18/09 at 3:17pm
From the article Steve@NBF posted:

"OnLive overlord Steve Perlmen has said that the latency introduced by the encoder is 1ms. Think about that; he's saying that the OnLive encoder runs at 1000fps. It's one of the most astonishing claims I've ever heard. It's like Ford saying that the new Fiesta's cruising speed is in excess of the speed of sound. To give some idea of the kind of leap OnLive reckons it is delivering, I consulted one of the world's leading specialists in high-end video encoding, and his response to OnLive's claims included such gems as "Bulls***" and "Hahahahaha!" along with a more measured, "I have the feeling that somebody is not telling the entire story here." This is a man whose know-how has helped YouTube make the jump to HD, and whose software is used in video compression applications around the world."

A supersonic Fiesta. Classic.
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