I’ll grant that OnLive—the streaming game service that its makers claim will bring high-end games to virtually any PC or TV—borders on implausible, but you gotta beliiieevve! For the haters, here’s a demo video.
https://gizmodo.com/onlive-streaming-games-turn-any-tv-or-pc-into-a-bleedin-5181840
Plenty is discussed here, and it’s worth watching all the way through if you were at all intrigued by yesterday’s announcement. The genuine boner moment is at around 15:00, when a lowly Dell Studio 15 plays Crysis without even flinching. The presenters discussed latency and did their best to demonstrate that OnLive does provide the same experience as a proper gaming machine, but until the service rolls out it’ll be impossible to tell if this is true. If the games feel even slightly laggy it’ll be a huge blow—OnLive will live or die by a few milliseconds. [Gamespot]
