Gaikai On-Demand Gaming Possible on PS3

mastiffchild - 173 days 1 hour ago

But IT WONT WORK so it doesn't matter, sadly.

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gaffyh - 173 days 1 hour ago

Why won't it work? It really needs minimal effort on Sony's part for this to work, as it plays games through a video stream. Doesn't require too much RAM or 3D acceleration which means it will easily work, if Sony want it to work.

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IdleLeeSiuLung - 173 days 1 hour ago

I don't know about if it will work or not, but while viewing the video I had many hiccups alone....

Ever watched a youtube video and constantly get incosistent frame rates? Occassional freezes.... yeah! Not my ideal gaming experience.

I'm hopeful and we will see....

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ApocalyPS3 - 173 days ago

yeah but it won't be the big blockbuster games, since they require huge files.

plus these games will already be taxing your network connection as it is with having to stream assets on the fly, so how will they perform once you have to send even more data while gaming against other players?

they'll probably be arcade games (like Kongregate), but it really eliminates the purpose of having a hard drive.

imho, just login to Kongregate it's pretty happening over there, and it's the same concept.

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gaffyh - 172 days 23 hours ago

@1.4 - It requires minimal HDD space cos it is essentially a video stream. Also the games he shows in the demo are pretty high calibre, i.e. not just arcade titles.

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kissmeimgreek - 172 days 18 hours ago

no thatw wouldnt happen. MS wouldnt let these epople put MS exclusives on the 360. it would be like ntflix on 360 not having any sony pictures movies

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phosphor112 - 172 days 17 hours ago

I'm still on a 1.5mpbs connection..and to see more and more stuff like this, it makes me kinda sad. High bandwidth is expensive in my area.. He said Mario Kart 64 takes a little less than 1 mbps..that leaves about .5 mbps for the other 3 people in my house =/

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sunil - 173 days 4 hours ago

I might not be so good for Sony as this might reduce game sales ... but then - should they care? Sony will still sell all their impressive PS3 exclusives... on the other hand Activision might stop supporting the PS3, but PS3 will get all the 360 exclusives that are also released on the PC :)

Halo on the PS3.... ohhh yea... Microsoft is gonna be livid

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ExgamerLegends2 - 173 days 3 hours ago

Sony should release a firmware update that further supports the web browser before this happens. It works fine but for me at least it still freezes from time to time. And I'd love to be able to fully use all the aspects of facebook and youtube and the like.... and stay permanently logged in to n4g on my ps3 as well.

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Pandemic - 172 days 19 hours ago

If we can play PC games on the Playstation 3.. Then that means we can play Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 on the Playstation 3. LOL.

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sunil - 173 days 3 hours ago

you are right... all the demos we have seen seem to be one person playing over the service... but with a million users hitting the service, its gonna be a challenge even with extensive grids.

I am extremely impressed with the bandwidth usage though... 1 to 2 MBps (including audio) through out...

Also interesting is the fact here in the US atleast 1 ISP (comcast) is restricting the bandwidth usage to 250 GB per month (includes upload and download)... Could be a major snag for the service !

Edit : Nobody is talking about lag ! wouldnt it be a serious issue ??

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Knightrid808 - 173 days 2 hours ago

Time Warner was also going to introduce bandwidth cap but after a huge uproar they went back against it. But I remember a while ago Comcast was using Sandive to disrupt people's upload speed. The US cable ISPs are so messed up that in order for services like onLive to work is to fix the cable industry first.

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STK026 - 173 days 2 hours ago

yay for the 20GB download limit cap most people have around where I live!

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Pope_John_Paul_II - 173 days 3 hours ago

ask Activision and Blizzard. knowing Activision they wont allow it till they see a PS3 price cut, as for Blizzard, that's another story. I Still think the PC is good for an RTS, but we will see what happens in the future with the inclusion of Motion controls on a console.

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Ceekay - 172 days 19 hours ago

I'd play the superior PC versions of Alan Wake and SC: Conviction on PS3 :D

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