Posts Tagged ‘onlive’
OnLive secures more funding, to launch this winter
Not too long ago we first heard of OnLive a company that promised a whole library of games that would be hosted remotely which you could then play on your TV. At the time, such an idea seemed rather farfetch’d considering the latency issues behind the whole operation but now it seems like a much more viable idea.
The company has recenty announced that they have secured funding from Autodesk, AT&T, Warner Brothers, Lauder Partners and Maveric Capital and hope to launch OnLive sometime this winter. CEO Steve Perlman seems to think OnLive’s digital distribution game model is the future and comments:
“Over the last decade, we’ve seen an enormous upheaval in the media business as the written word, photos, music, and video have been steadily moving away from physical media to online delivery.”
Read (GI.biz)
OnLive beta now live
The OnLive blog gives word that the beta is now underway. The on-demand gaming service was revealed at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference. It relies entirely on cloud computing to render the service.
“One of the key challenges that OnLive technology addresses is providing a high-quality, fast-response gaming experience over a wide range of situations: different speeds/locations/types of broadband services, a variety of different PC and Mac configurations, several kinds of input and display devices, etc.” said Steve Perlman, OnLive founder and CEO. “So, a major focus of OnLive Beta is to test as many of these different situations as we can.”
Sign-ups are actually still active, so anyone interested in getting in on the action can by submitting an application.
Netflix job posting points to console expansion
A recent job listing over at Neftlix discovered by Gamaustra details the need for an Engineering Leader for Gaming Platforms. The listing states that all who apply should, ”expect to help build a small technology team to rapidly prototype and iterate on a variety of platforms.”
A variety of platforms, huh? Well, we saw the expansion of Netflix streaming to the Xbox 360 some time ago so who is to say that the Playstation 3, or even the Wii, couldn’t get the same treatment?
Rumors have been floating around that Netflix would be expanding it’s console streaming service to consoles other than the Xbox 360 for some time now. So, it only makes sense that this job listing would point to those rumors and give them a thumbs up.
But wait, maybe they are looking to take on services like OnLive and stream games right to the consoles? We can dream can’t we?
Read (Gamasutra)
Crytek doesn’t think OnLive is realistic until 2013
One of the most intriguing titles that was announced to be provided by OnLive is Crysis, the game that makes consumer computers cower in fear.
Well, it looks like Crytek, (the guys behind Crysis) aren’t very confident in OnLive’s ability to, well, work properly.
Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli argues that since the service relies so heavily on broadband connection which aren’t very cheap or accesible at the moment, OnLive won’t be able to reach a big enough market that would help turn a profit.
However, Yerli believes that sometime between 2013 and 2015 these connections will be readily available and a service like OnLive will actually work. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Read (GamesIndustry.biz)