Console Killer? OnLive Offers High-End Gaming On Demand

OnLive is launching the world’s highest performance Games On Demand service, instantly delivering the latest high-end titles over home broadband Internet to the TV and entry-level PCs and Macs.  So how is that going to work?  Chances are you have heard the buzz about Cloud Computing.  If you haven’t,  Wikipedia defines it as a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualised resources are provided as a service over the internet.  Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure “in the cloud” that supports them.

So users of this service don’t need a pricey high-end computer with a top end CPU and video card to run these games since all of the processing power is done at the OnLive game server center (or the cloud).  All you need is an entry level computer.  What the service does require is a high speed internet connection since you need a way to access the OnLive game service center.  This is pretty exciting for gamers out there and probably a little worrisome for Sony, Nintendo and Mircosoft.  Could this be the console killer?  Time will only tell and I am looking forward to hearing reviews on the beta testing this summer.

The service, which is scheduled to go into beta testing this summer promises to offer high end games such as Bioshock, Prince of Persia, Fear 2, Tomb Raider and many more.

For more information on OnLive check out their website.

For more information on Cloud Computing check out Sun Microsystems website.

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