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From cnet.com…
A start-up called OnLive announced a brand-new game distribution system that, if it works as planned, could change the games game forever.
OnLive, which was started by WebTV founder Steve Perlman and former Eidos CEO Mike McGarvey, is aiming to launch a system–seven years in the works–that will digitally distribute first-run, AAA games from publishers like Electronic Arts, Take-Two, Ubisoft, Atari, and others, all at the same time as those titles are released into retail channels. The system is designed to allow players to stream on-demand games at the highest quality onto any Intel-based Mac or PC running XP or Vista, regardless of how powerful the computer.
The system will also stream games directly to a TV via a small plug-in device, and players can use a custom wireless controller as well as VoIP headsets in conjunction with it.
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pburgess says: Those who’ve known me a while also know of my enduring convictions of server-based/thin client computing. Long ago I think it was Sun who first pushed network computers running an embeded browser and Java apps. Citrix were more successful at publishing the Windows’ desktops or apps of many users on a server to terminals or just about any device. Technology moves on and now we have net computers very capable of running basic apps [browser, office suite, VoIP etc] but a cheap and low power option to connect to the myriad web apps now available]. If you use Gmail, Hotmail, Facebook etc you are usign web apps already.