Gaikai

    he doesn't name drop it but he clearly wants to make sure people get that he is not trieng to rip off onlive ...

    ... but i cant see conceptually what the difference is ... between this an onlive

    Difference is easy to spot. While OnLive would have you buy their receiver, this one is browser based and doesn't require anything but an internet connection and a device capable of running a web browser. So that makes it all the easier to have access to all games by getting rid of one more barrier.

    That and they claim they don't need nearly as big an internet connection.

    He has quite a strong American Accent for someone who was originally from Northern Ireland. I am sure we will see a few places trying this new game streaming tec out. I am optimistic about it but remain to be convinced of how well it will work in the real world.

    I assume Mr. Perry is showing off a prototype system, not a production one ready for millions of consumers. That said, I'm cautiously optimistic about this technology in the long run. Question is, how long is that?

    appareantly it wont be like onlive were onlive is a portal site containing all the games, but this gaikai software will instead be used by the games companies on their own websites to display their games.

    I'd hate it if WoW was just a click away :s

    Quote from Skjalg

    appareantly it wont be like onlive were onlive is a portal site containing all the games, but this gaikai software will instead be used by the games companies on their own websites to display their games.

    Today you have to decide between a quick to access but low fidelity game running in your browser and a state of technology app that needs to be downloaded/installed. Gaikai would close that gap and untie graphics from the user's hardware. Too good to be true almost *teary eyed*...

    Quote from Skjalg

    I'd hate it if WoW was just a click away :s

    WoW actually has a streaming client which works very effectively and almost makes the game only a click away

    Quote from Zacker

    WoW actually has a streaming client which works very effectively and almost makes the game only a click away

    link?

    http://us.blizzard.com/support/article. ... leId=20590

    Quote

    the application will detect your internet connection speed and, if your connection meets minimum requirements, you will automatically download the "streaming" World of Warcraft game client. If your connection speed is below the minimum requirement, you will be prompted to download the full game

    I'm assuming that's what Zacker meant. So if the got the tubes then you can stream, although you'd still need a pc, but really for WoW that isn't too hard.

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