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jonursenbach

Can someone explain to me how OnLive is any different from the gaming technology that was rampant in hotels throughout the late 90s where you were given a…

generic and were allowed to play SNES/Genesis games?

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mike

mike

My impression is that all the processing power is done on OnLive's servers, so all you're exchanging is video data and control data. Home bandwidth is now finally fast enough (for some) to make this feasible.
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sup909

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Weren't the games all loaded on that controller that then just plugged to the video ins on a TV? The onlive service basically just streams a video feed to your PC or TV. All of the game processing is taking place on the Onlive server hosted somewhere else in the country.
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