Over the weekend, games streaming service OnLive announced its closure. That came as a surprise. Not its closure, mind you – I think everyone expected OnLive to fail at some point. More surprising, to me at least, was the fact that they still existed. Also surprising? They’ve been bought up by Sony.
When the cloud-streaming service OnLive first debuted as a working product in 2012, I got to use it, and it actually worked. Of course, I was in California at the time – operating in a closed environment – and so were their servers. Of course it would work well under those circumstances – but they were future tech, built for an internet that was advanced of the stuff we’re using now.
I believe that streaming tech; beaming whole games in real time over the internet will happen, just not as well as it could be at the moment. Sony already has its PlayStation Now service, built from the remains of Gaikai. It works, provided you’re within close enough proximity to the servers. And with Sony gobbling up OnLive’s tech and patents, they’re cornering the market on game streaming. The only viable competition is Nvidia’s Grid – but it’s not a direct competitor.
It could mean that Sony’s future-proofing itself, or is betting that the next generation of consoles will utilise the “cloud” for game streaming. It’s something industry pundits have been predicting for a long time, and I think it’s something we’ll certainly see one day. I just hope that that day isn’t coming soon; I like have a machine that plays games without having to be permanently connected.
Last Updated: April 7, 2015
Admiral Chief
April 7, 2015 at 13:11
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April 7, 2015 at 13:13
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Pieter Kruger
April 7, 2015 at 13:27
*Insert dumb cloudz joke from every Xbox/MS cloud article…….
Hammersteyn
April 7, 2015 at 13:32
Here’s one I never used XD
http://i.imgur.com/hXKkyCJ.gif
Admiral Chief
April 7, 2015 at 13:33
I use that cloud frequently after eating too many onion rings
Greylingad
April 7, 2015 at 13:34
Cheese poofs maybe?
Admiral Chief
April 7, 2015 at 13:36
“Hell yeah I want cheesy poofs”
Dutch Matrix
April 7, 2015 at 13:40
Kaas Krulle?
Admiral Chief
April 7, 2015 at 13:56
Vir die wen!
Hammersteyn
April 7, 2015 at 13:39
You can fly?
Admiral Chief
April 7, 2015 at 13:56
After 3 onions, you better believe it
Greylingad
April 7, 2015 at 14:21
Hahahahahaha!!! You’ll have to patent that method of flight!
Flight by onion propulsion!
Jonah Cash
April 7, 2015 at 14:41
The cloud is still a lie!! Now at least there will be two competing companies doing the lying not just the one on its own…
Darren Peach
April 7, 2015 at 13:28
Cloud is so hipster…..
Kensei Seraph
April 7, 2015 at 13:32
To quote a formidable man:
“Don’t support DRM.”
– RyanZA
Admiral Chief
April 7, 2015 at 13:33
Formidable you say?
Kensei Seraph
April 7, 2015 at 13:34
Formidable, for he will never surrender and never forget.
He fights even when faced with ridicule and scorn.
One day, when Skynet rises, he will lead the last bastion of human resistance and bring humanity to the stars!
Greylingad
April 7, 2015 at 13:35
*Against DRM
Dutch Matrix
April 7, 2015 at 13:39
I would rather just go surrender to the Terminators right now, thanks.
z1n
April 7, 2015 at 15:29
He’s missing today. At least two Witcher 3 articles and nothing. He must still be banging the easter bunny.
Hammersteyn
April 7, 2015 at 13:32
Hopefully we here register as more as a blip on their radar when this happens so that the support is there. But it’s making me feel uneasy right now.
Dutch Matrix
April 7, 2015 at 13:33
Let’s just go blow up the internet!
Jonah Cash
April 7, 2015 at 14:39
Please don’t bank on the cloud, MS has being that for years now and still don’t have shit to show for it!!
Brady miaau
April 7, 2015 at 15:12
Well, this bodes well for us here in South Africa
Ioccasionalydothings
April 8, 2015 at 07:05
I finally found a nice game news site, so happy, the things iv’e seen. *shudders*