Comments on: Gaming in the clouds… http://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/03/gaming-in-the-clouds/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:19:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Andersonhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/03/gaming-in-the-clouds/#comment-43239 Michael Anderson Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:42:53 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=23847#comment-43239 I am still skeptical for the reason that there were articles about folks ditching wired phones for cell phones while the vast and overwhelming majority of people could still identify with 'can you hear me now' and the 'dropped calls' commercials.<br><br>The tech demo was done in a near-infinite bandwith and zero lag situation. That is very nice, but in the real world latency will be a major problem, because unlike having the game on your PC and using client-side prediction - where you see what you did but might get some lag in terms of what others do, you will now be completely dependent on the server to process your actions and the results.<br><br>I also think there are a number of business model questions out there about how much you pay and what sort of own/rent rights you get, and multiplayer issues and community features, and so on.<br><br>I am very interested as someone who has ridden the PC-upgrade-train forever in order to keep up with the newest games, and would like nothing better than to just dump more money into a 'turbo' internet hookup and forget about upgrading my PC for a while! I am still skeptical for the reason that there were articles about folks ditching wired phones for cell phones while the vast and overwhelming majority of people could still identify with 'can you hear me now' and the 'dropped calls' commercials.

The tech demo was done in a near-infinite bandwith and zero lag situation. That is very nice, but in the real world latency will be a major problem, because unlike having the game on your PC and using client-side prediction – where you see what you did but might get some lag in terms of what others do, you will now be completely dependent on the server to process your actions and the results.

I also think there are a number of business model questions out there about how much you pay and what sort of own/rent rights you get, and multiplayer issues and community features, and so on.

I am very interested as someone who has ridden the PC-upgrade-train forever in order to keep up with the newest games, and would like nothing better than to just dump more money into a 'turbo' internet hookup and forget about upgrading my PC for a while!

]]> By: raymondu999http://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/03/gaming-in-the-clouds/#comment-43229 raymondu999 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:21:27 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=23847#comment-43229 Yeah. Funny how people backtrack to old ideas sometimes eh? Now we'll have dumb terminals connected to server farms. Again. Yeah. Funny how people backtrack to old ideas sometimes eh? Now we'll have dumb terminals connected to server farms. Again.

]]> By: Raymond Yuhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/03/gaming-in-the-clouds/#comment-43198 Raymond Yu Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:57:53 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=23847#comment-43198 In essence there are no "minimum requirements" for these cloud apps - well technically there are, but nothing that computers manufactured in the last, say... 10 years, can't do? But now you can even have a 10-year old Dell with a broadband connection playing Crysis!! In essence there are no “minimum requirements” for these cloud apps – well technically there are, but nothing that computers manufactured in the last, say… 10 years, can’t do? But now you can even have a 10-year old Dell with a broadband connection playing Crysis!!

]]> By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/03/gaming-in-the-clouds/#comment-43197 Wayne Schulz Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:17:04 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=23847#comment-43197 Isn't it great when the old concept of dumb terminals comes full circle. And I'm so happy to ditch Microsoft Office for Google Apps. I set my kids up with Google Apps and I have no idea why schools don't make it their standard package as well because every home with a computer and an Internet connection has a copy of Google Docs -- which is free and requires zero maintenance! Isn’t it great when the old concept of dumb terminals comes full circle. And I’m so happy to ditch Microsoft Office for Google Apps. I set my kids up with Google Apps and I have no idea why schools don’t make it their standard package as well because every home with a computer and an Internet connection has a copy of Google Docs — which is free and requires zero maintenance!

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