An amazing service has been announced that if successful could improve the gaming landscape for all computer users, it could even have an impact on how companies provide us with software in the future.
Here is the idea... Run a server farm which has thousands of games installed on thousands of virtual computers, stay with me on this one. The user is able to connect to this gaming service, play the latest 3D games using any computer Mac, PC, Linux, netbook, perhaps even PSP or iPhone in the future. The gamers input is collected and passed in real time to the virtual machine running the game, the video and audio output is compressed and streamed in real time back to the player.
- Play Windows games without needing Windows.
- No need to keep updating your graphics card every 6 months to play the latest games.
- No need to ever install a game or have a hard disk big enough to store all the game data.
- Episodic gaming will be simple, as the game makers simply update the game in the cloud.
- No need for gigabytes of memory or fast processors to support complex games.
- The very best and latest games available to play through your TV with an incredibly cheap set top box. All the box has to do is collect your movements through a controller and stream HD video. This will almost instantly kill Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft games consoles.
- Social gaming would be great. Video of your exploits can be shared, any user with any computer can play any game with any other user!
- Start playing a game seconds after buying it without a huge download.
- Play as many demos as you like instantly
For the doubters out there, cloud computing is going to be massive. It is going to revolutionise many things, not only games.
It is possible to stream 30fps 720p video now on many broadband connections. As our internet connections get faster we will be able to play full screen 1920x1080 games at 60fps through the cloud.
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