Cloud gaming is a win for everyone

Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack has said that cloud gaming – services that offer online games to players without the need for specialist hardware in a home – could be the ideal business model for developers, publishers and consumers.

Speaking in an exclusive interview published today, Dyack said that the cloud could be the solution to all the major problems harming the growth of the games business today, such as piracy and used game sales, and at the same time attract new consumers previously intimidated by the complexity of choice in the market.GamesIndustry

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Dennis Dyack is a great guy, which is why I never understood why people will hammer him. Very interesting points.

As long as I can pay a good gaming ring cloud gaming will never reach the standards of quality that traditional gaming can provide.

Also, some crapy companies are running in the opposing direction: instead of building a impressive farm of dedicated servers to support the data transfer of his multiplayer titles -which is what Blizzard does with WoW- they are totally disabling the use of dedicated servers. If they don't want to pay servers for the transfer of minimal data -the players possitions and actions-. how they can afford to pay the cost of 720p rrealp time videogaming in stream? I must add that there's not technology available to provide the promised quality that Onlive and another ones are talking about, so in the next 10 years their promises are basically vaporware.

I, for one, am overly excited for cloud gaming. I even signed up to the Gaikai beta today and hope to get an invitation.

The problem with cloud computing, is when the server crashes. If Microsoft couldn't make a system bulletproof for storing something as simple as phone data, well........I don't know what companies think they can do with video games.

If this succeeds, gaming is officially over.RichardStallman

Wasn't the same said about motion controls? Every time a big change comes along, it's the end of gaming.

If this succeeds, gaming is officially over.RichardStallman

Don't be worried, Youtube with the help of no-limit server farms from Google is unable to provide smoothy video streaming of bad resolution, low bit rated prerecorded stuff, the chances of a good experience in gaming with CC are 0.

I'll believe this when I see it. There's too many technological road blocks with our current internet technology for this to be feasible.zomglolcats

Then see it and believe! :P

I think this was posted a while back (video of CC) and it was revealed that the servers were about a few rooms away or something, obviously dedicated with no load on them, and the graphics still look pretty bad (and choppy on the racing game). And I assume that my singleplayer games will be lagging? Ugh.F1_2004

Do you have a link? :?

No, it was a while back, but I think it's fair to say that their servers are currently not fully loaded (if at all), and the servers are not on the other side of the Earth for the purpose of the demo, and that it does look pretty choppy and low-quality. How many people would be willing to give up their 19x10 res and DX11 effects for cloud computing?F1_2004

Since you are so vehemently opposed to the concept, why not sign up to the Gaikai beta yourself and hope to receive an invitation so that you can check out the service yourself? I recommend that anyone else, may they be for or against the idea, sign up as well to dispel or confirm their thoughts about the service.

So how about upgrading hardware? I assume once they have their massive server farms set up, they won't be upgrading any time soon for the newest graphics cards, since it would be a monumental task to keep the hardware of entire server farms up to date. Would it essentially become the PC version of the consoles, where you get an upgrade every 6 years or so?F1_2004

You bring forth a valid question. One I don't like but, nevertheless, valid. :(