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    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Narroo, Apr 8, 2009.

  1. Narroo

    Narroo Notebook Enthusiast

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    http://www.gamespot.com/news/6206620.html?tag=result;title;1

    So, what do you guys think? This could potentially turn any laptop into a gaming laptop, even the cheap ones. On the other hand, it's a subscription thing, and you need a good internet connection. If you could burn the games you buy, then this'll rock.
    Opinions?
     
  2. unknown555525

    unknown555525 rawr

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    It's been posted like 3 times before when we all first heard about it. As I've outlined previously, this service WILL fail because of the current limitations of most people's internet connection. The fact is that the majority of people out there are still playing on dial up, and equally extremely high latency DSL services in rural areas. Aside from that, unless this is instantly profitable for the company creating it, it will die due to the massive start up costs. To make a service such as this widespread, it would cost billions of dollars in hardware and networking.

    Also the service is limited to 1280x720, which right there is a failure.
     
  3. MonkeyMhz

    MonkeyMhz Notebook Evangelist

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  4. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    Yup, continue discussion in that other thread. Thanks.