Onlive... Will consoles die?
- Thread starter Oldewindmill
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They want it to work on major consoles and PCs, but they are also making a tiny set top plug n play box/controller set thing.
Joeyjoe9876
Frequent Poster
palmer when did you sign up for the beta? i'm just curious
Pally321
Active Member
A freind of mine is really exicited about this, though i'm not. He says that apparently they said that it will wipe out all other consoles which I highly doubt. I think that a completely media downloading console could not work. I like to have a physical copy of my game so I can take it over to a friend to play. Also, look at other download-only systems. The Phantom didn't even make it to market and the PSP Go is just awful.
Twilight Wolf
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I will never go all-digital unless the decision is forced upon me. I mean, I love Steam, and I love how I can access all my games at any time from any computer that has Steam installed, but I much prefer having hard copies of my games. I love that little bit of security that those little aluminum and plastic discs provide. Hard drives fail, servers go down, but discs will theoretically last forever if you take good care of them.
No, discs fail very reliably. The odds of a CD lasting beyond 30 years or so, no matter how well protected, are very low.
Twilight Wolf
Frequent Poster
Note that I said "theoretically." That's an important word here. Optical discs don't suffer from wear through use, have no moving parts that can break, no data that can be corrupted magnetically. So long as the data layer of the disc remains intact and readable and the adhesive that holds the layers of the disc together doesn't rot, it should last forever.
Basement_Modder
He who mods in thy basement.
True, but they still fail eventually.Twilight Wolf said:
I think that all consoles should have a massive HDD, and the disc's ISO should be ripped directly to it when you put it in the first time, and then you just play it off the HDD from then on, while still having the disc stored away in case flax goes down...
They would need some way to tell its your console if it broke, though, as games would definately have to be copy-protected. Each game would have a max of one upload to a console, and after that could be played on any other console without uploading. (EG bringing it to a friend's house.)
themadhacker
Crazy Train
PalmerTech said:
BWAHAHA!!!! VINYL WILL ALWAYS OUTLAST ANY FORMAT.
that is, if you don't let your records get too scratched or let them crack.
hmmm. I wonder how well wire reels hold up over time.
Bibin
Frequent Poster
I hate to have to say it, but cartridges are still the most robust format. Online trash like this will be unusable once servers go down, and discs get damaged very easily (as do their finicky drives). Cartridges are just direct extensions of the hardware (in most cases) and use simple solid-state memory.
Nintendott
Nintendo for EVAR!
If that video where real, Microsoft and Sony might die, but Nintendo would still live.
Twilight Wolf
Frequent Poster
tmh, the only way to keep vinyl in perfect condition is to never play it. Why? Because of the physical wear on the record from the needle. This problem is made even worse if the needle's not in good shape. Sure, it's most likely not noticeable on a good record with a good needle, but there is wear there that's slowly but surely deteriorating the quality over time.
They make record players that use a laser to read the vinyl.
Twilight Wolf
Frequent Poster
They also cost upwards of $10,000.
themadhacker
Crazy Train
from what I heard, those laser players suck
