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Crytek: OnLive will only be possible by 2014

After the skepticism of Sony, Crytek also speaks of OnLive, arguing that such a service would not be possible until 2014 due to technical limitations.

"We have done our research in this area in 2005, and we stopped in 2007 because we had doubts about the economic side of the project. But at the broadband connection was much more expensive, 'said the CEO of Crytek, Cevat Yerli, who then specified: "We have nothing to do with OnLive, let alone to use for testing Crysis.

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Zeus Lee6246d ago

buh-bu-buut Onlive will kill the Ps3

velaxun6246d ago

am i the only one that doesn't really see OnLive getting off the ground at all? I admit, it's possible and it has potential, however the cost over time of using OnLive is just absurd

socomnick6246d ago

The price ? they have yet to release a pricing structure nobody knows what itll cost or if they charge a fee at all, perhaps the sales of the games will be enough to cover any service charge.

Sibs6246d ago

It will be a million buck an hour + forced in game ads every 5 minutes. Even if you are in an epic boss fight, your game will not be paused and you will be forced to watch a 30 second vid of someone drinking a coke.

STK0266246d ago

I'm pretty sure they already confirmed they had plans for both an access fee (think Xbox Live Gold) AND a pay per game fee, meaning you will most likely pay let's say 20$ a month (unlikely to be lower, they have to pay for the computers aswell as the broadband, and the R&D for the technology, among other things) and then pay maybe 5-10$ per game for a set period of time.

Due to the cost involved in making the tech possible and worth your while, you can't really expect OnLive to be cheap service, if somehow they can make money wothout an access fee, that means they'll be renting you games for a very high price point. Don't forgetm this ain't gamefly where they simply buy the games and ship them to you, OnLive has to have the game, powerful computers, quality broadband, research and development costs and even worse, since they'll be running the games off computers, they'll also need to upgrade/change them after a while to still be able to offer "high-end like" performance on newer games.

Why dis6246d ago

You mean kill consoles, the only article I'v seen singling out just one console was about ONlive stealing 360 fans the rest were consoles in general.

STK0266246d ago

I do remember seeing some saying that OnLive meant the death of all console, but I also recall seeing some state that it was the end of the PS3, which I found rather amusing, considering the PS3, compared to the 360, relies much more on it's Sony exclusive titles to attract potential buyers, aswell as Blu-ray, while the 360, although it also has alot of exclusives, relies more on the quality of it's multiplatform titles (multiplatforms including PC this time around). So I really don't see how OnLive, which won't have any 360/PC/Wii exclusive intends to kill the consoles.

Theoneneo816246d ago

please post that in the open zone

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II Necroplasm II6246d ago

This is true. we are not ready for this.

PotNoodle6246d ago (Edited 6246d ago )

Phantom says hi - i know it isn't the same, but it still a device that relies on the internet 100%.

UltimateIdiot9116246d ago

Console Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Console Wars Episode II: Attack of the OnLive

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Redempteur6246d ago

This project just can't work ...

and even if a miracle occurs and it works, the market is just not ready ..it will cost way too much for onlive and for the users and like many others game devices before onlive Needs games on it so far , nothing really ..

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio12d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing12d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9212d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit12d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing12d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9212d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."