played around with this a bit tonight and it I'm no longer a complete skeptic. it has serious potential. the input lag is definitely there and is a bit annoying for fast paced action. the graphics are blurry compared with crisp 1920X1200 res I usually run games in, but the execution is good.
the good:
being able to fire up whatever game they have for a demo almost instantly is pretty awesome, no waiting for a gig download and install to try out a game.
the interface where you can watch other gamers is amazing, you see all these videos running and can select any and it jumps right in seamlessly. this is amazing, i wish youtube ran this well, you choose and bam it starts playing, seamless. it's like watching cable. just imagine if they had that running a bunch of e3 videos and you could just jump right into any of them and start watching and instantly switch to others.
seamless game saves in the cloud is something i would like, steam should have it by now but it does not, their save game implementation is awful it puts them in different places for different games.
the bad is you game gets cut if your internet gets flaky, the graphics are not as sharp, and there is notifiable input lag, but it is better than I expected.
just for the instant demos and awesome video features I think it is worthwhile. anyone even slightly curious should sign up for the free year to check it out.
the good:
being able to fire up whatever game they have for a demo almost instantly is pretty awesome, no waiting for a gig download and install to try out a game.
the interface where you can watch other gamers is amazing, you see all these videos running and can select any and it jumps right in seamlessly. this is amazing, i wish youtube ran this well, you choose and bam it starts playing, seamless. it's like watching cable. just imagine if they had that running a bunch of e3 videos and you could just jump right into any of them and start watching and instantly switch to others.
seamless game saves in the cloud is something i would like, steam should have it by now but it does not, their save game implementation is awful it puts them in different places for different games.
the bad is you game gets cut if your internet gets flaky, the graphics are not as sharp, and there is notifiable input lag, but it is better than I expected.
just for the instant demos and awesome video features I think it is worthwhile. anyone even slightly curious should sign up for the free year to check it out.