As of a few days ago, speculation began that we could very soon see OnLive on TV’s, blu-ray players and set-top boxes.
OnLiveFans.com’s Ady Carter pointed out yesterday that OnLive released an “OnLive Viewer” App in the Android market, that had just become available for smartphones and tablets. There really is no need for the “OnLive Viewer” since the “OnLive Player” app, which is already available on mobile Android devices, can do everything that the viewer app can do, and more.
Epic Games winning its cases against both Apple and Google is shaping the way forward for the future of mobile gaming.
I feel alot of mobile gamers are kids which will at some point probably turn to console or pc. Mobile gaming just doesn't cut it for me.
from eXputer "These multi-billion-dollar cases mean more savings for both devs and consumers. Public reactions to these lawsuits have been mixed, with some in favor/against the points being made"
They lost one, won one, and are about to go do sony. Yeah, Yeah, so where is the win part for gamers? This is about industry dividend regulation and enforcement, and has nothing to do with gamers (Studios will take a larger cut before you get a discount). The win and gratitude should be diplayed by the creators/publishers; way, WAY before the cosumers or a game jurno. Good Grief. Most of this is correct, but who it is really aimed at is misleading in its inclusivity as some kind of shoe-in for future savings/discounts for gamers.
From a business viewpoint, especially small developers these wins are a good thing. But what I’m curious about is the fallout. How would this affect game prices down the road? Will big corp just pass it to the consumer?
Hopefully this will lead to better profits and discounts for the consumer.
I agree with sony should sell digital stuff elsewhere besides psn. I used to get some good deals on Amazon. The amount their being sued for is kind of an issue though. Maybe them selling elsewhere is a win there shouldn't be a dollar figure attached to that. Imo.
A win for gamers or game publishers? Publishers don’t want to reduce prices. They just want the stores taking a 30% cut on game sales. If you can side load games on PlayStation, you will PlayStation price increase and turn the console into another gaming PC. No thanks.
Three years after Fortnite-maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly.
oooo shiiiit
well, there ya go
but i think the biggest issue are the judges in these cases.
most of them have no clue about all them things.
ii wonder what the judge will decide Epic actually "won" or what the out come is.
This is terrible news for consumers, while Epic and others get richer we'll now have to pay more for our devices.
Phil and slimey company sitting up and plotting.... expect to hear how Sony is anti-gamer for refusing to have GamePass on their ecosystems they may very well do this to avoid 2027 . I can imagine his email to Satya...."we got them" lol.
This could be a big deal for them if Google tv can get going. I guess time will tell for both these ventures.
That is big. I wish my Vizio had this app. They should try to get one and get my tv updated. I have an Onlive account but haven't used it in a while. As a pc gamer though, the non optimizing function of a pc game just killed me. I want to change resolution and AA and everything else.
But on television I could see it working. What if steam had a cloud version and a television app?
One downside of the svc is that most games that they have are games that you use a controller for. You probably wont see any RTS games anytime soon.
Cool, just installed it on my Revue.
I was thinking google, who loves cloud stuff more than any other company, would make an onlive competitor.