David Perry, founder of Shiny Entertainment, has been working on a project very similar to OnLive called Gaikai. The service is a browser-based portal that works similarly to flash-game sites like NewGrounds.com and Kongregate.com. Perry had originally planned to announce Gaikai at E3 in June, but changed it to GDC when OnLive was revealed.
Gaikai is essentially the same as OnLive, but it's on a different platform and can literally be used by anyone with a computer and a browser. To Perry, it's like comparing apples to oranges.
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It must be frustrating for these devs to see Helldivers 2 absolutely devour their lunch lol
-Oh my God, this game looks like a complete rip-off of Helldivers II!
-At least it gives Xbox players the chance to experience something similar to the PlayStation game!
Jokes aside it does make you wonder why Sony, who owns the IP for both, is continuing with two products when there is such overlap. Should it one day make a new Starship Troopers film or a Helldivers film instead?
I'm a fan of Perry's, the man is a genius - even if he did sell the rights to Earthworm Jim...
But I dig how the overlaying technology of Gaikai is much simpler. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
Definitely. I believe something like this could work better than OnLive since there's no need to purchase extra peripherals. I think this will be the clear winner when it comes to publisher support.
Really interesting. I wonder what Voice Quality would be like.