The future of gaming?

[Reaper P7]

I believe that this service, or one like it, is likely the future of gaming.
Look at the trend that consoles have, and the successes of services like Netflix.
Truthfully, this is simply a cheaper and pretty stellar concept that seems to be working...

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[bentendo64]

I really don't like the idea of how this looks much, but it does look like this could possibly what gaming is one day.

[Triton]

people are always going to want to physically own the games that they own. as a rental idea this is fine and dandy but if you're going to be paying 60 bucks to own a game and their servers go down (ala PSN) you're boned.

[Bush]

people are always going to want to physically own the games that they own. as a rental idea this is fine and dandy but if you're going to be paying 60 bucks to own a game and their servers go down (ala PSN) you're boned.

I agree. Bleh. Plus, this cuts out used games, and selling the games you own.

[wallydawg]

people are always going to want to physically own the games that they own. as a rental idea this is fine and dandy but if you're going to be paying 60 bucks to own a game and their servers go down (ala PSN) you're boned.

All these things, plus internet service companies are starting to cap bandwith. I'm not sure how much the streaming would use up, but something like a 60-75 hour RPG could easily cripple your monthly limit.

That and there is not much else to do when your internet goes out, a perfect time to start working through the backlog of your collection.

[vskid]

Steam has some of the same issues, except you can still play without internet. And they have sweet sales.

[weaponepsilon]

I will never accept this nor do I ever see this becoming the pinnacle of gaming.

[GeckoLink]

tired it out found it amazing how I could play graphic intensive games on my crappy 2007 macbook

[Triton]

dont get me wrong, the technology is impressive, its just not going to replace actual physical media or downloaded content. any kind of subscription service will eventually shut down and when ALL of your games are hosted on an external server? thats a pretty big gamble to take

[Reaper P7]

Nothing will ever kill the PC, and I like getting the hard copy and the even occasional collector's edition bundles. But I honestly wouldn't mind playing Skyrim on my net-book... The backbone of the internet is being burdened. (I cannot not deny that). But I offer this, services like Gamefly have shipping departments closer to areas where most of their customers are... see where I'm getting at?

[Mr. Bastey]

I've seen prices for some things on the service, not too bad for what I'd want to play. I agree with the whole concept of physically owning your games, especially since I'm a collector and I don't want my games held somewhere else I could see looking into this though for crappy netbook purposes or something. Will it replace consoles and physical media? I doubt it.