The future of gaming?

Recently , gaming and tech websites across the internet has been abuzz with the recent news of an innovative device that could take over world of console gaming. Imagine, we would not need to rob,steal or beg for money to buy that PS3 or Xbox that will collect dust after 2 years (like my PS2 sadly)

Yes it's that f**king small

Get this...its the size of a deck of cards . A very big difference from your regular and bulkier consoles.

Introducing OnLive, the future of gaming as the makers call it. A small and slim device that taps onto your broadband internet line for you to access a library of games for you to play. Basically you stream the games and play it online(Imagine Youtube). You would not need to download and install it onto your device. Just search for the game you want to play and play it!

This is all very exciting as this would remove the need to buy a super expensive console that lasts for only a few years. What's more you don't need to keep going out to buy games for you to play. What you need is to pay a monthly subscription (yet to be finalized),tv,your OnLive device and console.Very good for your pocket i'd say.It's also playable onto your MAC and PC.

Makers of OnLive have also mentioned the OnLive MicroConsole is cheap to make making it cheap to purchase hopefully and they have already signed on some impressive titles to their growing library of games such as BioShock,Tomb Raider : Underworld,Crysis Warhead and FEAR 2 just to name a few.

According to published reports, makers of OnLive kept the development under the radar after 7 years and have now come out to say "Forget your Xbox,PS3 or Wii. This is IT"

However there are sceptics of this new generation of consoles and for me as a Malaysian I already see one and almighty problem....

MALAYSIAN INTERWEBZ STRUKTUR = FAIL

Hohoho...I will be keeping tabs on this as I would like to see if OnLive would be able to live up to its reputation.

Refer to these links to read more about it!

OnLive Official Website

AFP Report : onlive to stream videogames as online service

Yahoo News : New tech could make consoles obsolete

Sceptics

GDC 09: 6 Reasons OnLive Could Be a Bust