Sony Calls OnLive Rubbish
Welp, it was bound to happen. New tech is announced and someone has to be there to complain about how it's not going to work and how what they are doing is so much better, blah blah blah. OnLive, Sony hates you. In a recent interview with Edge, Sony began the trash talk.
What will be sacrificed when you [put OnLive] into a real world environment where multiple devices are plugged into one broadband connection?
Having witnessed OnLive actually functioning, I can say you sacrifice a minimal amount of response time, and you lose an almost invisible amount of visual quality. Seriously, it was nearly seamless, but then again, it wasn't even transmitting across state lines.
PlayStation's been bringing HD gaming and entertainment into consumers' homes for many years now ... with both digitally distributed and disc-based content, we have a competitive offering for consumers, whether they are tethered to the Internet or not. Only on PlayStation 3 can you get HD gaming, watch BD and downloaded movies, have ample hard drive space for music, movies and photos, built-in Wi-Fi, and free access to PlayStation Network - right out of the box.
Honestly, I don't really care what Sony has to say. Their rebuttal to all technology that is even remotely threatening to them has always been "It's crap, what we are already offering is better". You know what, the PS3 isn't that fantastic. It's expensive, and developers hate SPEs, and the Xbox 360 has more general purpose CPU cores. It's also marketed at a complete different audience than who OnLive is targeting. OnLive wants people that don't want to have to spend a lot of money keep on top of the latest hardware and release titles. Budget hardware isn't something Sony has been keeping on top of, and they out right refuse to sell the PS3 for any cheaper than it already is.
Maybe they are just scared of a cloud of PS3s running retail titles off site. It certainly wouldn't be appealing for them if people simply stopped buying their hardware all together.
[via Destructoid]
Asterick
Posted to Video Games on 1 April 2009
· Comments (11)
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The only thing they doubted was how well the system was gonna hold up once a ton of people started using it, and then they proceeded to reinforce the positives about their own product. Doesn't sound like they're doing anything out of line or unexpected to me. Any smart business would address something like this and remind consumers of the positives of staying with their own product. Just look at any cable/satellite advertising going around (albiet annoying ads, it's the same scenario).
I dunno Asterick, Sony knows a thing or two about not-so-hot online services. I'm sure they have wisdom they could impart to the OnLive team. ;)
I think it's going to be crap. But for totally different reasons than Sony's. Mainly because I have actual reasons and I'm not just trying to sell my own overpriced console.
By the time "OnLive" comes out the 360 and PS3 will be able to stream already. "OnLive" won't have the start up or resources to grab exclusives that people care about. Streaming massive games to "millions" of people will take some hardcore servers. WiFi + Streaming an HD game, no thanks. There are countless reasons why this is shit. Sony is just trying to push their own product, and in their head the arguments they made will do that.
Wait...haven't they already stopped buying Sony hardware all together??? I know I did after my PS2. Nothing to play...no reason to own a PS3. Sorry Sony...you screwed the American gamer long enough.
Is that really considered "trash talk?"
Seems like Asterick's comments were far harsher than anything Sony said (or implied). Certainly everyone is entitled to an opinion, but I think Sony has a pretty decent product backing their opinions.
Sony says many things, too many to keep track. Anybody still cares what they say?
Well I'm never one to stand up for Sony's PR but I do think Asterick might be a bit too optimistic regarding OnLive:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/gdc-why-onlive-cant-possibly-work-article
wow.... there seems to be a lot of fanboys jumping on this....
But yeah, regardless of what Sony says, it sounds impossible.
The reason it worked as a demo is because only THEY were using it, and probably were not having to connect to anywhere very far away.
Soon as you get millions of people, all over the world doing it... you're gonna get lag, especially with HD stuff
Streaming Fallout 1? Fine
Streaming Crysis on full settings? I'll eat my own face if it works.
Onlive shares the shit out of me. I'll take a physical copy of my games, thanks.
shares = scares
Your article sounds more like a pissy Fanboy commentary. Sony isn't the only company or person that thinks this will not work, and for very good reasons and Sony made a very valid point.
P.S. The PS3 has plenty of great games, exclusive and third party. They have went down on the price once, and they will again when it is oppropriate for them to do so.
Don't use another sites article as an excuse to make a fanboy rant.