 djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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| Ugh, do these people even play games? No, the "server" is never going to do the heavy lifting. The thin client concept is having enough trouble with regular applications, it's complete nonsense in terms of high end gaming. It'd be too slow due to latency, and makes no sense from a cost perspective to try and house the "heavy lifting" on a central server.
The console will also never die, there are too many people who enjoy playing video games in their living room with other friends who are physically present. A computer is not good for that scenario.
The only thing that might change is moving from disc/cartridge delivery of games to digital delivery. Sony's new PSP is an example.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
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1 edit | said by djrobx:No, the "server" is never going to do the heavy lifting. The thin client concept is having enough trouble with regular applications, it's complete nonsense in terms of high end gaming. It'd be too slow due to latency, and makes no sense from a cost perspective to try and house the "heavy lifting" on a central server. Latency can be fixed by fixing the protocol. A landline has very little latency. So does Cable TV. Video card lives in a data center, low latency MPEG encoded QAM channel delivers video stream to you. Problem is IP and ethernet was never designed for latency or circuits. If only LANs and the Internet used ATM today. |
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| said by patcat88:said by djrobx:No, the "server" is never going to do the heavy lifting. The thin client concept is having enough trouble with regular applications, it's complete nonsense in terms of high end gaming. It'd be too slow due to latency, and makes no sense from a cost perspective to try and house the "heavy lifting" on a central server. Latency can be fixed by fixing the protocol. A landline has very little latency. So does Cable TV. Video card lives in a data center, low latency MPEG encoded QAM channel delivers video stream to you. Problem is IP and ethernet was never designed for latency or circuits. If only LANs and the Internet used ATM today. There is control lag have you ever used cable VOD? |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by caster665 :
There is control lag have you ever used cable VOD?
That can be fixed. DAVIC has bad latency, and too many protocol layers each with their own chips and buffers in the way. |
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