Check out the full list of scheduled speeches on GDC's interactive site. Just don't look too hard for that special session which allows you to dine on the finest of breakfast cereals. That one will be at the other March gaming convention.
OnLive, PlayStation Motion Controller and others getting GDC panels
by Griffin McElroy 
on Feb 16th 2010 1:02PM
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Check out the full list of scheduled speeches on GDC's interactive site. Just don't look too hard for that special session which allows you to dine on the finest of breakfast cereals. That one will be at the other March gaming convention.
Reader Comments (25)
Posted: Feb 16th 2010 2:49PM FredFredrickson said
They should also ditch the whole wands-with-balls thing, but who knows what thing will look like in its final form?
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Posted: Feb 16th 2010 1:23PM HardBoiled2009 said
a pocket full of sunshine ? did i miss something ?
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Posted: Feb 16th 2010 1:33PM HardBoiled2009 said
oh haha. i was gonna say is that a game ? never heard of it but i admit you got me their. hopefully they will let people try out the Arc and maybe mention a new title or two.... actually i doubt that will happen nevermind .. we have E3 for that !
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Posted: Feb 16th 2010 2:47PM FredFredrickson said
They're not going to demo PS4 anytime soon. The PS3 is only finally starting to get near profitability, and they are probably going to try to extend the life of the system with the motion controller in lieu of putting out a whole new system.
Not to mention this is GDC, not E3. It's not a good venue for announcing a new console.
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Not to mention this is GDC, not E3. It's not a good venue for announcing a new console.
Posted: Feb 16th 2010 2:45PM FredFredrickson said
It's not a feasible idea yet. Networks need to be completely overhauled to supply enough bandwidth for a hi-def live stream to be piped into your house while also piping out your controller input fast enough to make it seem like you're not playing on a remote machine.
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Posted: Feb 16th 2010 10:26PM KaBob799 said
Also can you imagine how many computers it would take to run on-live if it was popular? This isn't like servers where it just runs various data through, they've got to run all the entire game including graphics and transmit all of it to the players. I wonder how many many people a supercomputer could support playing a modern game on medium graphics, not that they will have supercomputers. It seems like it would be easier for them to just buy their customers new graphics cards and forget the ridiculously wasteful "cloud computing" attempt.
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Posted: Feb 16th 2010 1:48PM Maulok said
I really hope OnLive works. It's 2010 and I have spent the last 15 years of my life building newer and beefier hardware configurations to keep up with PC gaming. Fact is I have a family now and dropping a few hundred bucks every year isn't an option for me anymore. I am more than ready to give up the chase and move to a hardware and OS independent solution (other than a console that is).
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Posted: Feb 16th 2010 2:43PM FredFredrickson said
No need to worry, OnLive has already been shown to be a complete waste of time.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/01/onlive-demoed-lag-graphics-are-a-problem.ars
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http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/01/onlive-demoed-lag-graphics-are-a-problem.ars
Posted: Feb 16th 2010 2:30PM (Unverified) said
Wasn't onlive supposed to be released last fall?
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Posted: Feb 16th 2010 2:42PM FredFredrickson said
People still care about OnLive?
I thought that it's already been proven that the concept is pretty much impossible with today's netwrok technology.
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I thought that it's already been proven that the concept is pretty much impossible with today's netwrok technology.
Posted: Feb 17th 2010 11:35AM (Unverified) said
Well.
We have the Wii and the Natal so far; the Sony name has to be something really stupid or marginally offensive. Then again they seemed to have taken my advice and executed their previous marketing team (at least the morons who came up with creepy babies and I want a psp for xmas), so who knows.
What I want to learn more about is Onlive. I hope it’s not stupidly expensive, it looks like a good alternative to an expensive PC and the crappy consoles we’ve gotten this gen. Of course it will also in the end probably be overpriced and as lackluster as any of the consoles.
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We have the Wii and the Natal so far; the Sony name has to be something really stupid or marginally offensive. Then again they seemed to have taken my advice and executed their previous marketing team (at least the morons who came up with creepy babies and I want a psp for xmas), so who knows.
What I want to learn more about is Onlive. I hope it’s not stupidly expensive, it looks like a good alternative to an expensive PC and the crappy consoles we’ve gotten this gen. Of course it will also in the end probably be overpriced and as lackluster as any of the consoles.
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