EA Representative: Game Streaming Is the Future and Simply a Matter of "When"

[coonbro]

I very much want to create a botnet with the sole purpose of really corrupting their data.

OTOH, a game made entirely by an algorithm based on players actions in multiplayer games would be really interesting. Remember Tay?

I joked to a guy about how along with data don't forget you voice print tied to you account info next they will want facial and fingerprint activation records as well .

what gets me is how many never look at that and how critical that is to your privacy - just think what damage your fingerprints can do just being arrested buy your local cops [and there not selling it off ] as far as collecting your voice I do think like steam does that to you now that's a big thing in the UK and thqats where they are .

remember that talaban guy cutting off heads ? British law enforcement ID'ed him by his voice on them videos . so do you think at any time in his life he woke up one day and ran down to the law and demanded they record his voice so they could use it to identify him at a later time ?? so how did they match it and ID him ?

i'll tell you how he was using the chat on his steam type games to talk to his team buddies filed it and used his account info to finger who he was ..

you all think that finger print and face and voice on your devices as security features ??? don't be that naïve , cause its all about raping you for any of your data with there mandatory clients and internet connections . sad , give up all that privacy just to play a crap buggy game today , real sad

now you know why you cant get a game fully on a true retail disk like back in the real pc gamming days - with them you did not have to deal with any of that or any 3ed party involvement . just you , the game disk and computer . stick it in load the full game up and play [no internet required as well ]

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[Octopuss]

How is this even supposed to work? Each texture being downloaded from a server on demand or what?

And what kind of alternative universe is that imbecile living in? Not everyone has gigabit fibre optic connection at home and most people never will.

 

[Manu_PT]

If it is made user-friendly and slick enough - a lot of people.

Input lag has not been light years for a long while now. 100-150 ms or lower is not that much. Most console games are designed with input lag in that range, faster shooters excluded. I have tried pretty much every game steaming solution there is (from Onlive back when it came out to Geforce Now only recently) and while I do not see these as solutions for myself (not that I am too hardcore but I've just been playing for too long) but it will definitely be a strong contender to normies and console crowd.

EA or not, the guy is not wrong.

100ms is A LOT of input lag. I can even notice 20ms of input lag (usual on 4k TVs), nevermind 100ms.

I can´t see how streaming will be the only norm about videogames. Sure a lot of genres can be played with it, I totally agree, but A LOT of other genres won´t simply offer a good experience.

I won´t even touch on the first person shooters department. Playing fighting games, sports games like FIFA, 2d platfrom based reaction games, racing games, with lag? No way, it will not be a good experience.

And this is one of those things that we can´t say that will get better with time. You can´t beat science and maths. If you play games from some server, it will ALWAYS and forever have input lag. Unless it is streamed 1 meter away from you, inside your house.

 

[Paganstomp]

My future prediction.

Stream all you want for $300.00 a month!

*Cost will be slightly lower with our 90GB Data Plan.

 

[dorsetknob]

My future prediction.

Stream all you want for $300.00 a month!

add a few zero's to that and maybe your in the Ball park
Some Have to and all ready pay that

 

[rtwjunkie]

Hah! After Trump's administration decided to destroy net neutrality, forget about game streaming being common in, say, a couple of years. The biggest ISPs are probably going to strike deals with the streaming services to provide bandwidth and prioritization.

Do you realize we had net neutrality for the blink of an eye? It never had a chance to start where I live. And we have had blazing fast speeds without download limits for years prior. Not having it again will mean more of the great service we always had.

And honestly, not owning a game I paid for? Screw EA and everyone else that tries that.

Other than a very old game like you mentioned, or any game off GOG, you don’t own your games anyway. You pay for the use of the game as long as the publisher says you can. So, nothing would change with EA, since no one owns their games now.

 

[StrayKAT]

I can't actually think of ONE time any sort of prediction on technology in gaming every amounted to much of anything. Not once! The things that create buzz in games are simply the games.. the content of them. Not the delivery method. EA would be better off just remembering that. These execs all remind me of that old documentary "Triumph of the Nerds", with the section on Larry Ellison talking about basically conquering the world with Net computers. All of these guys are like wannabe Steve Jobs (who was himself not all that either).. but it's worse to see in gaming. Focus on the damn games!

 

[eidairaman1]

Nope.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Once EA pays for my internet, sure.

 

[R-T-B]

Nope.

Pretty much my thoughts.

Even if they solved the latency issues, the lossy video compression would still make me want to kick my monitors face in.

Once EA pays for my internet, sure.

If EA was paying for my internet, I wouldn't trust it. Not for a second. I would probably set up a TOR exit node on it just to link EA to terrorism or kiddy porn, really.

 

[Minus Infinity]

I echo everyone's sentiment. What a load of self-serving horse crap. The sooner these clowns go bankrupt the better.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Pretty much my thoughts.

Even if they solved the latency issues, the lossy video compression would still make me want to kick my monitors face in.

Don't forget the ongoing subscription fees.

 

[ianatikin]

The Fall of EA Is the Future and Simply a Matter of "When"

 

[Papahyooie]

So basically we want to stymie development and innovation in games and graphics so that they fit into a compressed/low enough quality to be piped over what is a woefully inadequate delivery method?

Thanks, EA. You obviously really care about games.

 

[windwhirl]

Pretty much my thoughts.

Even if they solved the latency issues, the lossy video compression would still make me want to kick my monitors face in.

I though punching stuff, not kicking, was your thing...

 

[INSTG8R]

Let’s see too much of the world has limited speeds and data caps and the price of storage media gets cheaper, faster, while getting larger and larger. I don’t see this happening anytime soon or with any real success. Even with my 500/500 fibre I still can’t/won’t support this system/idea.

 

[Dr_b_]

About 5 years or so ago, i had commented on an article on benchmarkreviews by Olin Coles about the future of game streaming. Olin argued that it was inevitable and would be mainstream in a few years, replacing the model we have now, which is local compute. I called it out for being ridiculous at the time, and it still is, but in a strange twist Olin proceeded to lambast me by saying i didnt have the bona fides to nay say the idea of streaming gaming.

Well, here we are, 5+ years de post facto, and game streaming is still shit, and the same limitations apply. You aren't going to have game streaming anytime soon, and its not a matter of when not if, its a matter of it being a really niche product that so far has really not been profitable.

Granted tech changes, so maybe that thing which hasnt been invented yet makes it work, but right now, not only do people not want this GaaS(hit), (gaming as a service), its got technological problems. Streaming yet another thing on the internet either with mobile or from your home ISP?

 

[hat]

Nope. Downloading and running a game from local storage, I'm fine with... but streaming it? Nah.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Remember, they said "virtual reality is the future" in the 1990s. "When" is still not today, two decades later. EA can think what it wants but reality is something else entirely.

 

[Axaion]

While hate is a strong word to use against someone you dont really know, i can say i kinda hate this guy, if not only for the sole reason he could even say this with a straight face.

Also, EA - lol.

 

[R-T-B]

I though punching stuff, not kicking, was your thing...

I make do with what's nearest to my the device. Since I went armchair, that would be my feet.

 

[INSTG8R]

Not really on topic but still EA...

 

[holyprof]

EA can think all they want. My steam library contains 76 games and i have only played 12 of them. I'm set up for the rest of my life. Also there are the free and awesome games like League of Legends, Heros of the Storm, Hearthstone and many others. Bye EA, you won't be seeing any of my money - not today and not in the future.
Also, I live in a small (by US standards) town, but it's a district capital and has a busy international airport. My internet connection is 12 years old 16Mbps ADSL connection. My ISP told me "that's the best we can do now". I can only imagine what happens in peripheral and rural zones. How the hell can i stream games? WTF EA?

 

[StrayKAT]

While hate is a strong word to use against someone you dont really know, i can say i kinda hate this guy, if not only for the sole reason he could even say this with a straight face.

Also, EA - lol.

That's how I felt in my first post. I don't say it lightly, but it really just rubs me the wrong way.

 

[natr0n]

With comcast internet this will never ever take off efficiently in the U.S. .

"Hey bro come check out this game looks crazy...ah shit net went out again"