OnLive
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I think this is the correct sub section ( looked for a Gaming News section but couldn't find one)
For those of you who haven't heard of OnLive yet I thought you might find the following links rather interesting.
OnLive is an on demand gaming service where all graphics are rendered server side. You need a high speed internet conection to get 1080 x 720 view and they attribute much of the success of the venture to an in house video compression algorithm. It's currently in open Beta and you, and you can play off the shelf titles.
I think this could be particularly pertinent to MMO's using the cryengine as it would effectively allow you to play the game with high specs on a low spec machine. This has evident benefit for those of us who travel a lot, being able to play on a Netbook rather than a MacBook Pro would make all the difference 
Whether this can really be a succesful venture is yet to be seen. If the US and Europe get their act together and lay down the necessary high speed fibre optic cables then perhaps Onlive and similar services will carve out a slice of the huge gaming platform industry.
http://www.onlive.com/
http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=3329
Hope you enjoy
Regards,
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