Above is a demo by Gaikai. It lets you play games in your browser by streaming. The demo includes less demanding games like Mario Kart 64, Spore, Need for Speed Pro Street, to more sophisticated games like Eve Online and even World of Warcraft!
Note that this all running in your Firefox browser without game installation, no plug ins, patch downloading, it is all taken care from Gaikai's server. Its just click and play.
During this demo game is running from remote server located 800 miles roundtrip from the PC.
I don't quite sure how much broadband you need, but from the commentary you need less than 1 Mbps of internet connection. Is it going to be lag free? We wouldn't know for sure until Gaikai is actually launching.
I have my doubt that streaming will not be as lag free as having installed WoW program in your computer. But for less lag demanding game like Mario and Spore, sure why not?
If this is not the future of digital game distribution, I don't know what is.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Gaikai game streaming demo: Play World of Warcraft in your browser
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