I’m a hardcore gamer, but I prefer the PS3 over PC; I’ve tried using a mouse and keyboard to game, and it just doesn’t work for me. Where does this put the millions of people like me that don’t want to spend $1250+ on a computer just to play video games?
I don't see anything which prevents a console from being the gaming terminal rather than a full PC. I think one problem they need to solve is how to handle different bandwidths, but then Youtube and Netflix seem to have that same problem. Gracefully downgrade the graphical quality rather than introduce buffering if the user can't keep up with the data needed. If I only have a 1 Mbps DSL line, then I should get a low resolution picture which flows nicely rather than a high res one which starts and stops often.
I don't think cloud computing can drop the latency,...fast enough.
As long as there is a risk that a company will stop supporting their games, in the middle of me playing them, I will never stream games. That would be like watching a movie and have it quit half-way through it.
You could use a XBOX 360 controller they make them for the PC. But I’m like you I prefer consoles no need to upgrade and less hassle.
Who needs to spend $1250? I’ve got a 6 year old machine that was $600 when I bought it that can still run most of the current games smooth and shiny with graphics settings on high. And there’s plenty of gamepad/ joysticks available so if you don’t want to KBM it you don’t have to.
Of course you can stream on all the game boxes too.