Spawn Labs launches console games streaming box

But you actually need to own the console and games.

Seems like a waste of money.

The problem with the cloud is that if everyone is using the cloud the cloud gets heavier and slower.

Rainclouds don’t do anyone any favors.

Jadeskye, not a problem with enough server power and improving broadband infrastructure.

Seems a bit stupid for me in most cases. Maybe not bad for games installed at all in your console, but you can’t change the videogame any other way if you are not next to the console, so it’s not even worthy if you want to go away for a month and have the chance to play a bit without taking your console and lots of videogames. The game you have inside the console, is the only game you will be able to play. And anyway, you need to have this box and the computer…

If it would cost 50$ maybe it would be interesting to try, but 200$…no way.

Hum if you need to own the console isnt it pointless and cheaper to get the console hooked though either Hdmi or a vgabox ?

I could inderstand if it was about streaming those games from those distant servers , wich i hihgly doubt they’d have the right to do .

@4, it’s $200 plus you need to buy an additional $30 adaptor for each console you intend to use it with.

@5, all they’re doing is streaming content you already own to a different device over a network, they don’t need any rights to do that, just like you don’t need any additional rights to stream media from your PC to another device over a network.

I don’t know as I’m not interested in doing this, but isn’t there some type of converter you could by to do this that would be cheaper than $200?

I could see the benefit of this if my wife was watching tv on our main HDTV/PS3 setup in the living room, and I wanted to play a PS3 game in the bedroom. But $200 is crazy ridiculous.

@freedoms, true theres always things you can do but theres also always limitations.

If cloud computing takes off, which i have no doubt it will, we will always be fighting that ‘pingless’ connection. Which means ISPs will get even more power and become greedier while we continue to slow down the cloud with dependance on the internet and ISPs instead of local hardware.

Cloud computing makes sense for everyone EXCEPT consumers imo.

@freedoms_stain

I’m talking about servers like those promised with Gaikai and Onlive , not a “do it yourself with your own material” system . I’m very doubtful they’d be allowed to host and stream consoles games without the proper licensing and authorizations .

@8, I get what your saying, but with a suitable broadband infrastructure it wouldn’t be that much of an issue as everyone would have enough bandwidth – the problem is that right now that infrastructure isn’t there for most of the world and ISPs stretch their capacity, driving down available bandwidth.

It may be the case that we end up paying more for internet access to pay for the necessary infrastructure, but ultimately it may be worth it, particularly if doing so means we make bigger savings on the hardware side.

@9, they’re not hosting the games, you are, they’re simply providing the middle man between your console and your computer over distance. I don’t see it being very useful for many people though, you’d have to be heavily lazy to pay $200+ to stream content from one room to another rather than moving the console, and the number of people with access to the necessary bandwidth on the move has got to be low.

hahahahahaha that is so ssssssssswwwwwwwwwweeeeeeetttt.

ahahahahahahahahah I love this lol

even more reason not to buy a consoles, consoles fan boys will die over this lol

/plugs 360 into PC monitor

/is confused but $200 wealthier somehow.

Hmm. Who exactly is going to buy this?

@ BDH – um… you still need to own a console for this to work. So, why don’t you just return to the empty graveyard that is PC gaming?