Yeah, Sony has been doing something similar on the Playstations for awhile now... but I've never heard of anyone actually using it.
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Christopher Tyler <ch...@totalhighspeed.net > wrote: > PlayStation 4 has been doing this for at least a year already, and I'd > wager that the number of PS4 users on your network vastly outnumbers the > Nvidia Shield users. > > -- > Christopher Tyler > MTCRE/MTCNA/MTCTCE/MTCWE > Total Highspeed Internet Services > 417.851.1107 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nate Burke" <n...@blastcomm.com> > To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 4:59:06 PM > Subject: [AFMUG] And you thought gamers were grumpy about Latency Before > > > http://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-launches-geforce-now-game-streaming-service > > No more Pesky Downloading games to your console, use the 'Netflix' of > Video Games... > > "To use GeForce NOW, you�ll need to meet a number of requirements. > First, you�ll need an NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV, SHIELD portable, or > SHIELD tablet (with the latest software updates installed) and a > SHIELD-approved 5GHz router. The latest SHIELD Hub app from the Google > Play store must be installed. And your broadband connection must offer > download speeds of at least 12Mb/s. 20Mb/s is recommended for 720p / 60 > FPS quality, and 50Mb/s is recommended for 1080p / 60 FPS. You must also > have a 60ms or lower ping time to a GeForce NOW server, though 40ms or > lower is recommended. " > > I like how they refer to that as 'Broadband Connection' Sounds more like > DIA to me, since it's continuous sustained traffic. I'm guessing > buffering or caching video games doesn't work well. >
