If you’ve been around since the 80’s it may be hard for you to envision the interactive landscape without some sort of cumbersome console laying under your television waiting for you to put a cartridge or DVD into. Fortunately for you this won’t soon be the case as our ability to stream vast amounts of content has increased substantially over the past decade or so.
The opening quote from GameJudgment’s excellent article about the future of media streaming and what it means for the long term necessity for games consoles.
Media streaming is slowly eliminating the need for expensive hardware under the television and many European countries are already switching to a fully digital package such as the one provided by onlive – Which is a new service set to revolutionize how we stream gaming and entertainment media. Available from the middle of this month in the United States we will keep an eye on its reception and development.
