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I think we are all missing the point...
By VooDooAddict on 3/30/2009 10:23:46 AM , Rating: 5
I think we are all missing the point. I'd bet the true business plan here isn't to actually make $$ off the service. It's to develop some tech and patents so that 10-15 years from now when(/if) the internet is capable of handling this they can make $$ of the licensing.

I don't think the US internet infastructure is up to the task of getting what is essentially 1280x720 streaming video playing with zero buffer. Even with one of the 20-30mbit Comcast connections, Hulu and Netflix still buffer a second or two before playing. Noting that you have to wait around for ... but certainly not quick enough for a twitch response game.

By SilentSin on 3/30/2009 12:10:21 PM , Rating: 2
Just a question, but is this how those boxes you find at some hotels work? I've been to quite a few where you can find a PS1 controller or N64 and you pay $500 an hour to play it while you drink a $40 airplane bottle of Jack and eat $10 peanuts.

Sounds like a patent should already exist for this type of thing. That seems like it's about the best sort of setup to install this thing anyway, stick it in hotels or cruise ships. Put it anywhere on a WAN and this idea will faceplant as others have stated already.

By Uncle on 4/4/2009 9:31:40 PM , Rating: 2
I can agree, their is such a thing as patenting an idea. The very fact they editorialized on the net puts a date on the idea, second is sending a double registered letter to a lawyer and leaving it sealed until the day you need to verify that you came up with the idea first in court.

