Blah Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 GfW Live ramps up anti-piracy measuresMicrosoft has unveiled the latest features and upgrades making their way to its Games for Windows Live platform, with a focus on increasing anti-piracy efforts.Games for Windows will now offer "zero day piracy protection", including server side authentication on top of a further layer of authentication required for online play.In addition, sellers on the platform's market place will now be able to design their own storefronts, while the "roaming" function will allow consumers to save their personal settings and have access to them on any other compatible Windows PC."This update and other features currently in development represent a tipping point in the evolution of Games for Windows Live as a leading online PC gaming network," said Ron Pessner, general manager of Games for Windows Live."In the coming months, we will continue to deliver on our promise to provide gamers and publishers with the industry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Rogers Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Piracy may be coming to an end if this is to be believed:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7962180.stmTed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quosego Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Well maybe not.. Just get yourself a few server the games and run your own streaming game thingie.. They evolve piracy evolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bovski Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 All that will happen is is someone will produce a hacked server just like the hacked steam servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Rogers Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Thats all good and well if it is possible to obtain the gaming software. How I read it this looks like it would be closed software only accessible to the developers or certain licensed partners...Ted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
human Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 dont be joking steam also is server side, and you can skip it. gears of war,coh also required gfw,online auth and all was removed. you cant play online,but you can play offline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Rogers Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 No, I think you missed what they were saying - or I did The idea is to allow people to play games online without having to install anything. Basically you connect to a server and you technically are downloading the images of the game you are playing. I know it sounds strange but that is what they were getting at. The innovation behind OnLive rests in its video compression technology which instantly streams video via the internet so that it appears "effectively instantaneously." "Perpetually, it appears the game is playing locally." The reality is that all the heavy lifting is done by remote data centres that can be up to a thousand miles away while players use a simple PC or TV hooked up to a broadband connection. This removes the need for paying hundreds of dollars for traditional disc-based consoles made by the likes of Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony. "We're giving access to people who don't have access. We've moved hardware out of the equation," said Mr Perlman. Ted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
human Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 (edited) i was talking about blah post and topic, and onlive is a joke that will fail and doesnt need to comment. question what is you lowest ping? 6-10ms and they want 1ms for whole world. sorry but even 1ms is too big lag, but they never reach it. and wait till for 1st time their servers will crush. and nobody can play. it will go away faster than it came. and even if there will be only remote games. some people will give games from servers to scene. thats how today leaks are done Edited March 27, 2009 by human Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Rogers Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 My apologies, I think I did a topic hijack The end of the games console? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7969044.stm Ted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Rogers Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 More news about OnLive:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7976206.stmTed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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