BT Gets Exclusive Rights To OnLive In the UK

arcticstoat writes "UK telecoms firm BT has signed a deal with cloud-gaming firm OnLive, which gives BT exclusive UK rights to bundle the OnLive Game Service with its broadband packages. Although OnLive will also offer its service directly in the UK, BT (and PlusNet, which is also owned by BT) will be the only ISP allowed to offer the service. UK gamers will need a connection that can cope with the bandwidth demands too, which is a concern when so many UK homes don't have access to fast broadband. Speaking to Thinq, BT's Les King said that we're looking at 1.5Mb/sec for standard definition gaming, and 5Mb/sec for full 1080p HD resolution gaming. This will effectively rule out the use of the HD service in areas of the country that can only get a 2Mb/sec connection. BT plans to start trials of the system in the UK later this year, and plans to launch the service in 2011 or 2012."

Re:cue the skeptics

[L4t3r4lu5]

Why doesn't somebody come up with a system that can host games locally? That would totally cure the input lag issue.

Hey, maybe they could offer a monthly fee instead of making you pay up front for the hardware, and at the end (when you've paid the value of the system) you get to keep it!

Oh boy, I'm going to make millio... Waitasecond.

Re:It's ADSL though

[amorsen]

ADSL broadband has always been out performed by DSL

Yes, Fords are always outperformed by vehicles too.

(Yay I finally managed to post a car analogy on Slashdot)