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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

All You Can Eat Gaming With OnLive

Posted by Hooch Tan in "Digital Home News" @ 03:00 PM

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/02/on...-plan-playpack/

"OnLive has officially launched their “PlayPack” plan that allows users to play as many games as they want for a monthly flat rate. One of the most requested features for the on-demand, instant-play video game service is finally here. OnLive members can subscribe to this PlayPack plan for $9.99 a month to have instant access to a whole library of games that they can play for, as long as they want, without any additional costs."

Netflix's streaming service has been an incredible boon to those who have data allowances for their Internet connection. No late fees, no returning discs, no hassle. Just a regular monthly fee for all the movies you want. OnLive has finally decided to start offering a similar service, but instead of movies, it is games. While the selection is not large at the moment, and the service still faces constant criticism about how good of a gaming experience one can expect, I believe that this is the right model to go with. I wonder if the price is sustainable, but subscription based services seems to be a growing trend. Netflix offers movies while Pandora and its like offer music. Instead of the occasional spike in expenses, I think that it is quite possible that in the future, we will have to just allocate a part of our monthly budget for subscriptions to everything we want.


Thursday, December 30, 2010

Canada is the Most Web-Addicted Nation: No Way Eh?

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home News" @ 01:30 PM

"The measurement company comScore reported Canada has the highest penetration of Internet access, with around 68% of Canadians routinely surfing online, against 62% in France and Britain. Close behind is 60% of Germans going online and, south of the border, 59% of Americans. The laggards are Italians, where only 36% of the population goes online, according to comScore."

Above: Yeah, that's my kid, and yeah, this post is just an excuse to show you all how adorable he was when this photo was taken at the beginning of 2010.

We're #1! We're #1! I have to admit I'm a bit surprised by this - I didn't think Canada was any more Web-addicted than other Western nations. Maybe it's because significant portions of our population live in areas that, for half the year, get a wee bit cold [as I look outside to a foot of snow and -18 Celsius temperatures]. The fact that 51% of our population is on Facebook is quite staggering - has there ever been a singular service that has had such massive penetration into a society?

Of course, we're still sucking wind when it comes to Internet access speeds and we're paying too much for it to make matters worse. I was excited to have an Internet connection at 50mbps down and 3mbps up, even if it cost me $97/month...until a friend in New York told me he has 30mbps down and 30mbps up for about $60 per month. Gah!


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