Moore: "Wait And See" Approach to OnLive
EA Sports boss wonders if the technology will take off.
OnLive is a streaming technology that, despite its lofty goals, is getting a load of support. Electronic Arts is one of those supporters, but what does EA Sports bossman Peter Moore really think of the long-term prospects of the service?
“Like everybody, for me it's wait and see,” Moore revealed in a recent interview. “Anytime anyone as talented as the OnLive team – and I know a number of them – are trying to make breakthrough experiences and grow the industry, I am a huge fan of that. But what they're contemplating and proposing is no mean undertaking.”
“That thing has got a scale, but it's got to prove that five million people want to play the same game. I'm making numbers up, but I don't want the industry [as it is with music] to be linked to a singular piece of hardware.”
Those fears mirror ours in the SPOnG castle – we don't want a one-console future, dammit! We want our different pieces of hardware littered about our living rooms so we can profess to each other which one is truly the greatest! Regardless of what we think, cloud-based gaming is looking like the big meal ticket for some companies, including PlayCast which aims to get a similar service off the ground before OnLive.
Moore also waxes lyrical about the upcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller, saying that the peripheral – nicknamed 'Arc' following a trademark patent reveal – offers a different experience to the Wii Remote.
“I've seen the technology working. I think it's going to be a great complement to what's out there. Sony will put their collecting technology and marketing might behind it. As you might imagine, we're working on stuff – in particular on what sports can bring to it,” Moore said.
“Like everybody, for me it's wait and see,” Moore revealed in a recent interview. “Anytime anyone as talented as the OnLive team – and I know a number of them – are trying to make breakthrough experiences and grow the industry, I am a huge fan of that. But what they're contemplating and proposing is no mean undertaking.”
“That thing has got a scale, but it's got to prove that five million people want to play the same game. I'm making numbers up, but I don't want the industry [as it is with music] to be linked to a singular piece of hardware.”
Those fears mirror ours in the SPOnG castle – we don't want a one-console future, dammit! We want our different pieces of hardware littered about our living rooms so we can profess to each other which one is truly the greatest! Regardless of what we think, cloud-based gaming is looking like the big meal ticket for some companies, including PlayCast which aims to get a similar service off the ground before OnLive.
Moore also waxes lyrical about the upcoming PlayStation 3 motion controller, saying that the peripheral – nicknamed 'Arc' following a trademark patent reveal – offers a different experience to the Wii Remote.
“I've seen the technology working. I think it's going to be a great complement to what's out there. Sony will put their collecting technology and marketing might behind it. As you might imagine, we're working on stuff – in particular on what sports can bring to it,” Moore said.
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