Gaikai

[James]

Imagine a game streaming service like On-Live, but; you don't pay a subscription to stream full games and instead play demos for free, afterwards there's store after playing to see if you want to purchase this game in a non-stream format.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/28/play- ... in-needed/

Gaikai is a new online retail solution which is under open beta in America, I cannot join at the moment as I am not situated near a data centre. What I understand is that all you need is a fast internet connection, java and flash.

http://www.gaikai.com/about#general

I think it's a cool idea, quicker and more effective than downloading GBs for a 30 minute demo. If this gets enough exposure I see that it'll be widely used... as long as the purchase offers choices off-suite such as D2D and STEAM. We don't need another dedicated online retail store.

[Aidan]

This service is way too cool. It's really convenient too!

As James said, you don't need to download GB and GB of data to try the game out which is a true plus.

[James]

You might stream it, but at least it might not be a waste of time.

[ynnaD]

Great idea but sounds like your gonna need a great internet connection or it'll be pretty laggy

[Kaiden]

Gonna try it out of peak time, might be able to.

[ynnaD]

YOUR GONNA FAIL KAIDEN