New online service will replace the video game.

The new network service OnLive, announced at the Game Developers Conference GDC 2009, will do away with the need to install the game on a computer, says IGN. They will be stored and run on the server. On the screen the player will be broadcast in the format of the video image and commands from the player will be broadcast to the server. This will allow to play the latest games on slower computers.
Users will be able dokupit special device that allows the image to display OnLive on the TV screen. For the game in 480p mode, the channel is required at a rate of not less than a half megabit per second. Resolution 720p (high definition images) already requires pyatimegabitnogo channel. Alleged that the delay of video will not exceed one millisecond.
The scheme of the service to avoid the appearance of pirated copies. OnLive already supported by publishers such as EA, Ubisoft, Take-Two, Atari, Eidos, Codemasters, THQ, and Warner Bros., Writes Eurogamer. OnLive works with Windows, and on the Mac.
Beta testing OnLive place in summer 2009. Finished version for launch in late 2009.
This is not the first solution for streaming media game. In 2007, launched a similar service StreamMyGame, which allows you to play Call of Duty 4, World of Warcraft, EVE Online and other games.