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![]() ![]() Gaming requires low latency: When you push a button, the associated action needs to occur as close to immediately as possible. ![]() It was the far, far away aspect that broke services like OnLive. The laptop was actually just displaying a video of the game being played, while capturing your keystrokes and sending them to a faraway server, where the real heavy-duty computing was done. Steam’s service, which is currently available in invitation-only beta form, is similar to earlier examples, like OnLive and Gaikai, that streamed games to any Internet-connected computer in Netflix-esque fashion, and let you play graphically demanding games on, say, a mainstream laptop.
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