When Netflix came out a few years ago, nobody could really comprehend the sort of cultural phenomenon that it has grown into. Netflix crushes nearly every other video streaming service because of its commitment to quality, new content. They bring in movies that other services are charging for, which is just testament to their business know-how.
Well, apparently Nvidia wants to chase the dream. They've announced a new game streaming service called 'GRID,' which will be available for free to SHIELD tablet and portable users through June 30, 2015. Considering the service will be made available on November 18 in North America, that gives SHIELD users quite a bit of free play.
Nvidia claims to have over $400 of content already prepared for the service, including games like: Batman: Arkham City, Borderlands 2, Brutal Legend and Psychonauts. The number of games that will be available upon releases comes in at around 20, which should give consumers plenty to work through before Nvidia charges in with new updates.
Nvidia explained some of the more technological aspects of the service in an official blog post:
The enabling technologies of GRID are super-low-latency from controller streaming to graphics to game streaming. And, virtualization so that many gamers can share the Geforce cloud gaming supercomputer.
The next step: putting thousands of GRID GPUs into data centers around the world. It’s an effort that’s put 20 petaflops of graphics processing compute power into the cloud. That’s equal to the fastest supercomputer in the U.S.
– See more at: http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2014/11/13/grid-game-streaming/#sthash.V8w5LZiW.dpuf
"The enabling technologies of GRID are super-low-latency from controller streaming to graphics to game streaming. And, virtualization so that many gamers can share the Geforce cloud gaming supercomputer."
"The next step: putting thousands of GRID GPUs into data centers around the world. It’s an effort that’s put 20 petaflops of graphics processing compute power into the cloud. That’s equal to the fastest supercomputer in the U.S."
Do you think Nvidia has what it takes to compete in the video game streaming arena? There aren't a lot of major competitors at the moment and they've certainly got the assets to really make a strong go at it.
