Coming soon: superfast internet - Times Online
The article talks about what CERN is doing with the grid and how it is bazillions times faster than our current technologies. But that got me thinking that this could lead to a different way in which we consume our gaming media.
If download speeds were 10,000 times faster(as they claim) then you could stream entire games instead of downloading them or buying a gaming disc. You could rent games on your machine instead. Playing online with 10,000 people wouldn't be a problem.
Imagine playing a game like Ghost Recon with whole armies going at each other. Never having to worry about your game disc getting scratched or lost and not worry about having too much downloaded on a hard drive.
They could even expand this into what Microsoft is trying to do with Live by allowing people to rent and stream HD movies to watch.
But in thinking of all of this I can't help but be reminded of the pioneers that brought all of this to us. That is right. The Phantom! Not only was it way before its time. It will probably be the future of media consumption. Thus bringing us one step closer to conquering that trip to the store to find out they are out of whatever you wanted ;_;
Discuss how, if CERN doesn't destroy the world first, something like this could change the way we consume game media and play games online. Are you excited for it or do you like having that physical media?