Comcast Tries Online Game Subscription Route

WebGangsta writes "Comcast announced a new gaming service available to anyone: for a monthly fee of $14.95, subscribers will have unlimited access to more than 60 PC-based games, from mainstream titles to educational software. New titles will be added each month. Games referenced in the press release included Atari's Dead Man's Hand [plus other largely Atari titles from the recently launched, similar Atari On Demand, including Neverwinter Nights and Civilization III: Conquests]. Is this one of the revenue streams Comcast was thinking about developing when they combined G4 with TechTV? Is there really a market for pay-service video games, and was there a lesson to be learned from Sega's attempt at this market (which was priced $2 less just nine years ago)?" Update: 06/02 17:06 GMT by S : Commenters point out Yahoo! is offering a similar service, currently with a greater variety of games.

Comments

How about low ping servers?

[British]

I might be compelled to pay comcast if they hosted super-fast(ie super-low ping, but also fast server proecessorwise) gaming servers for UT2004, etc. Have other comcast players hop on board and have some really nice streamlined gaming.

Idea has been brought to comcast before, but shot down.

Re:Been there, done (still doing) that

[CDLewis]

...some dumbass mod thought it was interesting.

I suppose if that dumbass mod hadn't heard of Usenet, he actually may have found it interesting...

To the topic, though - as a Comcast user, I'd rather see them investing in and offering a higher-bandwidth, more trouble-free pipe. To use the peanut butter cup analogy: just focus on the peanut butter... I'll get my chocolate from someone else. (Actually, I'd most like see them whither up and blow away and let Optimum Online's 8mbs+ pipes service my area.)