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Other => General Gaming => Topic started by: Meclar on March 11, 2010, 11:06:04 AM

Title: OnLive
Post by: Meclar on March 11, 2010, 11:06:04 AM
I like the sound of it but no one seems to know how well it will perform on a shared broadband connection and depending on how close you are to a "data center" would also affect the performance.  One of the downsides is that you don't own the games but you do get a lot of games for 15$ a month, a price people are paying for just one game subscription.  I like the subscription because I don't play games throughout the year but at months at a time then break for a few months so it'd be cheaper for me to start and stop a subscription and not have to pay 300-400 for consoles and then the cost of games.  I also get a new computer once every 5-6 years so a service that can run games on a lower performance PC with a small hard drive would be great.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8556874.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnLive
Title: Re: OnLive
Post by: 420 on March 11, 2010, 11:49:42 AM
Interesting. I wonder if it will catch on.

-420
Title: Re: OnLive
Post by: Mo on March 11, 2010, 12:23:41 PM
Hmm.  I'd demo it.