Introducing OnLive

[sambo]

Something for everyone

OnLive offers everything from AAA blockbusters to multiplayer titles to quirky indie hits and more. Play what you like à la carte, or subscribe to the OnLive PlayPack for unlimited access to a growing library of more than 200 console-class games.



Try games free

Can't decide? Play almost any game on the service for 30 minutes freeâ€"no discs, no downloads, no "lite" demos. That's the magic of OnLive: click and play. It's that simple.

Play on your PC, Mac, TV and tablet

OnLive streams games from its powerful data centers in the cloud to a wide range of devices, letting you play on almost any PC or Mac, hDTVs with the OnLive Game System and even Android tablets. Check out a range of touch-enabled titles, or bring along a controller like our Universal OnLive Wireless Controller, and you've turned your tablet into a powerful gaming console.



Take your games with you

Buy a game once and pick up your save games everywhere, simply by logging in. You can even start a game at home and continue on your tablet on your way to work or school.

Make new friends

When you play in the cloud, you never play alone. Log into the OnLive Game Service and you're online with hundreds of thousands of gamers worldwide, who are playing the same games as you. Dive into the massive spectating Arena to watch other gamers play live, Friend them and strike up a Voice Chat, or drop in and join the action with one click.



Tear it up and brag

Show off your skills in the massive spectating Arena, or capture Brag Clipâ,,¢ videos of your best gaming moments to share on the service or Facebook. Post achievements and notifications, and your friends can jump in and join you with instant-launch directly from your Facebook wall.

[Failed]

you'd be balls'd to pay £40 for some of the movie tie-in sh*t that takes 3-8 hours to finish.

[GamerMan316]

you'd be balls'd to pay £40 for some of the movie tie-in sh*t that takes 3-8 hours to finish.

damn right!!!

[GamerMan316]

    Take Call of Duty. I don't really care about the single player campaign as much as the multiplayer, and I'm sure many of you would agree.

Not me, the MP sucks massive monkey balls, i'm glad i didn't pay full price for a 6 hour single player campaign and broken MP.

[nCogNeato]

This is what the mysterious OnLive service has hinted at.

Personally, I would be happy to support a pay-to-play pricing plan, as long as the cost is capped at the game's retail value.  Meaning, if I decide to play a game for 100 hours, I don't want to pay $100.  Once I've reached $60 (or whatever retail price is), at that point I should "own" the game and play it as much as I want.

If they could make that happen, I wouldn't hesitate to buy in.

[TaraJayne]

May as well stick it here

On-demand gaming service OnLive will reportedly launch in the US this June to offer streaming of popular titles to PCs, Macs and connected TV sets.

At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the company confirmed plans to officially launch the service on June 17, after it went into open beta last September.

OnLive uses video compression technology to instantly stream games over the internet without the need for physical media yet giving the same performance as if playing locally.

The firm said that the service will deliver a wide range of on-demand titles via cloud computing to PCs, Macs and IP-enabled TV sets.

Remote data centres will handle all the heavy data usage, meaning that powerful local hardware will not be required. Players simply hook their devices up to an internet connection and then log on to the system.

Company founder and chief executive Steve Perlman said that OnLive "breaks the console cycle" by dropping the need for users to own advanced hardware devices to play high definition games.

Perlman added that the company is reacting to changes in the habits of gamers, as more people opt for download products rather than boxed media.

"There is this huge shift from download and use later to use it right now," he said. "The bytes coming in are not being stored. They are being consumed the moment they arrive."

OnLive chief operating officer Mike McGarvey added: "We want to take your dollars from hardware and let you spend it on software.

"We are a new platform and we're building a network and infrastructure to last for the next 30 years of gaming, not the next five years."

However, independent games analyst Billy Pidgeon told Bloomberg News that the service could be "very disruptive to the console vendors".

He added: "This also wouldn't be good for retailers or anybody selling physical software formats."

Gamers will have to pay a monthly fee of $14.95 (£9.99) to access the OnLive service, with options to rent or buy titles such as Assassin's Creed II, Prince of Persia and Borderlands. However, no date has been given as yet for the service to launch in the UK or Europe.

[nCogNeato]

May as well stick it here

 

Sorry, TJ.  I didn't bother to read any further.  

[Failed]

May as well stick it here

On-demand

i read this much 

[nCogNeato]

Gamers will have to pay a monthly fee of $14.95 (£9.99) to access the OnLive service, with options to rent or buy titles such as Assassin's Creed II, Prince of Persia and Borderlands. However, no date has been given as yet for the service to launch in the UK or Europe.

Integrate my existing Xbox Live and PSN accounts so I can earn achievements & trophies, and I'm in.



I'm actually really surprised they've officially announced a release date.  I was sure Microsoft would buy them out before it reached market.

[TaraJayne]

May as well stick it here

On-demand

i read this much 

The pair of you are damn filthy

[CRracer_912]

May as well stick it here

On-demand

i read this much 

Holy crap, I just spit out my coffee 

[TaraJayne]

it was very funny

[CRracer_912]

yeah, I know! lol.  At least it was to me. 

[nCogNeato]

I just got an email from OnLive.  They are waiving the $14.99 monthly fee of first 3 months of service for the first 25,000 customers.



ps.  I've changed the title of this topic to "OnLive" since that's where this is going.  I'm still not sure what category it should be under (PC maybe?), so "Odds & Ends" seems appropriate.  

[TaraJayne]

thanks neato. you the man or teh man