The input lag drove me insane. Cloud Gaming needs to just disappear forever. That non-native resolution, and video compression artifacts was just Nasty looking.
GZ Broadcast There's no such thing as "the cloud", the games run on a computer somewhere and you simply send your controller input to that computer through your internet connection and the computer returns the video and audio.
CdrChaos Thanks, that makes it sound even more impressive. 10,000 players at the same time would mean draining power off a superPC, or 10,000 actual Gamer PCs? So interesting
Geoff Paulsen That's funny because back in the day when this video was released, I didn't even know that thing even existed. Maybe it was because back then, I played on the Wii and Nintendo DSi more than watching TH-cam.
Yeah, It's really a shame. You can't even use the controller with a PC or anything. They basically bricked the hardware so nothing could be done with it. Many of us are still sore, since we "bought" games that we can no longer play.
Geoff Paulsen That could bring disappointment to anybody who probably bought it at a garage sale or an estate sale, these days, and brought it home, all of the sudden the service for this thing has been discontinued. What a waste of hardware and plastic. And this thing seems like it came out when Wii, PS3 and XBOX 360 were the main systems out there.
It seems like a great idea, it won't be too popular for a long time but the idea of streaming video games with such a tiny device is really really well put together!
Yes. And you could also charge it on your computer USB port or a game system with the port (PS2, PS3, XBOX 360, Wii). You just cant use the controller with those systems. Only with the Onlive.
i really hate that this is the direction that gaming is going... when the servers eventually get shut down then boom you have no games to show for all the money you spent on them.
All media is going this way, which I'm pretty glad about, at least digital not necessarily cloud based. I'm 18 years old, I don't think I've ever opened any of the physical copies of books I own, I only buy them to have, even though I listen to them all through audible (Audio book site). the only reason I still buy blu rays is because iTunes streaming isn't there yet. And as for physical games I own 2, Call of Duty for Xbox one, and MLB for PS4, and I only own those because I got them stolen on Craigslist for insanely cheap. But speaking of cloud based look at crackdown 3. All the buildings and objects on the map are all running on 3 different cloud servers, I can't even explain it but it looks super dope.
CommonKTD yea luckily they are only doing the cloud based thing for the multiplayer on crackdown 3 so you will still be able to play single player when the servers get shut down. I can understand why people might like streaming and stuff more since i like netflix more than buying movies even though i won't actually get to own any of the movies i watch. I guess something about video games makes me like collecting them instead.
Both. The one that hooks up to your TV is connected via your wireless router and if a game is laggy on your PC it will probably be as laggy or laggier via the TV box. You should download the software and try it on your PC first. It's free to try, you don't have to buy anything to play demos.
The cool thing about this is that the possibilities are endless. Hypothetically you could use your ipod touch as a console, as long as you have a controller too
I have to say, the controller is pretty cool, but the feeling of putting my game disc in the tray or inserting it into my system is just something that I love and it can't be taken away.
Good review, I have had Onlive for about 2 months and don't have any complaints. I do not have a playpack subscription, I would probably only order it and keep it long enough to play any games I wanted there. Decent selection of games that is getting better, a big presence from 2K, THQ and Eidos with some Sega and Ubisoft as well. I use FIOS 25Mbps and the service is smooth. My only complaint is that the controller disconnects a lot, so I bought a Monoprice 15 ft mini USB & plug it in.
I remember when we called "The Cloud" "The Internet." All it is, is a cross between the old XBand and TH-cam/Netflix. You're sending keystrokes over to their server to pass it onto the game and they simply record the video which they stream to you. Maybe I'm too old school, but I doubt this will ever replace the consoles.
@glitchedgamer I agree. I wouldn't want to have no control of my games but this thing is clearly aimed at the casual gamer market that seems to be getting bigger and bigger.
just tested this in the UK with a budget fujitsu laptop (its that bad that it barely runs valve games) and i have to say I am VERY impressed with the service. slowdown was minimal when testing games. This project is a leap forward in gaming. Lets face it, PS4 and the new Xbox are going to run by a download service. This is extremely similar, except you don't need a huge hard drive to store all the games. Its, quite simply, brilliant. works well with a wired 360 controller too :)
@kbhasikevin Onlive usually has PC ports, but it doesn't play them through a virtualized PC on the other end, it's just a massive server executing the programming code directly, not acting as a PC.
I have tried it and it really rocks! I have the the slowest internet connection my provider offers, and it's 24 Mbit/s. The other options are 40 and 60.
@Lostprophetzzz well steams not really a cloud service sure it can save games to its servers but its more or less you buy them from the servers DL them and theyre physically yours to keep without having to log into steam to play the games
@FPDood its remote playing. the system doesn't run the game its basicly just a modem and controller that allow you to play the game that is running on a server in some room somewhere. it's great for ppl that don't want to buy a powerful pc to play just a handful of games. but like he said you need a fast broadband connection if you don't want lag and constant DCs.
@Caelistas I have a computer networking degree and I want you to know two things: 1 You aren't getting 54Mbps, 2: google bandwidth measuring tools. The 54Mbps is the bandwidth limit of the 802.11g standard, not the bandwidth of your internet connection.
@usquanigo It's true that it's not in the TOS that Valve will delete the DRM, but Gabe Newell said in a public statement that he would do that, and that it worked when they tested it. Oh, and I wasn't aiming to bend your comment, just to note a relevant topic.
@FPDood It's all dependent on your internet speed. You could run Just Cause 2 on a netbook, so long as you've got a really fast internet connection. If the internet's slow, the game will lag and play at around 240p, like it would for me.
I know you can map the buttons to keyboard keys with programs like xpadder. I just didn't know how proprietary it was about charging, because other stuff has given me trouble in that regard in the past.
I don't see why everyone hate this so much. I use it because I have laptop 5 years old. I don't have money for console/pc, so I use onlive on laptop. I borrow game and play. I buy games only if there is big sale (just to be sure to not spend much money and than company breaks and I lose everything). Also great option is to buy the onlive system and you can play the games without pc or laptop on your TV !! That is awesome. Onlive won't destroy gaming it will always be alternative to usual gaming.
What I dont understand is why don't they allow you to pay a monthly fee and be able to download the games from the service. Let's say you pay 20$ a month for 2 games at a time, you download the game and can play it off a harddrive using OnLive. It would work fine for people with slow connections and everybody would be happy...?
@lloydy187 the box lets you play it on your tv without a pc basically. so it would just be like a console. But you can also plug a pc in to a tv and do it like that. I guess it would be great for the living room for people without a pc in there. Basically i think its another way of getting it.
You mentioned that you wish Onlive had more retro titles available. Just what IS available in terms of classic gaming? I don't see Nintendo licensing any of their stuff on here. But are there other 8, 16, 32, and 64 bit games from other companies on this service? Genesis? TG-16? SMS?
@Phrix89 I think the idea of OnLive is a good one, even if the technology is not quite there yet. Since it has a monthly service plan (the 'PlayPack Bundle'), I see it more as a streaming rental service rather than a place to buy games, and look how well streaming rental video has done. I don't think it will replace consoles or local PC gaming, but it could be a nice supplement to play a huge number of games without buying them. It could be the Netflix of the gaming world.
@Gamerzwarz There's a sort of Playpack available on Onlive where you only pay a flat subscription fee to play a whole bunch of other games w/out paying for them individually.
That makes sense, but we aren't dealing with woodland sprites. Cloud fairies prefer the color of the Intellivision II because of its homely color. Therefore the Original Intellivision is not compatible.
@foat99 You don't have to pay every month, you have unlimited access to any game you purchase, the monthly fee is for OnLives PlayPack which gives you unlimited access to over 50+ games a month.
My concerns about this service, as a PC gamer, are: Low resolution (720p depending on bandwidth), low graphic settings, lag, no mod community (!) -which can make old games come "alive", only 3 year support for games, and in some ways, game prices. But I do believe this is the future. As a Steam user (more than 100 titles), I hope that Valve will adjust itself to this, but right now I'm not sure that Onlive is the answer to high quality gaming.
I'm glad that someone finally did this right. I don't want to pay a subscription fee; I want to pay for what I actually play. Subscriptions only work for people who play 16 hours a day.
I have the onlive. I find that if I am on onlive my laptop works better plugged in most times. Your game console hooked up to the tv is hooked up with a ethernet cable and is less laggy. It only happened once with high speed internet. I just keep a extra ethernet cable for my laptop. I do have a fast internet connection it does help.
@InecomCompany when you were recording on your pc was the frame rate low because it was on my pc but i dont know if thats because ive got an average pc
I've used this, got an 8Mb/s connection. Fine for adventure games, not enough control for fps though, especially when playing online. Very slight lag in control response, more than enough to get you killed. Keeping an eye on it though, reckon it'll get really big in a few years' time, when fast internet becomes widely available.
@kittyrawrz2 You can try it on your PC, you don't have to pay anything to try it there and you can just use an XBOX360 controller on the PC version too.
No doubt, once internet connections become faster and cloud computing more efficient, onLive will probably be included as part of and integrated to your HDTV or cable TV box.
i dont think the fairies are that happy anymore that they cant share their games. EDIT: IT DEFINITELY WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME. CLOUD GAMING IS COMING FULL FORCE AND WE WONT SEE ONLIVE THRIVE. Why? Sony swooped up their assets. also, segmented d-pad? huh. thought sony would have an aneurysm knowing a playstation design mainstay was present on a competitors system
You're right, that's why I think a subscription based "flatrate" model for a big library of games is the way to go, like OnLives "Playpack" for 10$/m (granted, could be more games included). Just like with netflix, overall you benefit from this new system. We just have to let go of the classic collectors approach ;)
I've heard that there will be a model out next fall, but only for ones with wood, As the wood makes your cloud connection stronger it will not work with later model Intellivision's or Intellivision II's
@boobidee No it's cloud gaming, which you can play on any computer and soon to be android and ipad. I don't get what you're implying, Steam didn't invent digital distribution.
i actually think it looks pretty cool, though i would like the option of being able to download the game to some local hard drive or storage device so i can still play it even if i don't currently have an internet connection
I have an extremely slow connection (compared to others; 6 mpbs), so Onlive won't work for me, but I would love to see this service continue in the future! It is ahead of its time...
@im1greatman Well actually, Onlive costs no money, you can download the 10mb application from their site and trial any game for half an hour as many times as you'd like.
Buy once, play anywhere, no waiting to download or update your games. Instantly try and buy new ones. All your save games are kept in the cloud. Reinstall Windows, a 3 MB OnLive client and you're good to go!
i think it will, especially as Internet connections get faster and faster. soon broadband will surpass the access speeds of HDD's so I can see all that stuff becoming a commodity and a service through the innerned.
Pretty amazing technology. I have been playing around with this since December and if given the choice over getting a game that's available on PS3 vs. this, I definitely go for the onLive version. Buy once, play anywhere. I have 3 PCs that I'll use for onlive (one is a netbook) and 2 TVs.
I love onlive. You can buy the games and you never have to worry about disc getting damaged. It's not like with ps3 you have limited space. The price is reasonable. You don't have to get up to change the game out. You don't have to pay a monthly fee unless you want too.You can buy the games outright. You can also watch other people play. I've even started buying my favorite movies that way with amazon instant videos. Tired of my movies getting ruined and having to rebuy them.
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god help us if a cloud gaming service gets exclusives. it'll be like Sega channel all over again where the original media is lost forever.
We didn't learn anything.
The input lag drove me insane. Cloud Gaming needs to just disappear forever.
That non-native resolution, and video compression artifacts was just Nasty looking.
TwiTch what about now
Give it a few years and you’ll be rethinking that
@@solonsaturngaming3727 somehow in a few years input lag is going to disappear? And video compression artifacts?
You're new to this aren't you
I came here for the Dreamcast.
they were so ahead of their time
RIP OnLive 2010-2015
If u buy on steam origin uplay etc etc u never really own the game
( Big Tear ). God do I miss Onlive.. .....
+The Pumpking King Just stream it with your Nivida Shield or any of the multiple android apps that do that like Moonlight, Kainy etc.
Here's hoping the PS5 .. Uses the tech to it's full advantage..
The Pumpking King Aren't some Samsung TVs using something like that as well?
I'MM... PASS
at the very least there are other cloud gaming console like flare play and G-cluster even when its not like onlive
I like that you gauge the size of something in terms of game cartridges.
Damn i miss this dudes content.
Same
So.... Onlive runs the game on a cloud computer and streams the visuals to your tv or you still need the power of your pc to run these games?
is the onlive even supported in 2016
No. OnLive was discontinued some time around 2015 or 2014.
Truly a shame.
GZ Broadcast There's no such thing as "the cloud", the games run on a computer somewhere and you simply send your controller input to that computer through your internet connection and the computer returns the video and audio.
CdrChaos
Thanks, that makes it sound even more impressive. 10,000 players at the same time would mean draining power off a superPC, or 10,000 actual Gamer PCs? So interesting
GZ Broadcast No idea, and now that OnLive has been murdered by Sony, we'll never know.
This is an OLD video. ONLIVE is offline permanently, and worthless.
Geoff Paulsen That's funny because back in the day when this video was released, I didn't even know that thing even existed. Maybe it was because back then, I played on the Wii and Nintendo DSi more than watching TH-cam.
Yeah, It's really a shame. You can't even use the controller with a PC or anything.
They basically bricked the hardware so nothing could be done with it.
Many of us are still sore, since we "bought" games that we can no longer play.
Geoff Paulsen That could bring disappointment to anybody who probably bought it at a garage sale or an estate sale, these days, and brought it home, all of the sudden the service for this thing has been discontinued. What a waste of hardware and plastic. And this thing seems like it came out when Wii, PS3 and XBOX 360 were the main systems out there.
I still have the game system and controller. Wish the controller worked on Windows.
@@HighSkiez I believe they made a dongle with the controller to allow it to be used with a pc
It seems like a great idea, it won't be too popular for a long time but the idea of streaming video games with such a tiny device is really really well put together!
ONLIVE was the future, it just didnt live to see it. Rip.
10years ago... 3mbps is considered as the fast internet 😁 look how world changed now in just 10 years..
About ready to say this video didn’t age too well
I'm on 500mbps right now and in brazil of all places. If i remember correctly, i was at 1mbps at the time.
I miss onlive.... :(
this system worked so well and had a beautiful user interface. Sony bought this service and shut it down so they would not have to compete
I still have ONLIVE GAME SYSTEM, I want it back!
BlackSoldier
Me too
Yeah
Yes. And you could also charge it on your computer USB port or a game system with the port (PS2, PS3, XBOX 360, Wii). You just cant use the controller with those systems. Only with the Onlive.
i really hate that this is the direction that gaming is going... when the servers eventually get shut down then boom you have no games to show for all the money you spent on them.
nate I hate it too -_- people will have tons of games hindered by requirements of online play or DLC to get the full experience.
+nate ya fuck digital copy's
All media is going this way, which I'm pretty glad about, at least digital not necessarily cloud based. I'm 18 years old, I don't think I've ever opened any of the physical copies of books I own, I only buy them to have, even though I listen to them all through audible (Audio book site). the only reason I still buy blu rays is because iTunes streaming isn't there yet. And as for physical games I own 2, Call of Duty for Xbox one, and MLB for PS4, and I only own those because I got them stolen on Craigslist for insanely cheap. But speaking of cloud based look at crackdown 3. All the buildings and objects on the map are all running on 3 different cloud servers, I can't even explain it but it looks super dope.
CommonKTD
yea luckily they are only doing the cloud based thing for the multiplayer on crackdown 3 so you will still be able to play single player when the servers get shut down. I can understand why people might like streaming and stuff more since i like netflix more than buying movies even though i won't actually get to own any of the movies i watch. I guess something about video games makes me like collecting them instead.
nate Here's what you do. Start collecting for Atari 2600 NOW!
- Mark, CGR
Both. The one that hooks up to your TV is connected via your wireless router and if a game is laggy on your PC it will probably be as laggy or laggier via the TV box.
You should download the software and try it on your PC first. It's free to try, you don't have to buy anything to play demos.
Anybody else just click this because Dreamcast?
No, however they are working on a model compatible with some models of the Virtual Boy and a portable on the way compatible with the N-gage.
now we have google stadia lol
The cool thing about this is that the possibilities are endless. Hypothetically you could use your ipod touch as a console, as long as you have a controller too
Dang it..i got slapped by a fairy :(
I have to say, the controller is pretty cool, but the feeling of putting my game disc in the tray or inserting it into my system is just something that I love and it can't be taken away.
From experience DO NOT waste your money on PS NOW
The only way I can play fallout 3 on ps4 tho
Good review, I have had Onlive for about 2 months and don't have any complaints. I do not have a playpack subscription, I would probably only order it and keep it long enough to play any games I wanted there. Decent selection of games that is getting better, a big presence from 2K, THQ and Eidos with some Sega and Ubisoft as well.
I use FIOS 25Mbps and the service is smooth. My only complaint is that the controller disconnects a lot, so I bought a Monoprice 15 ft mini USB & plug it in.
Stadia in 2011.
Yeah
Yeah this did Stadia better than Stadia does Stadia. Google should take notes here!
Agreed
Stadia got better a couple of months ago. It's really good!
@@wb6930 lol
Remember when this thing was relevant? .....ya me neither
I do...well maybe it wasn't relevant, but it was necessary...you'll see soon in the near future with Nvidia shield Grid.
Wasn't OnLive dead? I thought it was dead... Cool that it's still alive :D
Google Stadia...
@Kemorasi No other games use discs, or cartridges. Cloud gaming takes games from the inernet directly.
Does this still exist?
Jamie Cottam not anymore.
Sony bought it recently and they're shutting it down. Maybe Sony might launch something similar.
News just in: Sony have bought off the company and it's closing down on April 30!
Centipede sony sucks they are greedy and selfish they simpely suck
ahmed boukhalfa sony are abunch of wanekrs but so is Onlive as they accepted the buy out
I finally understood the concepts of cloud technology thanks to mark.
I hope I get full grades for my physics project on cloud technology.
RIP ONLIVE :(
I remember when we called "The Cloud" "The Internet." All it is, is a cross between the old XBand and TH-cam/Netflix. You're sending keystrokes over to their server to pass it onto the game and they simply record the video which they stream to you. Maybe I'm too old school, but I doubt this will ever replace the consoles.
@glitchedgamer I agree. I wouldn't want to have no control of my games but this thing is clearly aimed at the casual gamer market that seems to be getting bigger and bigger.
just tested this in the UK with a budget fujitsu laptop (its that bad that it barely runs valve games) and i have to say I am VERY impressed with the service. slowdown was minimal when testing games. This project is a leap forward in gaming. Lets face it, PS4 and the new Xbox are going to run by a download service. This is extremely similar, except you don't need a huge hard drive to store all the games. Its, quite simply, brilliant. works well with a wired 360 controller too :)
@kbhasikevin Onlive usually has PC ports, but it doesn't play them through a virtualized PC on the other end, it's just a massive server executing the programming code directly, not acting as a PC.
I have tried it and it really rocks! I have the the slowest internet connection my provider offers, and it's 24 Mbit/s. The other options are 40 and 60.
Best Review ever seen !!! AMAZING ! ! !
Loved the review but does it work with mac or have multiplayer by chance??
@Lostprophetzzz well steams not really a cloud service sure it can save games to its servers but its more or less you buy them from the servers DL them and theyre physically yours to keep without having to log into steam to play the games
@FPDood its remote playing. the system doesn't run the game its basicly just a modem and controller that allow you to play the game that is running on a server in some room somewhere. it's great for ppl that don't want to buy a powerful pc to play just a handful of games. but like he said you need a fast broadband connection if you don't want lag and constant DCs.
well I live in Canada and I have onlive. I use it with a 6Mb/1Mb and it works just fine. I'm happy with it and I hope the company has a long life.
@Caelistas I have a computer networking degree and I want you to know two things: 1 You aren't getting 54Mbps, 2: google bandwidth measuring tools. The 54Mbps is the bandwidth limit of the 802.11g standard, not the bandwidth of your internet connection.
@usquanigo It's true that it's not in the TOS that Valve will delete the DRM, but Gabe Newell said in a public statement that he would do that, and that it worked when they tested it. Oh, and I wasn't aiming to bend your comment, just to note a relevant topic.
@FPDood It's all dependent on your internet speed. You could run Just Cause 2 on a netbook, so long as you've got a really fast internet connection. If the internet's slow, the game will lag and play at around 240p, like it would for me.
I know you can map the buttons to keyboard keys with programs like xpadder. I just didn't know how proprietary it was about charging, because other stuff has given me trouble in that regard in the past.
I don't see why everyone hate this so much. I use it because I have laptop 5 years old. I don't have money for console/pc, so I use onlive on laptop. I borrow game and play. I buy games only if there is big sale (just to be sure to not spend much money and than company breaks and I lose everything). Also great option is to buy the onlive system and you can play the games without pc or laptop on your TV !! That is awesome. Onlive won't destroy gaming it will always be alternative to usual gaming.
What I dont understand is why don't they allow you to pay a monthly fee and be able to download the games from the service. Let's say you pay 20$ a month for 2 games at a time, you download the game and can play it off a harddrive using OnLive. It would work fine for people with slow connections and everybody would be happy...?
@lloydy187 the box lets you play it on your tv without a pc basically. so it would just be like a console. But you can also plug a pc in to a tv and do it like that. I guess it would be great for the living room for people without a pc in there. Basically i think its another way of getting it.
You mentioned that you wish Onlive had more retro titles available. Just what IS available in terms of classic gaming? I don't see Nintendo licensing any of their stuff on here. But are there other 8, 16, 32, and 64 bit games from other companies on this service? Genesis? TG-16? SMS?
@Phrix89 I think the idea of OnLive is a good one, even if the technology is not quite there yet. Since it has a monthly service plan (the 'PlayPack Bundle'), I see it more as a streaming rental service rather than a place to buy games, and look how well streaming rental video has done. I don't think it will replace consoles or local PC gaming, but it could be a nice supplement to play a huge number of games without buying them. It could be the Netflix of the gaming world.
@Gamerzwarz There's a sort of Playpack available on Onlive where you only pay a flat subscription fee to play a whole bunch of other games w/out paying for them individually.
I have 75Mbps, so I quickly bought this from CEX when I saw the tiny £12 price!
Looks like an awesome platform!
Silvado The Hedgehog Funny how its discontinued now lmao
You bought it at a bad time. Lol
That makes sense, but we aren't dealing with woodland sprites. Cloud fairies prefer the color of the Intellivision II because of its homely color. Therefore the Original Intellivision is not compatible.
I miss goodguy Onlive :'(
@foat99 You don't have to pay every month, you have unlimited access to any game you purchase, the monthly fee is for OnLives PlayPack which gives you unlimited access to over 50+ games a month.
I wish I could like this video a thousand times over just for the simple fact that you put Typing of the Dead into that super, awesome Dreamcast! :)
My concerns about this service, as a PC gamer, are:
Low resolution (720p depending on bandwidth), low graphic settings, lag, no mod community (!) -which can make old games come "alive", only 3 year support for games, and in some ways, game prices.
But I do believe this is the future. As a Steam user (more than 100 titles), I hope that Valve will adjust itself to this, but right now I'm not sure that Onlive is the answer to high quality gaming.
It will work on about any computer, you just need a decent internet connection that doesn't fluctuate too much.
I'm glad that someone finally did this right. I don't want to pay a subscription fee; I want to pay for what I actually play. Subscriptions only work for people who play 16 hours a day.
I have the onlive. I find that if I am on onlive my laptop works better plugged in most times. Your game console hooked up to the tv is hooked up with a ethernet cable and is less laggy. It only happened once with high speed internet. I just keep a extra ethernet cable for my laptop. I do have a fast internet connection it does help.
0:32 That has to be the best damn explanation I have ever seen. Finally I get it! :D
@Phrix89 true and prices are quit high as in gamestation (UK game shop) you can get the games 2nd hand for half the price as onlive
I just finished playing Saint's Row 3 on my netbook over the wifi without any major problems. Ran smooth and fully playable.
@InecomCompany when you were recording on your pc was the frame rate low because it was on my pc but i dont know if thats because ive got an average pc
@BadAnus77419 Yes, it has an optical sound output, so if you have the cord, you can use it :D
@Skyrift I know, right? Nothing beats coming home with a new game in your hand.
@Arxidianomeas
THAT IS BRILLIANT. Are multiplayer games possible with it?
I've used this, got an 8Mb/s connection. Fine for adventure games, not enough control for fps though, especially when playing online. Very slight lag in control response, more than enough to get you killed. Keeping an eye on it though, reckon it'll get really big in a few years' time, when fast internet becomes widely available.
it works fairly well on my PC and I have xfinity, might get the console eventually since I'm a console gamer at heart
@kittyrawrz2 You can try it on your PC, you don't have to pay anything to try it there and you can just use an XBOX360 controller on the PC version too.
I thought about it, and I did it and it worked
I love Mark's lesson on clouds, lol.
No doubt, once internet connections become faster and cloud computing more efficient, onLive will probably be included as part of and integrated to your HDTV or cable TV box.
:D
Only works properly through a wired connection! Wireless is hot and miss however fast your connection is! Even wired on 50mb I've had problems
@Thebluegoatsings its going to available on android on iOS soon too
i dont think the fairies are that happy anymore that they cant share their games.
EDIT: IT DEFINITELY WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME.
CLOUD GAMING IS COMING FULL FORCE AND WE WONT SEE ONLIVE THRIVE.
Why? Sony swooped up their assets.
also, segmented d-pad? huh. thought sony would have an aneurysm knowing a playstation design mainstay was present on a competitors system
Yup
You're right, that's why I think a subscription based "flatrate" model for a big library of games is the way to go, like OnLives "Playpack" for 10$/m (granted, could be more games included). Just like with netflix, overall you benefit from this new system. We just have to let go of the classic collectors approach ;)
@chadheck96 It is limited by the hardware that renders and streams the footage on the other end.
And of course the bandwith.
I've heard that there will be a model out next fall, but only for ones with wood, As the wood makes your cloud connection stronger it will not work with later model Intellivision's or Intellivision II's
@boobidee No it's cloud gaming, which you can play on any computer and soon to be android and ipad. I don't get what you're implying, Steam didn't invent digital distribution.
I got an Onlive ad the first time I saw this :D
i actually think it looks pretty cool, though i would like the option of being able to download the game to some local hard drive or storage device so i can still play it even if i don't currently have an internet connection
That Atari joke at the end had me rolling
I have an extremely slow connection (compared to others; 6 mpbs), so Onlive won't work for me, but I would love to see this service continue in the future! It is ahead of its time...
LMAO at the bong at 1:01
Oh this would be so perfect for the optical internet access we have here in Latvia - up to 500 Mbps if not more.
@im1greatman Well actually, Onlive costs no money, you can download the 10mb application from their site and trial any game for half an hour as many times as you'd like.
Buy once, play anywhere, no waiting to download or update your games. Instantly try and buy new ones. All your save games are kept in the cloud. Reinstall Windows, a 3 MB OnLive client and you're good to go!
@svenneri no it does not. but ones that do are in the making
i think it will, especially as Internet connections get faster and faster. soon broadband will surpass the access speeds of HDD's so I can see all that stuff becoming a commodity and a service through the innerned.
@Fai155al I'm assuming all the multiplatform games on there are the 360 versions then so the buttons match?
Pretty amazing technology. I have been playing around with this since December and if given the choice over getting a game that's available on PS3 vs. this, I definitely go for the onLive version. Buy once, play anywhere. I have 3 PCs that I'll use for onlive (one is a netbook) and 2 TVs.
I love onlive. You can buy the games and you never have to worry about disc getting damaged. It's not like with ps3 you have limited space. The price is reasonable. You don't have to get up to change the game out. You don't have to pay a monthly fee unless you want too.You can buy the games outright. You can also watch other people play. I've even started buying my favorite movies that way with amazon instant videos. Tired of my movies getting ruined and having to rebuy them.
@SoFknBrown this is a PC cloud game. you can only play with other Onlive players (i think) but definitely not XBOX of PS3.