About onlive

[Bamboleo]

Andysw said:

I just discovered onlive a few days ago and it looks impressive technology wise. But these questions rise and need to be answered.

1. Why should I pay a service "just to play a game"? Thats even worse than paying xbox live to just play with other people online

2. How on earth is onlive able to contain an infinite amount of video game titles in its servers?

3. How am I supposed to play a game if my internet connection goes out?

4. Do I need a super fast connection to be able to use onlive?

5. What real onlive exclusives are there to justify my purchase?

6. I prefer tangible media. So why should I buy onlive just to play games I can already play on my current console?

What are your thoughts on onlive?

I have already played on a "onlive wannabe" device. So I'll respond assuming it is the same.

1 - Because the device turns almost every monitor you have at home in a power house gmaing device.

Crysis maximum settings on a laughable pentium 4? Yes!

2 - It isn't. The ammount isn't infinite.

3 - You don't =) Always need connection!

4 - Low connection: bad video quality for aceptable streaming rate. Pixelated graphics. High connection: nice video quality. Shinny graphics.

5 - It's just a powerfull streaming machine not a console. It doesn't have exclusives so far.

6 - It's a matter of own opinion. For me having a machine that fits in my pocket and streams nice games for a TV/any PC everywhere were's an internet connection sounds good. Let's hope the fees aren't that high.