They are coming up with a device that is inexpensive that enables you to play on your TV. The service is now free. One can go, "But you can get a gaming computer that can do X for only a bit more"... yeah, FOR NOW. There is questions about the future, and also compatibility issues and so on. The idea now is to try system out and see how it is. To diminish the service by saying that a PC gaming rig is better, is to kinda miss the point here. OnLive is more convenient and frees you from the need of upgrade. Also, to throw out what the technology is, just because of the immediate, is also to miss something.
Want to know where the technology of OnLive fits? Try an MMO. OnLive's technology is ideal for MMOs. A premium service that never requires people to upgrade their hardware, that people pay for, is a BIG thing.
