OnLive is here and it works!

[richardhutnik]

Soleron said:

richardhutnik said:

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.

Agreed. You pay more than is neccessary for the convenience of not having to think about it. That is how a lot of products work.

That said, if you find the game that, say, an HD 5870 can't play on 1280x720 at >30fps in the next ten years I'd like to know about it. So you can pay more for less upgrading in that respect too.

How much does an HD 5870 go for? 

I found this:

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=HD 5870&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=15281733195754081683&ei=C6ovTJquEsL78AakreTICw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ8wIwAA#