OnLive is here and it works!

[Mr Puggsly]

vlad321 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

It sure seems like VGChartz is riddled with obnoxious people recently. God forbid I see the advantages of OnLive and the appeal it may have. Its almost like you are personally threatened by this service.

The foreign concept to you seems to be not everyone has a powerful graphics card even though they have a fast processor. Even with lowered settings you can have a choppy frame rate and compatibility issues due to poor graphics hardware.

There are a lot of budget computers on the market today can easily handle OnLIve with no need for additional hardware upgrades. That's the advantage to the service. And if you're a casual PC user, the OnLive service can be much less of a pain in the ass.

It sure seems like VGChartz is riddles with obnoxious people who can't read recently. Did you even read the posts about cost? How much before the money sunk in OnLive is more than a good graphics card?

Edit: To demonstrate my point, you can get a 9800GT for $90-ish buck give or take some depending on the deal/sale. With that I was able to play through Metro 2033 on High/Med and it probably will last me enough for several years to come. The net cost of it is far less thn that of OnLive.

My point is you don't have to be a douche to get a point across. I obviously know you can get a decent graphics card for around $100. But its not quite that easy for a laptop. And ofcourse, the OnLive micro console is gonna be great for people with a low end computer.

Also, clearly there are a lot of people with disposable income and do not consider long term savings. For example, Xbox Live is a pay service yet it has a very active community. People can play many of the same games online via the PS3 or PC, but they pay for Live anyway.

Have you actually used OnLive yet by the way? Its actually a very impressive service. Also incredibly simple to use.