OnLive is here and it works!

[TX109]

richardhutnik said:

TX109 said:

richardhutnik said:

TX109 said:

here is a question:

will OnLive serve as its own console in terms of online (i.e. you can only play games with other people who have onlive), or will i be able to play,say, borderlands with people that bought the actuall PC game to use on their PC?

OnLive is apparently contained to its own community.  What is neat is you can jump in and spectate a bunch of people playing online, and watch the action.   So, in some sense, it is its own console.

interesting...well after doing some of my own reasearch, i can tell you im not interested anymore. after seeing the prices and finding out you dont actually own the game you pay for, this is not my thing.

Well, it is now free.  I do recommend people sign up and at least kick the tires to play with the technology.

oh dont get me wrong, im trying the service out (if they give me a pass). its a really great concept, but onlive just doesnt..."use" that concept well IMO. $5 a month is great but  considering the price of some games (splinter cell is $60!) for games you dont even own, im not seeing much come of this.

this is how i would do it: think gamefly, you pay a much larger subscription ($15-$20 a month) for unlimited access to every game on the service...its like renting from gamefly, only faster, you have more games at the ready for you to play, and you can play them whenever you want for as long as you want....

just my suggestion, what do you think?