The future of game: OnLive online game streaming.

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Damnyouall said:

This is not the future. I sometimes play old games on consoles from 20 years ago. I physically own them. I don't have to pay again to play them. Which is awesome.

Having to keep paying a monthly fee so you can continue to play games you don't own is not awesome. Especially since they can remove any game from their servers at any time. Which is what they will do, once a game gets old and is played by few people. Even less awesome.

Not being able to play without (fast) internet access: Least awesome.

 

Let's sum it up: Owning physical copies = Awesome. Not owning physical copies = Not awesome.

I agree with you, in my opinion this OnLive thing sucks. The free subscription will end next year or the year after, so you'll have to start paying a monthly fee. You also must pay for each game you get... but you really don't get to own the game, you only own the permission to play it. If you stop paying the monthly (or yearly) fee, you will not be able to play all those games you "bought". If the game you "bought" isn't popular enough and not many people play it, they reserve the right to remove the game from their server, and you would have lost both the game and the money you spent on it. Also, if you want to play a game you "bought", let's say... 4 or 5 years ago, you may find out that the game isn't on the server anymore because they considered it "old enough" to remove it from the server, so you'd have lost the game and your money (again).

All that crap doesn't happen when physical copies of your games, you can keep whatever game you bought for as long as you want and play them whenever you want, without having to pay a fee or internet connection. You can keep and play your games, forever.