The concept is good, execution not so much. It usually takes a few false starts before a radical new business model takes hold.
But what Onlive needed was a deep pocketed sugart daddy to keep feeding it until it became profitable. So not selling to a bigger corporate was a bad move. Though I can understand why that was because of the fear that the new owner would only buy for the patents and shut down the service very quickly as being unprofitable, without taking a long term approach and developing the business model.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix
