mrstickball on 19 August 2012
Not surprising.
I worked for a rival company to OnLive for about 3 years. We operated during their initial 1-2 year push. Their technology, as well as their user base, never seemed to be viable. They only existed thanks to massive infusions of capital.
Go look at their Quantcast scores for OnLive.com. They tell the tale of how tepid their user base has always been. Of course, users didn't route their experience through the website, but you always saw huge spikes in users during massive PR campaigns, followed by quick death... Not good for trying to keep a user base, really.
I never saw how they could run it successfully. I'm shocked it took this long for them to get hit with massive layoffs and closure.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
