onlive shutting down

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Knew it would not last but expected more notice tbh.
Not sure if anyone had more than a few games on there but it does mean you're not going to have access to them anymore in a month.


OnLive gaming service to switch off after Sony deal - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32173664

Did anyone here use it after the first few months? Did you buy anything - games or hardware?

I wonder if there's any way to use the hardware for anything else.
 
Signed up to see what all the fuss was about, was not impressed and never used it again. Nothing quite like owning your own hardware.

That said if they really did offer a service where they can offer the best possible graphics and resolution with zero lag at an affordable price, that could be interesting.

OnLive was not that and it died.
 
I'm Shocked!

Wait, no, no I'm not shocked at all :p

It was always, and will always be a flawed idea.
 
I remember when this first came out and people were saying it was going to make PC hardware irrelevant. What a shocker it failed! :rolleyes:
 
i have been using Onlive for about 3 years with my laptop, the technology itself always impressed me, sometimes it felt like i was running the game locally, sad to see it close, i still have 3 games on their i haven't finished yet, buggers.

anyway this closure is timely as i'm now in process of building a new rig having had to put up with sub par laptop gaming in the last few years.
 
I did use it a bit when it first launched, but the whole game streaming thing just feels weird tbh. So didn't go back to it every since.
 
It was like playing at console resolutions on your PC. Was not right at all.
It was meant to be the next big thing. Ha glad it folded after all their fan blowing.
 
Until recently I never had a good enough connection to use it. When I finally got fibre I had forgotten about it.
 
I remember trying a free trial many years ago when it was first launched. It ran like crap and I never used it since. Good riddance! :D
 
I could never see how it would be feasible to stream someone a game that needs to run on a couple hundred quid's worth of hardware plus bandwidth, times as many system/servers they need for each client. Sure, I guess they can run multiple games on a single machine because they whack the settings all on the lowest possible but even then?

I mean, it'd be like saying "hey lets by thousands of consoles but rent them out each to one user for a tenner a month". All gaming platforms be it phones, consoles or PC's cost a fair bit respectively so for them to run it their end and stream it?
I think it'd be doable in the future when systems can handle more at the same time.

Then however you have the issue of response time/ping, some people don't notice it but a lot do and it's a real killer.
 
I remember them giving the onlive consoles away at Eurogamer a couple of years ago. I've got two in the wardrobe, unopened.

I tried it via my PC before then and it was okay. I like the concept but think it's a bit early with current infrastructure.
 
The idea of streaming a game has never appealed the PC enthusiast, but it was fun trying out games on my tablet with a 360 controller plugged in- it worked reasonably well on some games.

In my mind it always felt like I was watching a video even on a 50mbps rather than my GPU pushing pixels.
 
Just checked, looks like I bought two games on there for a quid.
Wonder if there's any way to transfer my licence for those games?
 
To me they approached this wrong by targeting the PC. They should have been targeting the console market. I think it is the way the consoles will be run in the future hardware at data centres run remotely on a TV.

Like all tech ventures - the idea on its own is useless without a top marketing strategy.

Also 50% of the UK had broadband that was back in the dark ages, its only just getting the where it should be.
 
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