Onlive UK launch: Any game for £1!!!

Sleepless said:
You seriously need to play it on a 15" laptop and get a decent unlimited 20MB connection - trying to play it on a 27" over wifi and a 2GB download limit means your head needs examining. Youre not coming at it from the right angle. Its not about comparing it to the experience you get on your main comp with the game on the HD, which it is never going to replicate. Its about the comparison with *a game you could otherwise not be able to play on your 6 year old laptop* where Onlive hits the mark.

The concept works, which is a huge leap from what i thought when I first heard about it. If they can keep going for 3 years with developments in compression and more bandwith, which I think is entirely possible, I see this going mainstream as a console alternative.
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I'm running it over a 100mb unlimited connection and a wired network thanks. Assumptions nil, rolleyes smiley 1. :rolleyes:

And I've been comparing it to the versions of the same games running on the 5-6 year old consoles, and the dimentions of screen is irrelevant. It looks comparativly arse regardless of size.

The "perfect" market audience is too specific. How many people are really rocking superfast unlimited broadband packages on 6 year old laptops wired to their router? Probably just a handful of the people getting it free from BT.

Yes it works as a "concept", but do do solar powered cars and robot butlers. OnLive will go bust long before it's a viable or attractive solution. You seriously think this is going to be an alternative to the biggest gaming market?v:confused:
 
ic1male said:
No it isn't. On a smaller screen like my 15" laptop (1280x800), it looks as if you were playing natively.
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Mustbe a personal preference. I thought it still looked horrendous on my netbook. ;)

Regardless, if they're targeting people with TVs using their little unit, it's not going to up to scratch even on a smallish 720p TV.
 
I played this at E3 around 2002 and it isn't any different or better.
The same things were it shortcomings then as they are now.
Less than honest marketing aimed at naive family users will earn the bosses a few good salaries though, that's all that matters eh?
 
FrenchTart said:
It really doesn't. Maybe if you're playing natively at lowest possible settings and a broken mouse.
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It really does. It is not 100% perfect all the time, there are often moments where it blocks, but otherwise *on a 15" monitor*, cant say i noticed the difference most of the time. Again, maybe expecting less from laptop gaming in any event.

Anyway, one thing this thread shows, lots of different opinions. Lets see if Onlive is still aorund in 3 years, then we'll know who is right :cool:
 
To be fair OnLive's main demographics isn't laptops, it is non PC gamers/non console gamers/family gamers.
That is why it wont succeed because console gaming is is such a cheap commonly available option, where the gaming experience is normalized and not dependant on how much money you throw at your broadband connection.
Oh and that is without mentioning trade in values for console games.....
 
Hmm... just made my first game purchase, but it's charged me full price.

First actual purchase was the console, so think the game's not counted as first purchase. But I had to order the console first and use that as I do not have windows/mac. Damnit!!
 
Gave this a try with mafia 2 earlier. Fair play, it works. Not amazingly, but it does what it says it would. The lag was too much for me though and I miss my full HD clear graphics, prob won't use it again. It did however make me want Mafia 2 though!
 
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