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That's what I figured, but then I realized it's no more than that of a standard MMO. For a normal PC Gamer at least, it's not *that* big of an investment.]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
You still have to "buy" your games with OnLive. Gamefly doesn't require me to pay $60 to play the game.]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
I think everyone understands why OnLive is a benefit. I think the real story is that you're missing the point that previous posters are making: On top of the monthly service fee, you still have to rent or buy the game you want to play. This raises further questions about what happens to your game ownership if the service tanks? ]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
The settings may be on high, but they still have to overcome latency and bandwidth issues. How awesome would your high-settings game be if right as you round the corner to blast your enemies away your wife started downloading season 4 of LOST?]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
I think everybody is missing the point. $15/month for games that I have already beaten twice?]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/7.99 a month for XBOX LIVE........how'd you come up with that #?

Considering renewal is $ 49.99/year that breaks down to 4.16

Considering you can usually get the annual cards on sale at some point during the year for 35$......well]]>Mar 10th 2010 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
It does especially when there's also a game rental charge. So you pay $14.95 a month then maybe $2 a month for a game. I think this service is probably only a good choice for people who buy more than four full priced games a year. Which isn't me.]]>Mar 11th 2010 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
Correct if I'm wrong, but GameFly doesn't charge you to rent the game on top of the monthly fee? So, if games are $2.99 to rent, and you rent five games a month, that's $15 + 2.99@5 = $30 and ends up being rather expensive.]]>Mar 11th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 11th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/damn it, beat me to it.]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
Except it won't. if you are traveling you'll have to use crappy internet service through airports, hotels and cell phone connections.

You definitely won't hit the "5Mbps or greater for HD-resolution games" and you probably won't be able to sustain the 1.5Mbps required for SD quality just because public internet services blow.]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Just what we need though, another subscription to anything...]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
Hmm, would it not be working as a rental service? why would you want to buy games 100% and pay for a service?]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/You have to pay for game rentals on top of the $15 per month. You can buy games through them as well if you don't want to rent them. Either way, you have to pay money on top of the $15 to play games. After a year of $15 a month, you've already spent enough for an Xbox, so I'm not exactly sure who is going to use this.]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/That would be like having to pay MS an extra 15 bucks to use your Xbox. No thanks, I'll just stick to buying or renting my games.]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
$15/month ($180/year) is like buying 3 Xbox/PS3 games for the year.

It all depends on how much the OnLive games will cost.
If it costs $50 or $60 extra per game, then forget it.
If it only costs $5 per game, then it might be worth it.

If we had to pay $5 per game, then that would mean 12 OnLive games per year for the price of 4 console games.

Will it be $5 per game? Probably not. It'll probably be between $20-$30 per game ... and that would mean OnLive would fail.]]>Mar 11th 2010 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Its kind of weird. I would think that if your playing a game, critical on the speed of your internet, you'd have a game client would have better network diagnostics and compatibility. I'm sure I could purposely screw myself by like running Mac OS on a PC using a Chrome beta....just saying.]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
You can code pretty much anything into a browser add on now, including network diag.

On a side note, i really wish people would stop saying just sayin' its sooooo fecking boring now.]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
Probably similar to the plugin for Battlefield Heros.]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Battlesfield Heroes and Quake Live are two examples that use a browser plugin and work quite well.]]>Mar 11th 2010 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
Yea, that really is the thin end of the wedge if true, perhaps it should be a tiered service, I could see some users using a few dollars of bandwidth, otherwise using $10 or $20 dollars worth of bandwidth, per month, for example... bandwidth costs too much :[.]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
Edit: Otherwise > other users.]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
It means you get to play demos instantly, which you don't always get with off-the-shelf games and you can pay by renting the time you use the game. If you buy say The Saboteur, check out the boobs and find it's a bad game, you only pay for the hours you played vs the whole game.

The games should be cheaper as the cost is taken away from the distribution or at least the publishers make more money so more likely to make exclusives for it.

If they increase the game list, I will make this my main gaming platform.

*opens new browser tab, plays Crysis*

The main downside is no wifi, you have to be hard-wired. For me it's fine but won't be for everyone as it defeats most of the point of the laptop portability, which this tech should be aimed at.]]>Mar 11th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
I wonder which two states will not get the service? Hawaii and Alaska?]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/I hope you are being sarcastic..but in case you aren't...do yourself a favor and go to google.com and type in "define: contiguous" :)]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/
Nvm.... :P ]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/here you go
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=define%3A+contiguous]]>Mar 11th 2010 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/Mar 10th 2010 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/onlive-game-service-to-launch-on-june-17-in-the-us-for-15-a-mon/You're willing to pay 15 bucks a month to watch someone else play a game?]]>Mar 10th 2010 4:06PM