In the past, OnLive offered gamers the ability to play high-powered games over the internet in a web browser and through their high-powered mobile app. This week they’ve announced a system called OnLive CloudLift which allows the user to stream their already-purchased games through the cloud. This service will cost users $14.99 a month, and will start with 20 compatible games.
Not only do we enable one to move between PC, Mac, Android and TV’s (platform portability), but between one’s home, office, friends’ house, vacation spot, etc. (geographic portability). Downloaded games are otherwise cumbersome to re-download at a friend’s house.
We think that our additional functionality conferred to existing and new games is great for gamers, and good for the whole category of downloadable PC games." - Gary Lauder, Chairman of the Board and lead investor for OnLive
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This sounds like a good service for people who use Steam a lot, and have a high speed connection. Hopefully, there would be some free to play games like Dota 2, League of Legends, Team Fortress, and Maple Story which would work with Onlive in the future.
$14.99 a month is an okay price, but $4.99-9.99 is a more reasonable price.
Not only do we enable one to move between PC, Mac, Android and TV’s (platform portability), but between one’s home, office, friends’ house, vacation spot, etc. (geographic portability). Downloaded games are otherwise cumbersome to re-download at a friend’s house.
We think that our additional functionality conferred to existing and new games is great for gamers, and good for the whole category of downloadable PC games." - Gary Lauder, Chairman of the Board and lead investor for OnLive
Read more
This sounds like a good service for people who use Steam a lot, and have a high speed connection. Hopefully, there would be some free to play games like Dota 2, League of Legends, Team Fortress, and Maple Story which would work with Onlive in the future.
$14.99 a month is an okay price, but $4.99-9.99 is a more reasonable price.