The Haul Thread June 2011 Edition

I know my daughter would like it, but I'm certainly not paying collector prices for it.

I got my free OnLive console today. What a great experience. The packaging is extremely professional and "mature." In other words, it's packaged like a smart phone, not like a console, which raises its perceived sophistication. It also includes an ethernet cable, an HDMI cable, and a USB play and charge kit for the controller. The "other guys" could learn a thing or two from this. The fact that it was free with a $20 game is just ridiculous. I wish these guys all the best.

Perhaps I missed it elsewhere, but how did you get it for free?

There was a promo where if you spent $10 in their store you got a coupon for 100% off anything, including the console. So I bought Split/Second for $20, got a 50% off a game coupon from a separate promo, AND got the console for free.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

I got my free OnLive console today. What a great experience. The packaging is extremely professional and "mature." In other words, it's packaged like a smart phone, not like a console, which raises its perceived sophistication. It also includes an ethernet cable, an HDMI cable, and a USB play and charge kit for the controller. The "other guys" could learn a thing or two from this. The fact that it was free with a $20 game is just ridiculous. I wish these guys all the best.

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Originally Posted by K3V

Also: I am pleasantly surprised with the Microconsole. Visuals look much nicer than playing through the Mac client, the controller feels good and even the packaging is really well done. Bonus points for actually including the HDMI cable and a rechargeable battery pack.

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This is all sounding very familiar.

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There was a promo where if you spent $10 in their store you got a coupon for 100% off anything, including the console. So I bought Split/Second for $20, got a 50% off a game coupon from a separate promo, AND got the console for free.

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Shit, I didn't realize the console was covered under that. I would've gotten one if I knew.

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This is all sounding very familiar.

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And totally awesome because it's all true and OnLive kicks ass.

Yeah, I was LOLing at OnLive at first, but it is becoming awesome. If your net connection is good enough, definately use it. They run ridiculous sales all the time, it's great for playing games that you may not want to have as a permanent part of your collection, but you'd pay $20 to play through it a few times.

The only downside for me is that I can only use it on my hardwired PC at home, it doesn't work well with anything wifi that I've tried since the connection speed isn't fast enough, even with a perfect signal.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

I know my daughter would like it, but I'm certainly not paying collector prices for it.

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The game's rarity is a bit exaggerated. I still see it in a few TRUs and there are complete copies on Ebay going for around $20.

Yeah I mean, I wasn't going to charge $100 for it but they are still under 20 through eBay. Just get those. The game isn't as great as some claim.