OnLive

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Originally Posted by Rumpy

Sega Channel ruled.

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I loved SC. Blowing through Phantasy Star IV in a week rocked. So did playing some imports which I wouldn't have been able to throw the cash down on back then (that $80 a pop didn't come so easy to me at the time). Unlike OnLive, SC used YOUR own hardware to play the game with no lag. The only knock was that games over 32 Meg had to be cut down in some way- such as Super SFII dropping part of the lineup.

If OnLive can do something more like Sega Channel where game data is streamed into your PC's RAM, that'd be good. Each game would have a special modified EXE that would go to a server for data rather than pulling it from HDD, but would still put the saves on your system.

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Originally Posted by K3V

how much different is it than buying XBLA games?

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The XBLA/Steam game sits on your HDD and you can generally play it offline. Though it's not on physical media it's still your copy.

Until MS/Sony deletes a game off your device or doesn't allow you to re-download something after you delete it from your drive.

Guess what - I also can't watch Netflix Instant movies without an Internet connection either. Doesn't mean there isn't value in the service, it's just a different way of consuming media.

Got the Microconsole yesterday and played Homefront for a little while. I can't believe how much better-looking and smoother the experience is with the system instead of just using the PC app. The controller is pretty comfortable, although I haven't tried using the media recording buttons yet, so I'm not sure how easy they are to use during gameplay. The FPS-heavy lineup doesn't have a lot of stuff that interests me right now, but for $50, I got the ability to play two games as much as I want, a controller, a nice HDMI cable, and an ethernet cable - definitely worth it for that price.

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Originally Posted by K3V

I think their $XX/month "play as much as you want" service is where this is headed.

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That would be amazing. I'd use it to rent PC games essentially and buy the ones I want to see at full resolution and settings.

The PlayPack system is up and running, and the first month is free if you want to check it out: http://www.onlive.com/games/playpack

Quite a few games in there (admittedly quite a bit of filler) but I'm going to keep it for a while to play through the games I want and see how much gets added.

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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Originally Posted by K3V

The PlayPack system is up and running, and the first month is free if you want to check it out: http://www.onlive.com/games/playpack

Quite a few games in there (admittedly quite a bit of filler) but I'm going to keep it for a while to play through the games I want and see how much gets added.

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That's very cool. I own an embarrassing number of those, but if the list continues to grow, I'm going to have to jump in I think.

New games added to the PlayPack today: Mini Ninjas, Tomb Raider: Legend, Hitman: Blood Money & Just Cause.

Pre-order Red Faction Armageddon and get an Onlive Game System and Red Faction Guerrilla for free:

http://www.onlive.com/go/red-faction-armageddon

I now own two Onlive game systems.

Talking to myself here, but if anyone's interested you can get Amnesia: The Dark Descent for free until midnight Eastern tonight on Onlive. Just head over to the Amnesia game page in the Marketplace and enter the promo code "THANKYOU" in the available field and click “Apply Promo Code” just before purchase.