OnLive Announcement @ GDC 09

Imagine playing a computer game without any hassles. Drivers, troubleshooting, installations, compatibility, performance--all thrown out the window. Upgrading? A thing of the past. All you have to do is click on the game, and seconds later, you're playing. That's what OnLive will deliver. Should it work half as well as advertised, expect to see the gaming world thrown into upheaval by a box no bigger than a deck of playing cards. The story gets even more unbelievable when you factor in price. According to company reps, OnLive intends to significantly undercut every existing console on the market.

At its core, OnLive is a subscription service similar to cable TV or Netflix. In other respects, OnLive is what you get when you pump something like YouTube full of steroids. Instead of just watching a pile of videos, you're streaming gameplay at HDTV resolutions and controlling your character in real time. You get Crysis on your HDTV at the highest-quality settings--run by a computer that's hundreds of miles from your doorstep. It's really no wonder Rearden Labs spent the better part of a decade perfecting and designing OnLive.

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[EVLG]

that could just shut the xbox and ps3 down.

[findil1]

the system itself is as big as a small pocket calculator, so you will have to buy it on onlive, the download will be instant though

[azerti9]

Very good, I'm impatient.

Play on my itouch with good quality OMG

[GotGrassCt]

Yea he was renting it lol if u wanna buy it just use a credit card and its yours foreva!!!!!!

[JohnAaronGreenslade]

oh my days, this is gona kill off xbox, ps3, wii you just wait and see

[WorldSpecialTV]

and where the hell to put the cd

this shit is smaller than ur hand

[HonorOfGod]

yup no have to rebuy at all. Just login to your account and walla i gues.

[ChibiMoofin]

you wouldnt have to rebuy it.

[wildcard126]

i would love to get this system but if I want to play assassins creed on my laptop in a plane i dont want to rebuy the game. How can they fix that?

[Yodaman2]

Will a CD work with this, or do I HAVE to buy it on Onlive