In OnLive’s newest press release, they hinted at the ability to play OnLive on Internet-connected Blu-ray players and Vizio televisions. Thanks to new information from OnLive, we’ve learned that the Blu-ray and Vizio clients have been delivered to the manufacturers. Whether or not OnLive’s client gets implemented into their devices is now entirely in the hands of the manufacturers .
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Sometimes life just isn't fair. Vincent Van Gogh went completely unappreciated during his lifetime despite his obvious genius; Jesus - a man who could turn water into wine, don't forget - was nailed to a cross and left for dead; while Steve Brookstein has only ever had one number one single, despite winning the very first series of The X Factor. Now what's that about?
the dreamcast was not amazing:
-It's graphics were in between ps1 and ps2
-the controller felt so narrow and skinny
-no dvd drive
I don't know why people act like it was anything more than another overrated undersold flop of a console. My friend had one because "next gen" and I told him I'm just waiting for PS2.
He always talked about graphics, non stop. Of course when I played it did look better than anything I've seen before, but that was it. The games were ok at best. I didn't like NFL 2K's control scheme compared to Madden's.
Even as a kid I predicted this console would die off in 2 years, well what happened...
Failure is always relative. How many sales makes something successful? "If your not first, your last", or in this case, you failed. I'll admit, I've never heard of a couple of these.
GameCube made the most profit in its generation. I don't consider that console a flop.
I consider a flop to be a product that has a negative impact financially for a company.
OnLive announced that they would be shutting down their streaming service for good at the end of this month, which has unsurprisingly upset some of the streaming service’s supporters. While some took to griping on forums, OnLive user Larry Gadea decided to take action.
OnLive has been acquired by Sony and will shut down all services on April 30th, 2015. Vault of the Gameverse says Goodbye & Thank You.
This is definitely the right direction, no one want to make a big investment in buying a streaming device just for on live. A even better move would be to stream through gaming consoles so you don't even need to buy a controller.
OnLive still faces a uphill battle due to its lack of content and the fact that other gaming rigs gives you a better gaming experience. At best OnLive could make a successful gaming rental service, but I just can't see it leading in digital sales over steam, psn or live. Main reason: Hardcore gamers already invest in the hardware and have little problem doing it, and casual gamers are content with angry birds type of games.