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OnLive announces their cloud-based gaming and content delivery service will launch on June 17 during this year's E3, also revealing the service will carry a $14.95 USD subscription fee, though the first 25,000 users who sign up through this
OnLive Registration Page will get their first three months for free. Subscriptions do not include separate fees for the rental or purchase of games, as word is: "Waiver of Service Fee includes free access to OnLive’s Game Service including game demos, video profiles and community features, but does not include playing full versions of games, which are to be purchased or rented separately." There's more on this in
this OnLive Blog by Steve Perlman, where the OnLive CEO says: "Once you are on the service, instant-play, top-tier, newly-released games will be for sale and for rent on an à la carte basis. Specific pricing will be announced as games are released, so you’ll hear about the pricing of the first games by E3, but needless to say, we expect them to be offered at competitive prices. Games are always updated with the latest versions, and purchased game add-ons are playable instantly."
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winnetou wrote on Mar 10, 2010, 17:37: Good question and I don't know enough about US ISP options to answer that. I'd like to make the numbers based on their FAQ though: "OnLive works over nearly any wired broadband connection (...) with 5Mbps or greater for HD-resolution games. OnLive requires 1.5Mbps for SD-resolution, but initially at launch, OnLive will only offer HD-resolution." Well as of about a year ago there's 9 million people on "broadband", which is defined as being 512k download and something silly like 128 up. Which isn't nearly enough to play OnLive. I can see someone buying the set-top box thinking "I have broadband" but only having the base DSL (parents purchasing for a child's birthday for instance). I doubt OnLive is going to be forward with their bandwidth requirements.
The 8mbps I got was from their "optimum conditions" demonstration from a year ago. There was still graphical artifacts, noticeable input lag, and compression issues even then. I imagine at 5mbps, it's going to be painful.
I also imagine that a queue system will be in place, as I don't even want to imagine how much money it'd cost to have 10,000 concurrent 5mbps streams out to the internet maintained, all with VOIP-level quality of service. Certainly more than 15 dollars per person per month. It's why I suspect that they'll be trying to make a profit off of game sales as well as the subscription. |
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Mar 10, 15:02 |
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Mar 10, 16:30 |
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Mar 10, 16:41 |
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Mar 10, 14:59 |
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Mar 10, 15:04 |
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Mar 10, 16:15 |
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Mar 10, 15:04 |
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Mar 10, 15:17 |
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Mar 10, 15:22 |
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Mar 10, 16:03 |
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Mar 10, 16:08 |
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Mar 10, 15:33 |
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Mar 10, 15:35 |
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Mar 10, 15:39 |
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Mar 10, 15:44 |
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Mar 10, 15:46 |
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Mar 10, 15:52 |
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Mar 10, 16:09 |
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Mar 10, 16:55 |
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Mar 11, 10:11 |
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Mar 10, 15:51 |
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Mar 10, 15:59 |
I can't wait! |
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Mar 10, 16:02 |
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Mar 10, 16:09 |
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Mar 10, 16:53 |
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Mar 10, 17:06 |
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Mar 10, 17:18 |
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Mar 10, 17:24 |
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Mar 10, 17:29 |
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Mar 10, 17:37 |
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Mar 10, 17:44 |
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Mar 10, 18:37 |
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Mar 10, 18:49 |
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Mar 10, 19:03 |
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Mar 10, 19:20 |
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Mar 10, 17:49 |
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Mar 10, 18:00 |
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Mar 10, 19:33 |
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Mar 11, 00:55 |
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Mar 11, 02:13 |
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Mar 11, 10:41 |
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Mar 10, 18:05 |
It's a wet dream and a pipe dream. |
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Mar 10, 18:10 |
Re: It's a wet dream and a pipe dream. |
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Mar 10, 18:13 |
Re: It's a wet dream and a pipe dream. |
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Mar 10, 20:36 |
Re: It's a wet dream and a pipe dream. |
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Mar 10, 17:21 |
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Mar 10, 17:54 |
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Mar 10, 18:14 |
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Mar 10, 18:16 |
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Mar 10, 18:27 |
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Mar 10, 19:50 |
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Mar 10, 20:09 |
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Mar 10, 21:20 |
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Mar 10, 17:22 |
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Mar 10, 17:44 |
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Mar 10, 19:48 |
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Mar 10, 20:45 |
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Mar 10, 21:18 |
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Mar 10, 21:42 |
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Mar 11, 08:47 |
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Mar 11, 09:29 |
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Mar 11, 13:57 |
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Mar 10, 21:29 |
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Mar 10, 23:05 |
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Mar 10, 23:36 |
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Mar 11, 07:05 |
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Mar 11, 15:09 |
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Mar 10, 21:49 |
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ASJD |
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Mar 10, 22:05 |
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Mar 10, 22:38 |
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Mar 11, 01:21 |
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Mar 11, 06:44 |
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Mar 11, 10:01 |
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Mar 11, 10:22 |
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Mar 11, 11:05 |
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Mar 11, 12:35 |
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Mar 11, 14:07 |
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Mar 11, 16:51 |
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Mar 11, 12:38 |
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Mar 11, 14:23 |
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Verno |
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Mar 11, 14:58 |
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Mar 12, 15:14 |
does not compute |
space captain |
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Mar 11, 15:24 |
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Verno |
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Mar 11, 17:17 |
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Mar 11, 17:32 |
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Tumbler |
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Mar 12, 11:52 |
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Mar 12, 12:30 |
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Verno |
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Mar 15, 08:44 |
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Verno |
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