OnLive launch title pricing detailed, includes rentals

Sounds like a hilariously bad value

I explained myself a bit more below in response to someone else.

Now, if this is really $15 per month, then it's a pretty bad rip off and I don't see it taking off. If it's around the same price as XBL, then I really don't see how the two aren't comparable.

Also, the only Gold exclusives I know about are matchmaking, 1 week early demos (but silver members still get videos and demos), netflix, and the other added social options. So really all you're getting with Gold is matchmaking/online.

Of those only a few are gaming related and/or really worthwhile.

Hmm...if they mean 5 full days, as in 24 hours x 5 days = 120 hours of game play for $9.00, I am totally up for that. Considering games like Batman Arkham Asylum is a 15 hour game, I can beat it 6-7 times over for $9.00. Seeing as once I beat a game, I rarely play it again, i am totally up for this.

However, if I am forced to play a game under a deadline of 5 consecutive days, OnLive can go suck it.

No thanks, i rather own the stuff i buy.

old and weak launch titles that you can buy for less right now.

what was the really stupid decision was to sell games you don't technically own at such a high price. If they sold the games for say 20 bucks, i'm sure they'd have many more people coming to this, the much cheaper alternative, even if they don't physically own the games.

Was all "pretty good" till I seen;

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands -- $49.99 (full)
Splinter Cell: Conviction -- demo / $59.99 (full)

With this kind of service $40 should be the MOST you have to pay, as your tech jsut renting it for a year. :/

-But I dont even spend more then $10 for Digital games, xD

Hell, splinter cell is $45 at Future shop.. till tomorrow.

And here is the thing, If there either was not the monthly subscription or the monthly subscription came with access to their full catalog of games, this service would print money.

But no you pay monthly and you then have to PAY to Rent or Buy the game. If you ever and I can't drill this point enough EVER STOP PAYING THE MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION YOU LOOSE ALL ACCESS TO THE GAMES YOU PAYED FOR.

Also wondering if it was a typo or is there a reason that the rental for Borderlands is $2 more than all the other rentals?

For some ungodly reason I kept seeing comments about how this was just like steam ? My reaction to that is WTF are you smoking? Its nothing like Steam, Steam doesn't charge you a monthly fee for the privilege of buying or playing the games you have bought.

On another point, People realize that the only reason they are giving a free year of "service" away is so you don't realize how expensive it is when your building up your game library and 365 days later it hits you that if you don't pay that monthly fee you just lost 15-20 games.

I got in on this free year deal, and got Prince of Persia for 'free'. However, so far Onlive is TERRIBLE. I am running a pc that excels above all the required specs for Onlive, internet connection hardwired directly to my router, my speed and ping tests are coming up way over what is required. I am less than 150 miles away from the nearest Onlive server. Yet the games and demos are pretty much completely unplayable due to the laggy framerate and control inputs. And to top it off, the graphics are very muddy looking and watered down. It is not at all how the service was touted to be like. And to top it off, the customer support at Onlive completely sucks. I have tried calling and emailing multiple times, and it is almost a week later and I have gotten NO responses back. There is no way I would ever pay a dime for anything from Onlive at this point. If there is not a huge improvement in performance and customer service soon, I guarantee Onlive will crash and burn very soon. A shame, as in theory this service sounds amazing.

Stupid.

Epic Mickey move over. we have EPIC FAIL here

@VibrationON You don't have to buy a new PC when Crysis 3 comes out. Instead, you pay a subscription fee that SHOULD be less than the cost of an upgrade. It really all depends on your circumstances, but no one said you HAD to buy it.

I would pay no more than $30 a month for this, heck I would even have gone as far as paying $50 per month for this. These prices are absurd.

So wait. The downside to this service is:

You pay a monthly subscription.
You never actually own the game.
Possibility of input lag.
General lag.
Must be online at all time to play.
Poor video quality if your network should act up.
Cant play if their servers go down.
Don't have to have a gaming computer

The upside:

You don't have to have a gaming computer.

So after all these things, people still would subscribe to this service, on top of that the games are practically full retail price and you only get to keep it for 3 years. Also, I think one of the fun things about PC gaming IS the ability to upgrade your computer and have a gaming rig.

As it is right now, I can upgrade my computer for about $250 and be able to play all games on high settings for the next year or so. PLUS I have a physical copy and I can play it whenever I want, even 10 years from now, and still only ended up paying $50 for it. You tell me what's worth it in the end.

Buying JC2 and UT3 on Onlive is like buying Orange Box on consoles. You are missing out on HUNDREDS of free, quality mods.

I've been using it since Tuesday the 22nd and I must say I love it. The controls are clean with no lag at all the graphics look fantastic considering that it's 720p right now. I was so happy with it I made a little demo video to show it off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksWV1LgzzdE

Here's also a screenshot I took when I was watching someone else play Dirt 2:
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1996/onlivedirt.jpg

I've tested this on both my desktop and my laptop (which can't play any games at all) and they both work just fine. I have no lag when playing and everything loads smooth. I didn't notice much screen tearing as others have said either.

I do agree, the pricing structure is a little odd, and gives little incentive to purchase the service. People need to understand, you pay the sub for access to the cloud (and play games you couldn't normally on a crappy pc, or mac) and then the price of the game. They need to lower the cost of the service to $10, and keep the slightly lower the cost of the games (like $50 for a 3 year rental instead of $60 for new games).

Also, it's an invalid argument using the cost of your internet service as a negative on the product. Everyone here already pays for that. It's pretty much a required household service now.

The argument that you lose access to your games without internet is completely valid.

As pathetic as ever, this website links only to its reports and Not the website in review or notice~