Deus Ex: Human Revolution coming to OnLive, free MicroConsole and original Deus Ex with pre-order

@Rick Grimes

Not too mention we also get some random goodies. I'm enjoying my free Amnesia: The Dark Decent on OnLive right now. The developer put it on OnLive and gave it to us free for a limited time solely because OnLive websites were asking for the game to come to the platform.

@xiLeShadow

"You can't change the files around, you can't mod the game, you can't play online with PC/Mac people"

I'm almost sure you are wrong on this, if the game were to have a multiplayer component, i could only assume you have access to it.

But i think you're right on it not being a PC gaming machine or program, but that's kind of besides the point, it's still PC games.

Obviously inferior to a dedicated PC (subjective, depends on if you think it's worth it to have a dedicated PC), but it's still PC games.

@BrianH

You can only play with Onlive people using Onlive's LAN network.

It is like a huge LAN party with all the servers.

@xiLeShadow

Oh, did not know that, that kind of sucks

@BrianH
Playing online with PC/Mac people is entirely possible from a technical standpoint, but publishers tend to keep OnLive players only playing with other OnLive players as they see it as a separate platform.

@xiLeShadow .............. i can tell you haven't even tried it. it really good actually and the graphics are better than console's. i have own every console, i mean ever one since the ps1. and i currently have a gaming PC. but i use onlive so much more. actually i never play my pc games any more.

@Alexandertron

I have tried Onlive.
I never said anything about graphics or if it is bad or not.

The graphics, from my experience are on par with consoles.
----The graphics are NOT better then my PC, not even close. I played the same game on Onlive and on and my PC, and nope not even the same.

@Alexandertron

It really isn't good if you're accustomed to PC gaming.

It has very noticeable mouselag for me at least (don't try and say it's my connection, the simple fact that i can use the service means it should be enough).

The graphics really are not that great, it's noticeable blurry.

@FinalOutrage

or maybe they are just trying to increase their consumer base??

This is a new company, you HAVE to create a base first.

@FinalOutrage those micro consoles? the CABLES cost more to make then those things, they are dirt cheap and they make a perfect pre-order bonus

@peter pham

You can also use the service on a mac or pc.

@peter pham just go to onlive.com and download the launcher. Its only 12 megabites.

@halfportalfortress4dead

both of my ocmputers are over 8 years old an unable to run onlive

so I can't pre order games and get the micro console.

@halfportalfortress4dead lookit all dat viral marketing

@Red O Magnus

Perhaps onlive.com

@BombProofGIJoe There's no subscription to use OnLive. You either buy/rent games through the service, *or* pay a flat monthly fee to get unlimited access to a set number of games (Playpack).

It's like Zune Store with Zune Pass. It makes perfect sense .

@BombProofGIJoe There is a subscription available with dozens of different games available for $10. Onlive also has 3-5 day rentals, and $5 Friday games. The preorder incentives are awesome. Preorder a game and get one free? How many other retailers/distributers do that?!

@dragunrising

Ok, so it's an online rental service that streams games? That's still just as dumb as what I thought it was. What ever, blah blah "to each his own" but this is still a bad idea in my eyes.

@BombProofGIJoe You're still wrong. To make things clear, think of OnLive as Netflix for video games, but even better.

You can subscribe to the OnLive PlayPack for $10 a month and have access to more than 50 games, you can purchase a full PlayPass for a game that's going to be cheaper than what you'd find on the PC or on consoles or you can rent a game for a few bucks for three days.

I subscribe to the PlayPack and have purchased PlayPasses for Batman: Arkham Asylum, Mafia 2 and Homefront. I paid $5 for Batman and Mafia 2 each, and I paid $50 for Homefront but received a free MicroConsole and Metro 2033.

If you can get over the fact that you don't own physical copies of the game, OnLive is a tremendous service, and the company really cares about its customers. The Amnesia deal proved that.

The service is constantly improving, too. They just recently added voice support to the newer games and are starting to integrate Achievements, too. The truth is, it takes time to build a full online service that's comparable to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network, but they're continuing to work on it and make it better.

I'm really excited to see what they'll announce at E3. I'm hoping they'll announce some new publisher partnerships and bring full controller support to all the games on the service.

@dragunrising

Cancel your preorder at Gamestop and preorder with Onlive instead?