OnLive is currently letting you purchase first game for $1. Apparently this is from a facebook promotion & is for a limited time; no time is stated but I wouldn't count on it lasting long. Only the games which they sell as individual games are available for $1 (about 1/4 of the games on their monthly plan). According to the facebook page, if you already own a game with them they'll email you a code for a game, you'll need to read that page for details. According to facebook it is US only, though they mention possibly adding Canada. I got Tropico 4 for $1.
OnLive: $1 for first game. US only. Limited Time offer.
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OnLive was recently launched in the UK as well. They've been running a similar deal here - I just got Deus Ex: Human Revolution for £1. I wrote up a brief review of OnLive here.
On the whole I'm still undecided.. it seems like it would make a good substitute console system, especially since games are limited to 720p. That seems quite low resolution on a high or mid-range monitor at a desk, but on a TV it's probably pretty good and not far off from an XBox360 or PS3. I'd like to try it on the console, but I feel it's too expensive on it's own and there's very little chance they'll have a game I want to pre-order to get a free console. I will probably check Ebay in the end.
I figured, for a buck(quid), it was worth trying out just to get a brand new game - Deus Ex was only released August 25th. That's cheaper than going to Blockbuster and renting it. Heck, with the price of gas(petrol) that's cheaper than driving anywhere!
It will at least hold me over till Steam has it on sale this Christmas :)
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UnregisteredI joined Onlive or I should say I attempted
to join Onlive. After installing the app, I was told
my broadband was too slow. There is a minimum 2mpbs,mine is 1.5mpbs.
20 miles from my location 7-20mpbs is available. I chatted with their
tech support and asked if the minimum would ever be lowered in the future
and was told that it had been lowered twice previously. I have no problem with Steam.
Life can be rough in the big city,rougher in the smaller cities.Well, slower.{:}Posted 12 years ago # -
The problem is that you're not actually downloading a game to your hard drive and then playing it, instead it's a live video feed of the game streamed to your computer (or TV) like a fancy Youtube video. So, to keep it playable, they have to set a minimum download and upload speed - otherwise you'd be buffering video at home while your character is getting eaten on the server!
On every other game system, including Steam, all the game files are held locally, only tiny bits of information such as where characters are and moving to and who's shooting who, etc. That's why it was possible to play multiplayer games over a dial-up connection years ago.
Just think, there's a whole generation of kids who have no idea what dial-up is!
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