OnLive Beta sign-up begins

The official website of OnLive launched last night. If you haven't heard about, it's the newly unveiled internet-based game delivery service.

A beta sign-up form is now online. The requirements listed for signing up in the OnLive beta testing is: "You need to be at least 18, based in the US and have a broadband-connected PC running Windows Vista®/XP®, or an Intel®-based Mac." The beta is set to begin soon, in summer 2009.

The games listed and being featured on the OnLive network include:
Burnout Paradise
HAWX
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Tomb Raider: Underworld
GRID
World of Goo
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Crysis Warhead
Wheelman
LEGO Batman: The Videogame
Unreal Tournament 3
Major League Baseball 2K9
Mirror's Edge
Prince of Persia
BioShock

[peeps]

wonder when/ if eu get the beta. chances are when the final product is released there will be a big delay for other countries

[FlameBaitGod]

If this works out.... this means the PS,N & M$ will die ?

[kewlkat007]

Anyone signing up...

[Canidae]

I just signed up, and got my confirmation e-mail, so I'll see. While I don't really see this succeeding, I'm willing to give it a try, if for nothing else than to be able to play PC games my system can't run. Who knows, it might just be the next big step, stranger things have happened.

[darx]

Hopefully I am one of the lucky ones.

[nutcase4u]

Figured I would give it a try. If it's not too expensive and it works well then it has potential to be a nice addition to my PS3.

In case there are fanboys that want to hit "disagree" just because I said "PS3", I occasionally play my brother's 360 when I'm at his house. whew..

[emazzuca]

No Canadian Love?

give me a break

[deepio]

No UK love either dammit!

[DirtyLary]

take off hoser!

[claney]

No AUS Love either...

...but i knew it would happen

[silvacrest]

same old, same old

everyone else gets ignored as usual

[ZombieButcher]

Its not that they are ignoring you all, The company is US based and they want to set up 4-5 Locations localy to see if it takes off. Keep the cost low so if it fails they don't bury them selves in huge debt.

And Yes I signed up.

[uie4rhig]

we were gonna invest in this when we had a proper company setup (getting money from other stuff)
but i guess we will see if this was a good idea or not without getting us into debts

[Hectic_Kris]

One Word Torrent!

[qohelet]

US only?
how about having a beta in a country with decent internet broadband?
they are setting themselves up for fail.

[Daoshai]

Though Obama is giving broadband in America the largest overhaul anywhere in the world, each state is given hundreds of millions to billions of dollars, so I don't really think anyone in the US will have to worry by the time onlive comes around

[DeadlyFire]

Obama's broadband plan is still few years off though. Even while its in action right now it will take 1-5 years before progress is seen. My area just got a boost before Obama's broadband plan came about.

[bob saget remix]

The U.S. is usually always first for anything like this.

[Captain Tuttle]

It's worth a shot.

[DMasta718]

Signed up.

Doesn't hurt to try.

[Are_The_MaDNess]

this better come to the EU

[bob saget remix]

The full service probably will.

[bob saget remix]

Its going to be funny when theres OnLive fanboys! Either way. This will survive for probably a year or maybe 2 years. Then say goodbye to Onlive. These services never succeed. For one. Not everyone has highspeed internet. So that leaves out tons of people. This could maybe work when the U.S. broadband infrastructure is at 100%. But its more around 60% right now. 2nd people don't like the idea of not having a disk based game. What if your internet died for a few days? Then you couldn't even play any games. This service is going to be a big failure. Its maybe worth trying. But I just cant see this going on to long.

[no_more_trolling]

ur so negative. i wouldnt like to have a friend like u

[SWANN]

I signed up for it last night & received my confirmation e-mail right after that.I hope that I get in, too. So many people were putting it down yesterday, I figure I would save my judgement until after I try it out.

[bob saget remix]

Negative? Its just common sense.

[Altered_Soul]

But then again, that's what everyone said about Steam back in the day. Even I said things along those lines. Now about 50% of my games are purchases through Steam. There's a large market now and definitely in the future for various forms of Digital Distribution.

The big factor is not the virtuality of the service, but the execution. For example, just look at Xbox Live versus Games for Windows Live versus Steam. Two of them are successful, while one is a miserable failure because it failed to execute properly with its platform. Then there is price, efficiency, simplicity, and ultimately, availability. I don't think we can predict anything until after the service is around, and even then, they might be a strong enough company to soldier through criticism and make it better (witness the development of Live for example).

[BulletToothDave]

And now I hope I am part of the OnLive Beta. Xbox Live revolutionized online gaming, and I think this is the next step.

Signed up for Beta today and received my confirmations.

[STICKzophrenic]

It sounds like an alright idea, though I like being able to use my console(s) as the center of my home entertainment setup.

[rbluetank]

i hope i get in. i will be buying this as soon as it comes out; if it plays good. Onlive will save me money on not buying bad games but renting them first. i hope trophies/achievemnts come with this package.... this one thing is a big plus for me.

[Sarevok]

I dunno about this....
I have a gut feeling it's bad..

[Quadrix]

Signed up. The fact they're looking for beta testers seems to indicate that these guys are serious. This OnLive service just might be able to pull off an upset in the console war.