OnLive Running Borderlands at the E3 2010

OnLive was announced during the GDC 2009. We are now very close to the official take off of the new technology which may change a lot of things in the video-game environment.

[ScoobyDrew]

But whats the point of it? Just to watch what other people are playing... and play your own? I think i need to research into this contraption some more

[YoungKiller25]

I have onlive and have played borederlands and if your internet connection is good they both run flawlessly. amazing product

[Legosz]

The point of Onlive is why spend $1000.00 on a gaming computer when you could use your internet connection (atleast 500kb/s) to run games at MAXIMUM settings. It basically uses your internet, no graphics card, no processor needed.

It is pretty win, my internet connection is really good and I am thinking about getting onlive because I want to play games on my PC however I do not have enough money to upgrade my PC.

[crck]

There is no way you need to spend 1k on a computer unless your one lazy @ss or stupid shopper. I spent $700 and I have an i5 750, 4gb ram and a 470 gtx. Sure you have to do some rebates and living near a Fry's really helps but it does not cost 1k to get a decent gaming system.

BTW a used 8800GT for $65 will probably play Borderlands maxed out. Its an unreal engine game which means the requirements are limited. Now if it can play Metro 2033 on very high flawlessly then I would be impressed as I even have to turn down the setting for my overclocked 470 gtx to play it.

[YoungKiller25]

in the coming months OnLive will offer metro 2033 and it will run flawlessly on my laptop 400$ computer.

thats the whole point of onlive

[crck]

Do you know for a fact that metro 2033 is coming and it will run at max setting? They will need 2 480 gtx's running in sli to always keep the frames above 30 per sec with everything turned on in that game. That's $900 to 1k they may potentially have to put up for every person that buys that one game. But lets just do the math for 3 years for fun with laptops.

You said you paid $400 for your laptop.

Laptop $400.
1 year free, 2 years of online at $15 a month $360.

$760 total. Your laptop will probably be worth $150 to $200 after 3 years. Total spent after 3 years = $560 to $610.

Or you can buy a Gateway P-7908u for $835 on Tigerdirect after bing cashback. In 3 years the laptop will be worth $500 to $550. (Yes gaming laptops keep their value better then your run of the mill $400 walmart laptops). Total Cost after 3 years is $335 to $385.

Now its not an apples to apples comparison because some games on onlive will obviously play better then on the Gateway with a 260m gtx. But at the same time you'll have access to purchase any game on PC unlike onlive which only has a limited selection. You can also play single player games anywhere and not need to be connected to a hard line sucking up bandwidth.

[hakis86]

that the people at OnLive probably buy hardware in bulks, so I'd think they'd get at decent price per CPU, GPU etc.
It's gonna be really interesting to see how it all evolves though, I really hope it comes to my country soon!

[jjesso1993]

I play crysis at max settings at 1080p at 45fps-60fps bad company 2 at 60fps at max settings 1080p. I payed £350 quad core 6gb ram 5750 and really dont see my self spending ay massive amounts of money on my pc this year. If you think 4.7 meg connecting will run a game max setting 1080p with stable results your wrong with old 4meg connection i could not even stream bbc iplayer hd with new 7meg i can watch it. for stable feed your goning to need a 24meg connection.

[YoungKiller25]

I HAVE IT! YOU DONT OR ELSE YOU WOULDNT SAY THAT AND IT WORKS ASK ANYBODY WHO HAS IT /end rant

the best game is dirt 2 and it looks great, and its maxed out PM me for the Screenshot

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

I've heard you need minimum 5MB of speed to use OnLive (Internet Connection).

This thing will fail in various Countries and Regions (for sure not including US, or Europe or potential countries) because the prices to get speed like that is overpriced for some Countries.

[Pandamobile]

5 Mbps for 720, actually.

That's only 625 KB/s, which is a pretty common speed these days.

[Legosz]

Indeed, mine is around that.

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

OnLive works pretty sweet. Playing my free copy of Assassins Creed 2 right now. My only gripe is the inability to use my DS3 controller.

[Liquid_Ocelot]

I wanted to try OnLive, but as stated above, in other countries 5mb is expensive. Gotta hate all these damn 'local' companies :S

[Eklohmyn]

Time to make use of my 16Mbps connection! (Which is the standard speed in my city)

[Liquid_Ocelot]

I forgot the pricing for this (monthly/yearly, etc) can someone post the pricing and how it works(what do you get, etc) in here really quick plz? Thanks.

[labwarrior]

What if your line drops ? Game over ?

Sorry, but no thanks, good idea, but i will go the safe way

Also if i wanted to pay a subscription to play, would just go for the PC upgrades instead, why pay for something i will never own, when with PC i an pay and have the best graphics and own games on top ?

Thing is, console titles on 360 look as good as on PC and i own the game, play it without ever connecting on the net too and with a pad i prefer

[BillOreilly]

its great for people who just wana play big multiplats but dont wana invest 3-400 dollars if you have internet which most do its a great solution for many people but personally i like having consoles for movies internet facebook and other media but its great for some people hope it works well

[diatom]

Fat Bandwidth won't help with poor latency. This isn't going to work for a lot of people.

I hope it comes with a money back guarantee...

[kesvalk]

yeah, i know for sure that no one will even try this on Brazil...

we don't have good internet connection here, and the latency will make it impossible to play even with 10MB connection...

perhaps it will be viable in 3~5 years...

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

Yup, maybe some lucky asses under GVT wing can give it a try, but probably even them won't get a great experience... Sucks to live in Sao Paulo for that, my luck is that GVT is coming here next month, I have been stuck with Telefonica for over 8 years now.

[djsean]

Probably won't be seeing this in Australia, ever.