So OnLive is doing a thing where you get a game for cheap

Jasconius

Their thing is some formulation of "if you like them on Facebook then you get a game for $1"

http://www.facebook.com/OnLive

I don't know the exact mechanics of it, but I am pretty sure that:

If you don't have an OnLive account and you make one and you like the Facebook page or something, then you get your first game for a dollar

If you already have an OnLive account and you liked the Facebook page then you get a promo code for 98% off a game.

I'm not sure what you do if you have an OnLive account and you didn't already Like the Facebook page, maybe this isn't FOR you.


But anyway, I just bought Deus Ex Human Revolution collectors edition for $0.90, so I figured this information is worth sharing.

I own three or four games on OnLive and if you have good internet it's a pretty decent experience. Most of the games suck, but there are some gems, most notably Deus Ex, and Splinter Cell Conviction

Druhim

Hey, cool. I'll take a game for a dollar.

Radius

Went with Deus Ex over Space Marine and AssBro

Raijin Quickfoot

I'll do this but it doesn't matter what game I pick because I'll more than likely NEVER PLAY IT.

Moriveth

Welp, it won't let me register for an account. Figure they might be flooded with requests now?

Melding

my history with streaming media is poor at best on this connection. typically ping in around 150 on most games. Don't think i will do this.

Moriveth

Oh well I guess my account was created but I can't access the 'play' part

so uh

thedude_frombaywatch

I was going to post this and yeah

Garthor

I evidently can't be assed to set up OnLive when I have a card that gives me a game for free, so I doubt I'll do it for a dollar.

I guess the dollar would be easier to find.

thedude_frombaywatch

Is there a monthly sub for this? Or is it basically Steam but cloud gaming

Jasconius

Both.

It's Steam for anything in their library

OR

You can pay 15 bucks a month and get to play perhaps half of their catalog

Hint: it's the less-good-half of their catalog

Melding

i think the original deus ex is part of the subscription side.

Jasconius

Yeah. It's basically most of the older games, or new games that suck

Any new 50 dollar title will not see the subscription pack for months, I'm pretty sure even hit titles like Arkham Asylum are STILL not in the pack.

Just Cause 2 is in there though, that's pretty good.

TheStig

so this works just like steam for their pay games? Or is there some streaming crap?

Also does your game access ever expire?

Melding

i think if you buy the game you have unlimited access to it.

MereHappenstance

Thanks for sharing this. Wasn't planning on getting Deus Ex, but for $1, I might as well.

citizen059

Apparently this is still going on, no Facebooking required.

I signed up for a new account a few days ago, picked up DX:HR for $1.

I got the Augmented edition, which apparently came with a full pass to DX1? I dunno. Either way, I'm going to be busy for a while.

Edcrab

I'm still kind of surprised this is a real thing. But until there's a turn-based game on there that I actually want to play, it's not a service I can really take advantage of

Sterica

I tried OnLive a year ago, and it apparently requires an expensive enough internet connection to make me wonder why I'm bothering.

citizen059

Yeah, decent internet is crucial with this. Not a problem in an advanced culture where people have broadband, but here in the US it just isn't always the case.

When it launched I was still on DSL so there was no way for me to really use the service; being on cable now certainly helps. There's just the most minor input lag, which for about 15 minutes I had to adapt to. But once I picked it up I didn't even notice it.

Thanks to just not sleeping as much I powered through DXHR and had a good experience with it. I plan to re-play DX1 next.

(FWIW I have Comcast cable, tests around 15 to 17 mb download.)

Artreus

I might consider this if I had better internet.

Also I like owning my games. Steam is one thing, where I can have the games on my computer.

But if Onlive ever goes under, all those games you bought are gone

SeñorAmor

Oh so you don't actually download and install the game, eh?

Bummer. I was considering getting Titanquest Gold for the $1 to get me to the release of Diablo 3, but I guess not.

Melding

the whole point is it's a streaming service. that you can play pretty much anywhere and like old ass shits and stuff.

Also by the same right if steam ever went under and you lost those installs they too, are gone forever, so mean, that's an argument against digital distribution as a whole.

Artreus

Melding wrote:

the whole point is it's a streaming service. that you can play pretty much anywhere and like old ass shits and stuff.

Also by the same right if steam ever went under and you lost those installs they too, are gone forever, so mean, that's an argument against digital distribution as a whole.

Not if you have them stored on your computer! And they have said that if they ever go down, they will release a key that unlocks all your games

Melding

Artreus wrote: »

Melding wrote:

the whole point is it's a streaming service. that you can play pretty much anywhere and like old ass shits and stuff.

Also by the same right if steam ever went under and you lost those installs they too, are gone forever, so mean, that's an argument against digital distribution as a whole.

Not if you have them stored on your computer! And they have said that if they ever go down, they will release a key that unlocks all your games

You missed the "lost the installs" part. meaning like valve goes under, steam is shut down and then your hard drive corrupts. and you didn't have them saved to dvd, because you were totally going to do that tomorrow, fuucck.

Druhim

Also Valve is considerably more robust company than OnLive. But still, I'll take Dirt3 for a dollar.

Artreus

Melding wrote:

Artreus wrote: »

Melding wrote:

the whole point is it's a streaming service. that you can play pretty much anywhere and like old ass shits and stuff.

Also by the same right if steam ever went under and you lost those installs they too, are gone forever, so mean, that's an argument against digital distribution as a whole.

Not if you have them stored on your computer! And they have said that if they ever go down, they will release a key that unlocks all your games

You missed the "lost the installs" part. meaning like valve goes under, steam is shut down and then your hard drive corrupts. and you didn't have them saved to dvd, because you were totally going to do that tomorrow, fuucck.

Oh, yeah I did.

Edcrab

Artreus wrote:

Melding wrote:

the whole point is it's a streaming service. that you can play pretty much anywhere and like old ass shits and stuff.

Also by the same right if steam ever went under and you lost those installs they too, are gone forever, so mean, that's an argument against digital distribution as a whole.

Not if you have them stored on your computer! And they have said that if they ever go down, they will release a key that unlocks all your games

I don't really have much confidence in this magic key considering that I have never ever actually managed to get offline mode to work

I adore Steam but that's one thing that leaves me a little concerned

Sterica

I have the basic cable internet subscription and OnLive basically told me to fuck off and the game was unplayable.

To go to the next tier is 20-40 dollars, which doesn't seem worth it.

Melding

Druhim wrote: »

Also Valve is considerably more robust company than OnLive. But still, I'll take Dirt3 for a dollar.

Oh completely, i'm just saying, that argument could be used for just about any digital distribution system and have about the same merit.

Though i think they would do better to have the subscription plan more robust and make it their main selling point. I think a lot of people would pay that if they could play semi new games a few months after release, but there is probably way too much red tape and politics to ever do that.

alternatingAberration

I was gonna get on this, but man, live-streaming games is dog shit

Melding

iunno, conceptually playing the new deus ex on high on an ipad sounds pretty sweet. or five year old laptop, since i don't think they actually went the ios route.

Macro9

Edcrab wrote:

Artreus wrote:

Melding wrote:

the whole point is it's a streaming service. that you can play pretty much anywhere and like old ass shits and stuff.

Also by the same right if steam ever went under and you lost those installs they too, are gone forever, so mean, that's an argument against digital distribution as a whole.

Not if you have them stored on your computer! And they have said that if they ever go down, they will release a key that unlocks all your games

I don't really have much confidence in this magic key considering that I have never ever actually managed to get offline mode to work

I adore Steam but that's one thing that leaves me a little concerned

Have you tried it recently? I've had to use it several times over the last couple months and it's worked pretty good.

I think it doesn't have many problems if you've played the game before while online. Not sure about that, though.

Artreus

I did see Borderlands running on an iPad in a demo once, so that was pretty cool

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Melding wrote: »

You missed the "lost the installs" part. meaning like valve goes under, steam is shut down and then your hard drive corrupts. and you didn't have them saved to dvd, because you were totally going to do that tomorrow, fuucck.

With some of the drm they have these days, you would be fucked even if you have the dvd. :-/

Kuribo's Shoe

guys, onlive is pretty great. I got one of those console things at pax and it works like a charm

Kuribo's Shoe

and really guys, when the game costs a dollar the ownership argument should really just go out the window

that's cheaper than a redbox rental for one day

think of it as a rental that lasts the lifetime of the service

maximumzero

Kuribo's Shoe wrote:

and really guys, when the game costs a dollar the ownership argument should really just go out the window

that's cheaper than a redbox rental for one day

think of it as a rental that lasts the lifetime of the service

Except for the bandwidth argument of course.

I'd love to try OnLive, but my bandwidth wouldn't be able to handle it.

Hell I get frequent pauses while watching Youtube videos and I can't get Netflix videos to ever kick into HD mode.

I don't think it's for me.

Kuribo's Shoe

yeah I guess those of us blessed with FiOS, even Frontier's half retarded version, have a bit of a leg up

Melding

my internet is pathetic, otherwise i would be all over this.

Druhim

I don't have fios, but we do have a 12 mb/s dsl connection via centurylink.