What is OnLive?

Stone here, and I am intrigued by this little thing called OnLive. I know there are a lot of die hards out there killing it before it is released, ahem Angry Joe, but why would it fail?

What it is – An entirely online gaming console.
Why should I care? – I don’t really. Yet. It’s nothing major. It is just the first ever entirely ‘virtual’ console. It’s not backed by a console maker currently, so how will it compete? Who knows. I imagine that a ‘virtual’ console is going to eat up a lot of bandwith. I don’t see that as anything but a problem.
The Good – Well, from what it shows in the promo screens, it does seem to have the support of some major game makers. It could also bring on an era of seriously cheap games. Maybe instead of shelling out $60 for a game it’ll be $40, a price point that many like me would be more willing to shell out for games that don’t warrant full price. Maybe they will have a rental service, you subscribe and rent the game like with Gamefly. The possibilities for this thing are pretty sweet – an on demand gamer machine.
The Not So Good – What happens to bad ass collector’s editions if you download everything? And how quick will it download an epic game like Mass Effect? I don’t think we are to the point of a total virtual console just yet, so will this thing work? And let’s say you are downloading a game and a- your connection is bad OR b- you lose signal during it? Is your game buggy because of it?

I don’t know. So this will be the official OnLive discussion. We need to know more. Do you know more? Are you just as curious as we here at Angry Joe Show are? Discuss! Let’s figure this thing out.

Stone Out.