OnLive sounds great but...

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#1 amaneuvering
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http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/107/1070283p1.html

I don't want to pay a monthly subscription fee just to use the service.

I'd rather they had a free model where I had to put up with occassional adverts or something.

There's just too many different services these days all asking for a monthly fee and it's adds up to me potentially spending way too much money to be blunt.

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#2 windsquid9000
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I don't like the idea of paying for how much I play. After so many hours, you'd been better off just buying the game.

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#3 skrat_01
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I'd rather actually own my games, to be honest.
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#4 hypoty
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Artifacting, input lag, low resolutions, high bandwidth usage and no mods or customization makes me think you aren't missing much without OnLive.

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#5 mayceV
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I have a feeling that Onlive willl be a disaterous flop.
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#6 T-Aldous
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I am not going to pass judgement yet, I think it could be great. Unfortunately there seems to be too much negativity around it though, at least in sites like this. I would like to see more and go from there.

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#7 DethSkematik
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IDK, I really don't like the feeling that I'm paying a subscription to what looks like I'm renting the games I buy :?. And on the PC side, it doesn't exactly put a service like Steam to shame, either.
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#8 SolidTy
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I think the current digital distribution model stinks, and it benefits the companies rather than the consumer when compared to hard copies.

This product takes it a step further.

I'm just not interested.

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#9 TurboGuru
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http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/107/1070283p1.html

I don't want to pay a monthly subscription fee just to use the service.

I'd rather they had a free model where I had to put up with occassional adverts or something.

There's just too many different services these days all asking for a monthly fee and it's adds up to me potentially spending way too much money to be blunt.

amaneuvering

Here is why I think it isn't soo great:

When the internet is slow, laggy or completely dead...

Xbox 360 / PS3 = Play single player games

OnLive = { Totally Screwed [Black Screen] }