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Ah, I see.
No, I was basically saying the overall service will be much simpler and more of a combined cloud entertainment service as opposed to what a lot of people currently have for playing games and watching movies etc, which is usually a separate PC, multiple consoles, and multiple subscription services or costs and fees etc.
Basically I was just saying that OnLive now has the very real potential to be a great all-in-one cloud based streaming entertainment service. The fact that it also has a huge focus on gaming is obviously a major plus point from the perspective of people in this forum.
I just think it could be awesome in the future if I don't have to have 3 consoles and a cable/freeview box under my TV and multiple subcription services (cable, Netflix, etc), and instead I can have it all in one service that is potentially full of convenience, simplicity, and win imo.
The games on that service would be just as varied and fun etc as we currently see on any PC or console as far as I can see.
Bigboi500
While I agree in part that such devices will be important in the future, in order to have such devices to include console games, you would require collaborations between companies, or mergers. I can see this happening a lot easier with PC gaming, though as already seen in this thread, the "hardcore" PC gamers will be resistant.
That's the conundrum right there, finding a neutral ground for all the opposing game companies to agree and come together on.OnLive simply needs to get TV manufacturers to integrate the OnLive service into their TVs, like many companies have done with Facebook, Netflix, Freeview etc already, and the developers will be supporting it as a matter of default without any extra effort or collaborations needed on their part at all (they've already sorted licensing and stuff with OnLive etc if they've got their games on it's service in the first place because Onlive is primarily a service and not really a hardware solution).
OnLive is such a simple install and probably a tiny bit of code etc to add to any TVs that are going to support basic Internet services anyway that I really see this happening in the near future as long as the service keeps growing and nothing crazy out of the blue happens that could stop it in it's tracks in the meantime.
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