You know what else is better than a PS5 the Ouya I’m about to convince you to buy. /Srcsm
iSchwalm
This looks worse than the ouya somehow
Minialpacadoodle
This sounds like hoarding.
DongKonga
Man Onlive was a laggy piece of shit, I remember trying to play Kane and Lynch 2 on it and it was unplayable.
Stemmzinhell
I heard the controller is great in quality tho. Maybe you can pick one up for cheap for use as a gamepad
PreferenceMindless45
Wow, congrats on expanding your collection with that masterpiece! Who needs a PS5 when you have such a gem, right?
FigTechnical8043
Really wish they’d unlocked the game pad for pc usage though
One-Inevitable1861
Onlive is a really interesting piece of gaming history. Everyone says it’s a piece of shit but it was the ONE streaming service that actually worked for me. I played Assassin’s Creed 2 and I’m fairly certain a Borderlands game (this was like 10 years ago, I don’t remember). Had no issues, quite steady 720p on my lil crap laptop. However in 2024, streaming is fucked. I have constant drop outs, delayed inputs, ugly pixelation, it just doesn’t work for me. I’ve tried Nvidias one, the PS5 one, Xbox Game Cloud and my internet wired is around 80Mbps, so it should be fine but nope, it’s awful.
I really dislike streaming, but Onlive worked for some reason.
Fitherwinkle
Got one too. Played a lot of Borderlands and Fear 2 for some reason on it. Actually worked really well for the time.
TheJolliGreenGiant
I still have mine – I can remember the hype as I queued for a free ‘console’ at Eurogamer Expo all those years ago.
That said, I can only ever recall playing demos (one being Mafia II) due to the tech being extremely janky. No way I was actually spending money on a full game!
Right idea, wrong time.
weaknuit
Than
robotman5yt
i honestly liked using this service when it existed
TheCold0ne
That’s still kind of a cool collectible to have.
The only experience I had with it was going to their party at E3 and eating snacks while trying the service at a kiosk. It was neat and worked well at the kiosk, but I was skeptical of streaming/subscription services for a long time.
lazyrivr
OnLive worked surprisingly well for me. I played all of Batman Arkham Asylum and Saints Row 2 for the first time on it, and I somehow got through most of the racing game Split/Second too, despite having pretty mediocre internet, even for the time.
Warden_Memeternal
Does the controller connect through Bluetooth? If so then at least you have a spare controller
Sad_Efficiency_3978
I liked it for a bit, but my Internet connection wasn’t good enough.
Kinda figured it would flop, but wanted to try it. If I am not mistaken Playstation bought the streaming tech from them and used it to build their streaming property.
azninvasion2000
Oh god I remember this thing. Out of an hour of gaming you got maybe 10 minutes of shit that actually worked. My friends lent it to me so at least I didn’t have to pay for it. I remember the controller was actually decent though.
LuxEfren
Fun fact: these guys sold thier tech to Sony. Which is why you can stream games on ps4 and ps5. These guys also had advance tech in which they did the cutscences for batman arkham city.
Darvallas
But is it better than the Ouya?
Killer_radio
I still have nightmares about the onlive ad. Literally every YouTube video had it.
“Onlive is cloud gaming, but what is cloud gaming?”
Wildikdog
I really liked OnLive and still kinda miss it even if I wouldn’t use it.
Smooth-Physics-69420
I know you typed /s, but you’re actually not wrong.
Mukoki
Homefront MP was great
anomaly256
I’ve got a steam controller to sell you if you want to grow that failure collection
Gothbot6k
Played through all of saints row 3 with I live. Can’t remember if it was $5 or free but it was cheap enough that I used it to play all the way through. It was a good way to play pc games on a low end Mac at the time.
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You know what else is better than a PS5 the Ouya I’m about to convince you to buy. /Srcsm
This looks worse than the ouya somehow
This sounds like hoarding.
Man Onlive was a laggy piece of shit, I remember trying to play Kane and Lynch 2 on it and it was unplayable.
I heard the controller is great in quality tho. Maybe you can pick one up for cheap for use as a gamepad
Wow, congrats on expanding your collection with that masterpiece! Who needs a PS5 when you have such a gem, right?
Really wish they’d unlocked the game pad for pc usage though
Onlive is a really interesting piece of gaming history. Everyone says it’s a piece of shit but it was the ONE streaming service that actually worked for me. I played Assassin’s Creed 2 and I’m fairly certain a Borderlands game (this was like 10 years ago, I don’t remember). Had no issues, quite steady 720p on my lil crap laptop. However in 2024, streaming is fucked. I have constant drop outs, delayed inputs, ugly pixelation, it just doesn’t work for me. I’ve tried Nvidias one, the PS5 one, Xbox Game Cloud and my internet wired is around 80Mbps, so it should be fine but nope, it’s awful.
I really dislike streaming, but Onlive worked for some reason.
Got one too. Played a lot of Borderlands and Fear 2 for some reason on it. Actually worked really well for the time.
I still have mine – I can remember the hype as I queued for a free ‘console’ at Eurogamer Expo all those years ago.
That said, I can only ever recall playing demos (one being Mafia II) due to the tech being extremely janky. No way I was actually spending money on a full game!
Right idea, wrong time.
Than
i honestly liked using this service when it existed
That’s still kind of a cool collectible to have.
The only experience I had with it was going to their party at E3 and eating snacks while trying the service at a kiosk. It was neat and worked well at the kiosk, but I was skeptical of streaming/subscription services for a long time.
OnLive worked surprisingly well for me. I played all of Batman Arkham Asylum and Saints Row 2 for the first time on it, and I somehow got through most of the racing game Split/Second too, despite having pretty mediocre internet, even for the time.
Does the controller connect through Bluetooth? If so then at least you have a spare controller
I liked it for a bit, but my Internet connection wasn’t good enough.
Kinda figured it would flop, but wanted to try it. If I am not mistaken Playstation bought the streaming tech from them and used it to build their streaming property.
Oh god I remember this thing. Out of an hour of gaming you got maybe 10 minutes of shit that actually worked. My friends lent it to me so at least I didn’t have to pay for it. I remember the controller was actually decent though.
Fun fact: these guys sold thier tech to Sony. Which is why you can stream games on ps4 and ps5. These guys also had advance tech in which they did the cutscences for batman arkham city.
But is it better than the Ouya?
I still have nightmares about the onlive ad. Literally every YouTube video had it.
“Onlive is cloud gaming, but what is cloud gaming?”
I really liked OnLive and still kinda miss it even if I wouldn’t use it.
I know you typed /s, but you’re actually not wrong.
Homefront MP was great
I’ve got a steam controller to sell you if you want to grow that failure collection
Played through all of saints row 3 with I live. Can’t remember if it was $5 or free but it was cheap enough that I used it to play all the way through. It was a good way to play pc games on a low end Mac at the time.