Onlive Bankrupt

[Rasas]

One really has to question how bad is piracy, how much does it cost to add DRM usually, does it increase sales to add DRM since some people would be impatient and buy it instead of waiting for a crack, is DRM there for more then one reason and how many customers does a company lose when adding DRM to their games? I guess a lot of this questions have different answers considering the game/company.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

It looks like OnLive might be on OnLife support.

@[member='Gahars']

 

[Quietlyawesome94]

It looks like OnLive might be on OnLife support.

@[member='Gahars']

@[member='Gahars']

Dude, like my post! I posted the shitty pun first.

http://gbatemp.net/topic/332784-onlive-bankrupt/page__view__findpost__p__4352928

 

[The Milkman]

That sad smilie implied something bad had happened, which really is not the case for normal customers as we're unlikely to notice a difference.

I know I would be sad if I were an OnLive customer. If I just purchased some new games, who knows how whoever takes over will handle things compared to the original guys? Imagine if Apple suddenly went bankrupt and Microsoft took over. How would you feel about the iPhone you just bought?

This is what I ment. I know ill still have my games and all but as is I could just barely get OnLive to work right on my moblie and I was looking forward to the Service on Ouya. What if this changes all that?

 

[Guild McCommunist]

One really has to question how bad is piracy, how much does it cost to add DRM usually, does it increase sales to add DRM since some people would be impatient and buy it instead of waiting for a crack, is DRM there for more then one reason and how many customers does a company lose when adding DRM to their games? I guess a lot of this questions have different answers considering the game/company.

The DRM isn't here to be a nuisance, it's here because it's just part of the technology. The games need an internet connection to stream the games so you must be always online. There's no point complaining about the DRM since it's not even intentional here, it just becomes part of the tech.

Although I think OnLive has been taking a pretty decent cut from each game sale on there because of the 0% piracy rate they have.

 

[Pleng]

knew this wouldn't last half the world can't even use it so their market was very slim

half the world isn't a very slim potential market by any means.

 

[EZ-Megaman]

It looks like OnLive might be on OnLife support.

@[member='Gahars']

@[member='Gahars']

Dude, like my post! I posted the shitty pun first.

http://gbatemp.net/t...ost__p__4352928

You might want to copyright that joke. This site used it too.
My PC isn't very strong, but I'd be reluctant in using this as my internet is even worse.

 

[LightyKD]

I know. I was being a tad bit dramatic and sarcastic with my post. I'm just making fun of PC gamers who whine about how they think that OnLive ruined PC gaming. Not OnLive's or its user's fault that this faction need to justify their purchase with some false sense of superiority. It's like PS/360 gamers getting all mad because the little 250 dollar Wii was kicking ass and taking names, Reggie style.

Last time I checked OnLive didn't kick anyone's ass, it's an option just like the PC and all the consoles out there.

Each and every person out there has their own preference when it comes to gaming platform of choice, it doesn't get much simpler than that.

Never said that OnLive "Kicked anyone's ass". I was stating that PC gamers were as butthurt as PS/360 gamers because they were forced to re-evaluate their purchase, which is true. No longer could they say that you HAD to buy high end hardware to play some of the best looking games.

@[member='Zantigo']: I'm sure the OnLive/Ouya deal is still on. I doubt hey would be stupid enough to drop such a promising deal.

EZ-Megaman: You only need a 2 Mb/s connection to login to the service. You can also drop your screen resolution to help with connection issues.

 

[Rasas]

One really has to question how bad is piracy, how much does it cost to add DRM usually, does it increase sales to add DRM since some people would be impatient and buy it instead of waiting for a crack, is DRM there for more then one reason and how many customers does a company lose when adding DRM to their games? I guess a lot of this questions have different answers considering the game/company.

The DRM isn't here to be a nuisance, it's here because it's just part of the technology. The games need an internet connection to stream the games so you must be always online. There's no point complaining about the DRM since it's not even intentional here, it just becomes part of the tech.

Although I think OnLive has been taking a pretty decent cut from each game sale on there because of the 0% piracy rate they have.

I meant PC gaming in general not Onlive since you need to stream it but I suppose it doesn't really matter since the numbers will probably never be known and other things.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I meant PC gaming in general not Onlive since you need to stream it but I suppose it doesn't really matter since the numbers will probably never be known and other things.

DRM has never been that popular and has actually been less popular as of late. I mean, Diablo III aside, there hasn't been a lot of it. At least in terms of your typical "always online required" variety.

 

[Rasas]

I know it isn't popular and DRM has caused problems for certain games like Batman to not work sometimes. Never mind going to drop it. I'm not trying to argue anything and my wording most likely extremely poor and confusing you. I just would really like to see facts on if DRM actually helps at all or does more harm then good. I like to think it does more harm since people might not buy it but maybe a would be pirate would wait for a sale or just buy it to avoid the hassle etc.

 

[LightyKD]

It's official. OnLive has been purchased by a new company but the name still stays "OnLive" and for consumers, it's business as usual.

http://onlivefans.com/news/2012/08/20/onlive-acquired-by-newly-formed-company/