Ehh, not my favorite idea. I've always had a preference to physical copies of games, especially after my Fate fiasco (don't ask). Unless there was some awesome way to do this, not the best idea.

Also, for this to work, you would have to have broadband. While I might sound like a tightwad here, I'm not ready to dole out $40 a month (where I live) to play games. I'm perfectly capable of playing Flash games with my DSL thank you very much.

It seems flawless at start, but everything has it's downs and well i never expected it to be perfect. It's still going to rock pretty hard, so have fun there fellow Americans.

I remember another console a few years back, that before it came out some people said would fail.
What was it's name?.........Oh ya The Nintendo Wii, sure is failing now isn't it?

It has only been one day since OnLive was announced, lets try and wait until it's actually released before passing judgment.

Sure most people don't have a good enough Internet for it, but many people do.
OnLive's not going to be perfect but they have to start somewhere.

It will certainly be interesting to watch how OnLive develops, and specifically how the big three companies respond with future consoles. However, I doubt the current version of the OnLive service will gain widespread appeal. This type of novel technology appeals to the tech savvy set, but this hardcore group is very small in comparison to the overall video game market, meaning video game websites and forum goers will geek out over it, but the majority of people who play a match of Halo or Wii sports every once in a while really won't care.

I also think OnLive lacks one crucial piece to be viable in this market, and that is its potential as physical gifts. The vast majority of games and accessories are bought in the Christmas holiday season as gifts, and wrapping up a DVD case with a shiny new game in it is a lot different than a game that exists as nothing but an imaginary currency on a server somewhere miles away, and a lot less appealing to buyers, many of whom are uninformed with gaming tech.

This is like beta max vs. Video cassettes, CDs vs the four-sided tape, Blu Ray vs. DVD, Minidisc Vs. MP3; There's always something that seems "revolutionary" and fails to live up; simply because something else comes along that is slightly more efficient. I'm doubtful of it man. It doesnt have enough to make up for the covenience of a separate gaming system; people wanna see and touch what they own. You're conceding some of that comfort with something like this. Who knows; only the future will reveal whether it's homo-sapien or the neanderthal that survives.

XXXXXXXTREME DRM *bleep* YEAH GUYS

Personally if people use this how OnLive want people to use it, this cannot go wrong. They are not expecting people to ditch the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 and they want people to continue buying physical media, but this is for those that want to buy the odd game their computer will never run. The reason this idea works is due to the fact that anyone with decent internet and a PC can play Crysis on max settings with everything on and the highest resolution without buying a $2000 rig. This is where OnLive will hit it's stride, want to try out that PC game everyone is talking about rent it for 5 days and play it how the developers intended, thats OnLive.