Sunday, November 21, 2010

OnLive announces High Definition TV Microconsole without any membership fee

There is a new product from young gaming service OnLive. The OnLive Microconsole will stream high-end video games directly to your Television with no disks or consoles required. The OnLive Microconsole will cost merely $99, without any subscription services. The box comes with a controller and one free game. Article source – OnLive announces HDTV Microconsole with no membership fee by Personal Money Store.

OnLive service facts

First introduced in June, OnLive is a services that started with PC and Mac computers. The services streams high-end games to any computer, removing the need for extensive processing power. Almost any computers, including netbooks, can play high-end games with OnLive. OnLive no longer charges a monthly cost. This happened in October. Gamers pay for the games they want rather than all of them.

News for OnLive Microconsole

The new microconsole was announced by OnLive after it was tested a ton on PC and Mac computers. The console can fit into your hand. That's how small it really is. Hooked up to your HDTV and high-speed internet connection, the OnLive Microconsole has about 40 games, and you will find over 100 more slated to appear by the end of 2011. Current games supported by the OnLive Microconsole consist of “Duke Nukem Forever”, “Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood,” “Borderlands,” and “Aliens vs. Predator.” Testers have reported a small amount of lag in games, but not so much the games are unplayable.

What you get using the OnLive Microconsol

You can pay $99 for OnLive Microconsole. In early Dec, they will be available. This is the first set-top box that comes from a streaming service. Also, you’ll get one free game and controller with OnLive. In comparison, the PlayStation 3 runs about $280 and the XBox 360 at least $300. Netflix and Hulu Plus are other possibilities of things that could stream using the "talks within the works" of OnLive streaming other things. 3D gaming is something the OnLive Microconsole can do. Future gaming will work well with it.

Is the OnLive Microconsole for you? Is it going to be the gaming console you use? Would it just be an add-on to what you’ve?

Details from

Onlive.com

blog.onlive.com/2010/11/17/introducing-the-onlive-game-system/



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