The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    OnLive's new gaming plan FREE until Jan 14th!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by tetutato, Dec 2, 2010.

  1. tetutato

    tetutato NBR Troll

    Reputations:
    296
    Messages:
    1,398
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Onlive just announced their new gaming plan called the PlayPack but as of now, the plan is FREE!
    OnLive's New Gaming Plan :D
    The only downside that you have to own their gaming system. :(
     
    tetutato, Dec 2, 2010
    #1
  2. jeffreybaks

    jeffreybaks Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    271
    Messages:
    926
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    nice thanks for that update. I go to there site everyday, well the fan site onlivefans.com. Hope it does well. Everyone should know though that multiplayer is not cross platform with pc players so using onlive service you cant play people using the pc varients of those games which is no good in my opinion. Either way though onlive is a great service and fun!
     
    jeffreybaks, Dec 2, 2010
    #2
  3. tetutato

    tetutato NBR Troll

    Reputations:
    296
    Messages:
    1,398
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    wait but can't you connect the onlive game system to your computer?
     
    tetutato, Dec 2, 2010
    #3
  4. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

    Reputations:
    865
    Messages:
    1,560
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Which games do you get to play for the $10/mo? The news release I read said it only included a few Indie/Arcade games, no big titles.
     
    rschauby, Dec 2, 2010
    #4
  5. tetutato

    tetutato NBR Troll

    Reputations:
    296
    Messages:
    1,398
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Huh? where did you read that?? To my knowledge, it's all the games that they have in their library.
     
    tetutato, Dec 2, 2010
    #5
  6. lloose

    lloose Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    189
    Messages:
    73
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Featured Games

    ($100) for the "console"
    ($XX) for internet connection that is REQUIRED to play games.
    ($10) a month for the service. This is like paying Gamestop $10 to go in the store, even if you don't buy anything.
    ($10 - Full Retail Price) To buy games. You get a few crappy games and free demos. You can rent games daily for a price too, but I mean you are already paying $10 a month!

    Screw that. Ripoff of the year. I cant wait to buy one when they go out of business to use as a paper weight.
     
    lloose, Dec 2, 2010
    #6
  7. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

    Reputations:
    21,580
    Messages:
    35,370
    Likes Received:
    9,878
    Trophy Points:
    931
    Wait, I thought the monthly service fee was dropped?

    $10/mo for unlimited play of the games in the "playpack". That is a decent deal at least, except the fact that you need their stupid console.

    Getting closer.

    I'd say they need to go $15-$20/mo for unlimited play of all their games in their library regardless if you use their console or PC, and free play for everyone for demos and first 15 minutes of the game like the do currently, and maybe a few other free games just for fun.
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 2, 2010
    #7
  8. lloose

    lloose Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    189
    Messages:
    73
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Kind of was.. kind of wasn't
    OnLive announces $10 a month unlimited game streaming

    My favorite quote talks about how you can play certain games for FREE.... if you pay a subscription fee.
     
    lloose, Dec 2, 2010
    #8