Full Article Here: http://blog.onlive.com/2010/11/24/a-special-thanks-to-onlive-founding-members/

OnLive exploded with users since the November 17th announcement of the Micro-Console pre-orders, and today they wanted to thank everyone who supported the service. If you rented or bought a playpass on OnLive before November 23rd, you should have received an e-mail with a promo code for a free game.

For those that have rented or bought two playpasses before November 23rd, you should have received the promo code for a free game, as well as a free Micro-Console! That's right, a completely free Micro-Console (just gotta pay shipping) which comes with yet another free game! So that's two free games AND a free micro-console that comes with the awesome wireless controller, HDMI cable, ethernet cable, power cable, and console itself.

This is an amazing gift to give to those customers who support the service. I myself have followed OnLive since its announcement at GDC 2009, its launch in June 2010, and even pre-ordered the Micro-Console. But to check my e-mail today and see that I not only got a free game, but that the pre-order I had made was also free?! I can't express how happy I was.

But that's not all! This weekend OnLive is having a HUGE Thanksgiving Sale, and tons of games are being marked down. But if you're interested in checking out OnLive, this weekend might be the time.    

 Full Article Here: http://blog.onlive.com/2010/11/24/a-special-thanks-to-onlive-founding-members/

OnLive exploded with users since the November 17th announcement of the Micro-Console pre-orders, and today they wanted to thank everyone who supported the service. If you rented or bought a playpass on OnLive before November 23rd, you should have received an e-mail with a promo code for a free game.

For those that have rented or bought two playpasses before November 23rd, you should have received the promo code for a free game, as well as a free Micro-Console! That's right, a completely free Micro-Console (just gotta pay shipping) which comes with yet another free game! So that's two free games AND a free micro-console that comes with the awesome wireless controller, HDMI cable, ethernet cable, power cable, and console itself.

This is an amazing gift to give to those customers who support the service. I myself have followed OnLive since its announcement at GDC 2009, its launch in June 2010, and even pre-ordered the Micro-Console. But to check my e-mail today and see that I not only got a free game, but that the pre-order I had made was also free?! I can't express how happy I was.

But that's not all! This weekend OnLive is having a HUGE Thanksgiving Sale, and tons of games are being marked down. But if you're interested in checking out OnLive, this weekend might be the time.    

Good to hear, even I myself I will be sticking with my PC.

Gaikai.

Why is it every time I see a post about OnLive anywhere it always reeks of marketing?

Rip off.

I wonder how much money you would save or lose by purchasing hardware over playing rental games OnLive.

Wow, OnLive has the BEST marketing people! 
 
Srsly OnLive, you didn't even try. Hopefully GB.com perma-bans any and all coverage of your service in the future.

Tried Borderlands once on it. I couldn't stand the lag. It's not terrible, but for those incredibly nitpicky gamers, it's definitely there.
 
That and 720P up-resed on a 1080p monitor looks like poo to me. Way too blurry for my tastes. It's weird because console games don't really bother me with sup 720p resolution on the same monitor. 
 
The live stream itself just looks weird to me. Kinda like I'm playing a 2 year old youtube video.
 
The only thing remotely cool about OnLive is the arena stuff where you can watch people playing the game. I think it's a neat idea just to be able to jump from game to game and get a live demo. It's especially neat when you jump into a game and the dude playing it is stupidly good at it.

Fuck OnLive

I qualified for the free game. I got the GOTY edition of Borderlands. I didn't know it was because I had previously bought a PlayPass. 

" I qualified for the free game. I got the GOTY edition of Borderlands. I didn't know it was because I had previously bought a PlayPass.  "

cool, i'm not going to get it. i have a slow internet so i can't deal with it. i would think that i would lag from it.

Yay! I GOT FREE GAMS.

I'm going to stick with my consoles and Steam. 

" It's too bad I have a good enough computer I don't need OnLive anymore. I would still like to see Crysis. "

" Wow, OnLive has the BEST marketing people!  Srsly OnLive, you didn't even try. Hopefully GB.com perma-bans any and all coverage of your service in the future. "

Wow! Free games I would never play cause they are laggy as shit!  Should I get Borderlands (which I own) Batman (which I've played) AC II (which I own) Red Faction (which I own) or Splinter Cell Conviction (which I own) as those seem to be the only decent games there? 
 
This is probably ok for people who don't mind lag on ass versions of games they've heard about a couple of times but for real play I just don't see the value in this thing.   Maybe it just needs exclusives, I seem to buy everything with exclusives.

" Why is it every time I see a post about OnLive anywhere it always reeks of marketing? "

" @benjaebe said:

" Why is it every time I see a post about OnLive anywhere it always reeks of marketing? "

I always get this too. I mean every time someone brings it up they are praising it to no end. never listing the probs of it at all.  I mean come on how can you talk about "buying" the games no matter the cost and fail to talk about the fact that after 3 years...they are gone? Or if the crashes before then...so is the money you put into the games? For the most part you are renting games for 3 years. Thats at the best. if it closes down its doors before then. Well...  I'll stick with Steam, or a other download game service then risk me losing the game. At lest they talk about if the service goes down, they have codes inplace to unlock the games anyways.   Dont get me wrong, i LOVE the tech behind what Onlive is. I hate the concept and how they went about the whole game sale thing though.  "

" @Cheapoz said:

" Wow, OnLive has the BEST marketing people!  Srsly OnLive, you didn't even try. Hopefully GB.com perma-bans any and all coverage of your service in the future. "

The user has 127 posts. Are you implying that OnLive planted him in the GB community, encouraged him to be an active member of it, and then to make a short, single topic about how they were nice to him?  I mean, at no point does that seem fucking insane to you? "

Hey, Hey hey, onlive, just because I'm on a wireless network doesn't mean you can exclude me from your service. 

It's great that they're supporting their customers so much, even if it's obviously a publicity stunt.
But I don't think my internet connection could support this and my computer is powerful enough to play most modern games anyway.

Two free games and a micro-console for me then! 
but yeah, the email says so (when it's coming out in your country)  
So yay..  
 
Also, people who has lag with this thing: 
Get off the welfare connection. Give the hamster in the wheel a break and get a good connection, ok pumpkin? 

This tech is not ready yet. Maybe in 5 years time when ISPs are better. Could work really well in ie. Sweden or Norway, where fiberoptics are in 50% of the households

" Why is it every time I see a post about OnLive anywhere it always reeks of marketing? "

I mean come on how can you talk about "buying" the games no matter the cost and fail to talk about the fact that after 3 years...they are gone?

Half of those posts are about Onlive, its just weird. He is also the same dude who did a video "review" of the beta gushing over it and ignoring everything wrong with it. You are entitled to your own opinion here but seriously, the name of this thread is highly suspect. "

Nope.

The posts in this topic make me /facepalm in real life at this community.

They gave me a year membership for free... I still haven't used it yet.

Yay completely failed marketing! Wee!

Wow I better sell my gaming pc rig so I can buy this and get a free game on onlive.

" They gave me a year membership for free... I still haven't used it yet. "

"Wow I better sell my gaming pc rig so I can buy this and get a free game on onlive."

" Why is it every time I see a post about OnLive anywhere it always reeks of marketing? "

" @benjaebe said:

" Why is it every time I see a post about OnLive anywhere it always reeks of marketing? "

Why is it every time I see a post about OnLive it's from Saieno. "

" Two free games and a micro-console for me then! but yeah, the email says so (when it's coming out in your country)  So yay..   Also, people who has lag with this thing: Get off the welfare connection. Give the hamster in the wheel a break and get a good connection, ok pumpkin?  "

" @ZeForgotten said:

" Two free games and a micro-console for me then! but yeah, the email says so (when it's coming out in your country)  So yay..   Also, people who has lag with this thing: Get off the welfare connection. Give the hamster in the wheel a break and get a good connection, ok pumpkin?  "

Ok, you pay the extra money it will cost every month to switch internet providers and get a better connection. Then ill check out Onlive, oh wait i still wouldn't.  "

" just because you disagree with me I'm some sort of corporate tool who is blinded by fanboism. Yeah... "

" @Saieno:  It's because you don't even know how to put your threads in the right forum. "

" @Diamond said:

" @Saieno:  It's because you don't even know how to put your threads in the right forum. "

I believe this is General Discussion and I make blog posts to inform people who doesn't already know about news or announcements etc. OnLive gave away stuff, putting it in the OnLive section would have been pointless. People have misconceptions about onlive and out-dated information, putting that in the onlive section would have been pointless as well. I guess there shouldn't be any general discussion section as any topic that specifically talks about a certain game should go into its forum section eh?  Come now... "

Furthermore, General Discussion is for topics about games or the site that do not fit into any one specific category. If a topic is clearly about one game, concept, object, or character, then that's the board the topic goes in. "

" @Saieno: I have a serious question:  Any idea whether or not they're going to get a much bigger catalog of games soon?  I tried the free trials and it is something I would pay 10 bucks a month for when that plan comes out if they get a lot more games. "