OnLive Free to the First 25,000 Pre-Registers
The next annual E3 looms right around the corner, and here we have some more OnLive related news, it seems. OnLive, if you forgot — but how could you? It’s only potentially going to kill the games retail industry — is the service that lets you stream games with a little box plugged into your TV, or through your PC.
According to Eurogamer, if you were one of the first 25,000 people who registered for OnLive, you get your first year of service for free. They’re not taking any more sign-ups until the service launches (June 17), so this offer is already irrelevant those of us unlucky enough to not have been in that first chunk of people.
It’s cool for the people that got it, and hopefully they didn’t screw anyone over by adding something to the fine print that makes it so you can’t get out of paying for the service after the first year is up. As bitter and ambivalent about the service as I am — mostly due to my inadequate internet connection — I am genuinely interested in how well OnLive performs. If the pre-registration already being closed is any indication, it would appear that they’re on the right path.
In my heart of hearts, I really can’t see this service going well. I called bullshit when I saw all the stuff about it from GDC, and this is the first news I’ve heard about the service in quite some time. Once it’s demoed at E3 (it has to be, right?), I’ll have a better idea of what I’m (possibly) irrationally hating on.
Oh dude, porn fucks up your computer too? God dammit, I can’t get through a game of fucking Call of Duty without lag, let alone get something like that going. Fuck my inadequate looks and raging sex drive.