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Sony Purchases OnLive and then kills it
Sony has purchased OnLive, one of the more popular online game streaming services. With the buyout Sony now holds all its patents. However this was a strategic move, OnLive services will cease to exist after April 30 2015.
OnLine will no longer collect subscription money and its customers can use the service up-tp April 30. This includes OnLive Game Service, OnLive Desktop and SecondLife on the Go.
It is unclear what will happen with the 80 employees. Sony probably will use parts of the technology and infrastructure of OnLive for its own PlayStation Now service. Earlier Sony already bought and killed Gaika.
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#5043808 Posted on: 04/04/2015 10:44 AM
I beg to differ about the title being misleading since it makes it out that Sony bought them and the closed up shop ala EA. I'm not disagreeing that with no patents they have to fold but saying it's Sonys fault is wrong. They sold Sony the patent's of a failing business and ended trading. The business has been failing for years and was in millions of debt with a poor subscriber base and sold the only thing of value, the technology.
Now if Sony bought them outright in the early years and closed a successful business then this title would be fitting. A more accurate title in this case would be "failing game streaming platform onlive to close after selling remaining patents to Sony"
There is nothing misleading about the title.
I beg to differ about the title being misleading since it makes it out that Sony bought them and the closed up shop ala EA. I'm not disagreeing that with no patents they have to fold but saying it's Sonys fault is wrong. They sold Sony the patent's of a failing business and ended trading. The business has been failing for years and was in millions of debt with a poor subscriber base and sold the only thing of value, the technology.
Now if Sony bought them outright in the early years and closed a successful business then this title would be fitting. A more accurate title in this case would be "failing game streaming platform onlive to close after selling remaining patents to Sony"
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#5043810 Posted on: 04/04/2015 10:48 AM
Ahhhh the Joy's of a digital distribution platform. You pay more, get less and when they go bye bye you're left with nothing. Remember folks we don't own anything anymore, we're just paying to rent companies games.
what about people who bought games there?
Ahhhh the Joy's of a digital distribution platform. You pay more, get less and when they go bye bye you're left with nothing. Remember folks we don't own anything anymore, we're just paying to rent companies games.
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#5043812 Posted on: 04/04/2015 10:58 AM
And this is exactly why I buy the majority of my games from retail stores and not through digital distribution.
Ahhhh the Joy's of a digital distribution platform. You pay more, get less and when they go bye bye you're left with nothing. Remember folks we don't own anything anymore, we're just paying to rent companies games.
And this is exactly why I buy the majority of my games from retail stores and not through digital distribution.
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#5043896 Posted on: 04/04/2015 04:07 PM
If I can't connect to Steam it's no biggie. I can still play the game and keep it.
If I can't connect to Steam it's no biggie. I can still play the game and keep it.
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Too bad?