OnLive declares High Definition TV Microconsole without any regular membership fee

After just a couple months of running their cloud gaming services, OnLive has announced their newest product. The OnLive Microconsole will stream high-end video games directly to your TV with no disks or consoles required. There are over 100 games prepared to come live on OnLive within the next year. The box and controller together run just $99.

OnLive services facts

First introduced in June, OnLive is a services that begun with PC and Mac computers. Any computer can have high-end games streamed to it through the services. Extensive processing power is no longer needed. Almost any computers, including netbooks, can play high-end games with OnLive. All monthly fees were taken off of OnLive. Gamers pay for the games they want instead of all of them.

OnLive Microconsole announcement

After extensive testing on PC and Mac computers, OnLive has announced their new microconsole. This minuscule console is about the size of your hand. 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. Right now, "Duke Nukem Forever," "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood," "Aliens vs. Predator" and "Borderlands," are accessible on OnLive Microconsole right now The games might have just a little bit of lag however are still perfectly playable.

What is included with the OnLive Microconsole

In early December, you are able to get the OnLive Microconsole for $99. As the first streaming services to offer a set-top box, OnLive ships with one free game and a hand-held controller. 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 in the works" of OnLive streaming other things. The OnLive Microconsole will do well using the future gaming industry as it is compatible with 3D gaming.

Will you be getting the OnLive Microconsole? Do you already have something? Are you going to be adding it on?

Citations

Onlive.com

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