Duke Nukem Forever is coming to OnLive

[tyler811]

Onlive has announced that it has partnered with 2K Games and Gearbox software to bring Duke Nukem Forever to the OnLive Game Service. It will arrive at 12:01 AM (EDT) on June 14, 2011, coinciding with the scheduled North American launch date of the title.

http://www.techspot.com/news/43754-duke-nukem-forever-is-coming-to-onlive.html

 

[Nintendesert]

Sooo?

 

[shortylickens]

By the time it comes out, Onlive will be out of business.

 

[Nebor]

By the time it comes out, Onlive will be out of business.

Uh, it says right in the OP: It will arrive at 12:01 AM (EDT) on June 14, 2011.

So yeah, you're right.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

Well didn't want to crosspost so, just a heads up but you can get a free full playpass for Amnesia - The dark descent today. Look in the freebies subforum

 

[wirednuts]

theres rumors now the release date is august, due to shortage of cost effective petroleum products

 

[Crow550]

Will the OnLive version still come with Steamworks and a copy for Steam?

 

[KaOTiK]

Will the OnLive version still come with Steamworks and a copy for Steam?

From my understanding (I may be wrong), OnLive doesn't get you a key at all. So if they go under you lose whatever you had with them.

 

[gorcorps]

From my understanding (I may be wrong), OnLive doesn't get you a key at all. So if they go under you lose whatever you had with them.

Yup, think of Onlive as the Netflix Instant of gaming. You can stream whenever you want as long as the service is there but it'll never be yours to keep.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Yup, think of Onlive as the Netflix Instant of gaming. You can stream whenever you want as long as the service is there but it'll never be yours to keep.

But do you not have to "buy" them before renting them?

Or did they give up on that?

 

[gorcorps]

But do you not have to "buy" them before renting them?

Or did they give up on that?

I'm pretty sure they're back to the buy each game individually with no monthly charge again. You still have to buy the game, and then bank of them never going out of business.

 

[AstroManLuca]

I'm pretty sure they're back to the buy each game individually with no monthly charge again. You still have to buy the game, and then bank of them never going out of business.

Haha, wow. Yeah no thanks. At least with Steam you have the data on your hard drive and Valve could (and has said they will) unlock all your games so you can play them should Steam ever quit working. Whether they actually do that is an up-in-the-air question; it's kind of inconceivable that Valve could go under with how popular Steam is, but if things started going downhill suddenly there's at least a chance you'd be able to keep your purchases. With OnLive there's no chance at all.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

I'm pretty sure they're back to the buy each game individually with no monthly charge again. You still have to buy the game, and then bank of them never going out of business.

There's both options. They also have a playpack bundle that lets you play like 50+ different games for $10 a month.

 

[Red Storm]

And you can also rent games for a few days, something Steam does not offer. Works great for those games with short campaigns that you don't want to pay full price for.

 

[Crow550]

I was wondering since disc copys of Duke Nukem Forever will use steam so if you lose the disc you still have it registered with steam.

Was wondering if Onlive version would be the same where you could launch it in Onlive or Steam.

That is like the only way I'd buy an Onlive game. The playpack idea is cool. Might get the console but not for $99. Wait for some more sales.

They should add Netflix playpack and or partner with like Roku or something.

I hope OnLive does well. I think the playpack is the way to go.