5 Things Onlive Could Mean For PlayStation 3 & Beyond

Opening up Games for Windows

Due to Microsoft€™s domination of the PC market and their use of Windows technologies in the XBox 360, these two platforms exist in a cosy symbiosis that Sony has been locked out of. However, OnLive runs via warehouses full of PCs - Windows PCs. This means that, in carrying the OnLive service, Sony legitimately gains access to a potentially huge library of games - both old and classic - that are currently denied to their platforms.
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Earliest gaming memory: Being terrible at a pong ripoff with a turny-dial controller. Earliest gaming defeat: Jumped up out of bed to turn off the bedroom TV after a marathon (sneaky) Mario Bros session at 3am. Got dizzy, fell over. Biggest gaming victory: As a 12 year old dished out a SF2 Turbo pummelling to much older opponents. All game experiences since have contained these three elements - being rubbish, falling over, and sweet, sweet victory.