Online video game subscription services

video game subscription service by Apple

Sony PlayStation cloud gaming service

OnLive was a provider of cloud virtualization technologies based in Mountain View, California. OnLive's flagship product was its cloud gaming service, which allowed subscribers to rent or demo computer games without installing them. Games were delivered as streaming video rendered by the service's servers, rather than running on the local device. This setup allowed the games to run on computers and devices that would normally be unable to run them due to insufficient hardware. OnLive also enabled other features such as the ability for players to record game-play and to spectate.

subscription service from Microsoft

cloud gaming and streaming service

Nvidia's cloud-based game streaming service

paid online service for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, which provides several functions

subscription-based video gaming service

Ubisoft+ (formerly Uplay+) is a subscription-based video game service from Ubisoft, a French video game publisher. The service provides users with a vast catalog of Ubisoft titles and other benefits, including discounts on purchasing games, downloadable content (DLC) from the service's library.

PlayCable was an online service introduced in 1980 that allowed local cable television system operators to send games for the Intellivision over cable wires alongside normal television signals. Through the service, subscribers would use a device, called the PlayCable adapter, to download the games for play on their Intellivision. It was the first service that allowed users to download games for play on a video game console. PlayCable was not widely adopted, due in part to high costs for users and operators, as well as limitations of the PlayCable adapter. The service was discontinued in 1984.