OnLive
Sign in to saveOnLive 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.
Key facts
- Company.name
- OL2, Inc.
- Company.logo
- OnLive logo 2014.svg
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.founder
- Steve Perlman
- Company.defunct
- 2012 (original, AfBC liquidation then 'phoenixed')
- Company.industry
- Cloud gaming
- Company.fate
- Patents sold to Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Company.parent
- Lauder Partners
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo (2009–2015)
- Company.hq_location_city
- Mountain View, California
- Company.hq_location_country
- United States
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Gaming platform
- OnLive Game System
- PlayPack flat-rate plan
- Desktop service
- Architecture
- International availability
- History
- Layoffs and buyout
- Relaunch
- Sale to Sony and Shut down
- Reception
- Pre-launch
- Post-launch
- References
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.
The service was available through clients for personal computers and mobile devices, as well as through smart TVs and a dedicated video game console-styled device known as the OnLive Game System. OnLive also expanded into the cloud desktop market with a sister product, OnLive Desktop—a subscription service offering a cloud-based instance of Windows Server 2008 R2 accessible via tablets.