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GDC: OnLive adding achievements, voice chat

by Steve Watts, Mar 03, 2011 8:00am PST

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OnLive is planning a few new features to put it closer to other digital distributors, according to the company's panel at GDC. Joystiq reports that vice president of engineering Joe Bentley presented its plans for the coming year.

The cloud gaming service is working to include achievements, voice chat, game invites, and YouTube uploads of Brag Clips. Developers will also be able to support wireless controllers when games are played on mobile devices like the iPhone, iPad, or Android phones.

We're not sure exactly when these features will be included, of course. Bentley mentioned all of these features as targets for this year, though, so we shouldn't have to wait too long to get our meaningless pats on the back -- in the cloud.

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- I'd like to see onlive and steam work together to bring steams system to mobile devices over the cloud sy... : Sir_Shaggy
- Gooo OnLive! Seriously, their interface is so slick already, but it's only getting better and better e... : shurcool
- FUCKING SWEET! : rtricoche
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  Interesting that they're looking at adding achievements. Obviously they have quite a bit of developer sup... : Haxim
  - Well, most games must have some kind of hooks for achievements in them nowadays if they are released on t... : Gwyndion
  - Achievement unlocked: 2FAST2BUY (> 10MBPS) Achievement unlocked: Is this real life? (< 20ms of input lag : zehh
- I tried it and was quickly turned off from the service.. I was wondering how well it's doing? I guess i... : Batmanshack
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  The problem with these cloud video-streaming gaming services is that they are trying to sell high-end hardcore gaming to a casual audience. Hardcore gamers will not accept the lag and downgraded video quality, and already own a console or PC gaming rig that they will play their games on. Casual gamers are not going to be interested in the hardcore games they are putting on their service, and why pay a premium price for OnLive when casual gamers have all the low-cost PopCap-type games they need on their PC, or their smartphone, or their tablet. The reason for services like OnLive to exist has evaporated over the last 2 years. You don't need to spend $2500 for a high-end PC every few years anymore to keep up with the mainstream of gaming.
  
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  The problem with these cloud video-streaming gaming services is that they are trying to sell high-end har... : LemonJoose
  - You pretty much summed up the divide between core gamer and the social media gamer. A lot of casual games... : TheEmissary