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I just meant that the actual numbers aren't important. The dollars coming in obviously are. Aemon Send a noteboard - 17/06/2010 06:33:45 PM
It sounded like you were wondering how the sales would be calculated, which isn't a big deal. The game companies will do what they need to do with prices and licensing to continue to make money. I don't know much about the law, but if OnLive diminishes their sales, I imagine they'll just work out some sort of terms of service / activation rule that prevents their games being used in a commercial setting. Then they just work out licensing with OnLive at whatever price they need to in order to make money.

Anyway, my point was just that I don't think OnLive will make it any more difficult for game companies to make money. Whether they sell individual licenses to users, or expensive corporate licenses to streaming services, it's just a matter of crunching the numbers. So long as people want to play their games, they'll still bring in cash.
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Continuing my personal publicity campaign, I remind you all that OnLive launches tomorrow. - 16/06/2010 05:06:21 PM 684 Views
Not yet interested, but watching. I'm curious about how game ownership will work. (or not) *NM* - 16/06/2010 07:33:38 PM 203 Views
In the worst case, you buy for full price and pay 14.95 to play. - 16/06/2010 08:24:30 PM 448 Views
I can see that long-term, but the overlap of games I already own would be a huge rip-off. - 17/06/2010 02:49:19 PM 428 Views
Well no, I wouldn't re-buy a game. I almost never play old games, though. - 17/06/2010 03:13:53 PM 422 Views
Sales matter when good, under-publicized games don't sell millions, which means no sequels. - 17/06/2010 03:25:41 PM 431 Views
I just meant that the actual numbers aren't important. The dollars coming in obviously are. - 17/06/2010 06:33:45 PM 445 Views
On the wait list... we'll see *NM* - 16/06/2010 08:37:25 PM 319 Views
I like the concept of OnLive - 16/06/2010 10:59:12 PM 479 Views
See my response to Zalis. - 17/06/2010 04:27:22 AM 588 Views
AT&T? Really? Good luck with that. *NM* - 17/06/2010 12:32:02 AM 202 Views
I like the concept... - 17/06/2010 03:46:58 PM 445 Views
Exactly my opinion. - 17/06/2010 06:38:57 PM 414 Views
Sure... - 18/06/2010 03:21:40 PM 464 Views
I'm on the wait list - still waiting *NM* - 21/06/2010 03:07:51 PM 214 Views

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