Pricing for the first batch of games distributed via streaming service Onlive has been revealed and appears to be similar to buying a physical copy. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction will set you back $59.99 and your purchase will last ‘Until at least 17th June 2013’. Last year’s Borderlands can be bought for $29.99, rented for five days for $8.99 or leased for $5.99 for three days, pricing similar to grabbing a second hand copy or renting from Blockbuster.
The upside of the service is that you should be able to access your games anywhere you have a decent internet connection, the downside is that on top of your game purchase you also pay your OnLive subscription fee. At present the fee is free for the first twelve months, of course if you cancel your subscription you lose everything.
OnLive will be launched in the UK near the end of 2011, here is the full pricing list:
| Aaaaa!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity | $9.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 | |
| Assassin’s Creed II | $39.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 | |
| Batman: Arkham Asylum | $6.99 / $4.99 | 5 days / 3 days | |
| Borderlands | $29.99 / $8.99 / $5.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 / 5 days / 3 days | |
| Brain Challenge | $4.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 | |
| Colin McRae: DiRT 2 | Demo only | N/A | |
| Defense Grid Gold | $13.99 / $6.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 / 5 days | |
| F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin | $19.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 | |
| Just Cause 2 | $49.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 | |
| LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 | Demo only | N/A | |
| Madballs in Babo: Invasion | $9.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 | |
| Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands | $49.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 | |
| Puzzle Chronicles | $9.99 / $3.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 / 3 days | |
| Red Faction: Guerrilla | $19.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 | |
| Shatter | $8.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 | |
| Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction | $59.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 | |
| Trine | Demo only | N/A | |
| Unreal Tournament III: Titan Pack | $19.99 / $6.99 / $4.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 / 5 days / 3 days | |
| World of Goo | $19.99 / $6.99 / $4.99 | Until at least 17th June 2013 / 5 days / 3 days |
Source: Eurogamer
Armonster9000
This would be a really cool rental service. But losing the games you have purchased would suck
ericzap
Geez, that’s expensive. Considering I picked up Borderlands for $20 used and Assassins’ Creed II on Boxing Day for $35, I’ll stick with the tried and true physical media.
uber-BARBIE
i think this will ba a fail especially for virgin costumers. as its a streaming service virgin only allow so many mb upload before they cut ya internet down. this is called the traffic monitoring service.its meant to keep it fair for the area.so at the end of the day if you go on youtube and stream acouple of vids ur 10 meg broadband gets reduced to 2mb and if ya 2mb broadband it gets reduced to under a quater of a meg which the later is mine ;(
Grey_Ghost13
Absolutely not interested in this at all, and I may be nasty but I hope it is a commercial fail and it disappears and based on the pricing my wish will come true!