A potential gaming revolution?

[Xiahou]

I for one don't think shifting from paying for hardware you own to temporary server usage you don't is a giant leap forward, but thats just me..

I agree. I have no interest in this product at all.

Obviously, it's main appeal is going to be price. Instead of buying a new PC every 2-3yrs to play the latest games, or instead of trying to own every console, you just "rent" the hardware from them. Unless I'm mistaken, you're still going to have to "buy" your games and then pay them to host your games as opposed to owning your own hardware.

So let's say it saves you money on hardware costs- what are the tradeoffs?

-You're dependent on them to keep the hardware running.
-You have to be online at all times when playing a game. Something tells me this might be bandwidth intensive. If the Internet connection on your end, their end, or any point in between goes down.... NO GAMES!
-You're dependent on the whims of the Internets to give you a lag free connection. Game video must be streamed to you while your control inputs are sent to their servers. Any lag at all in this process would have to be very noticeable.
-No second sales, no trading games to friends, no portability- period. You can play the game on your onlive account- that's it.

No thanks, I'd rather keep my own hardware.

Edit: The controller also looks hideous.