Tag archive for ‘Nintendo’

OnLive closes major investment

OnLive has closed another round of funding on Tuesday with AT&T Media Holdings, Inc., Lauder Partners, Warner Bros., Autodesk and Maverick Capital.
“The funding is much larger than our previous rounds,” says Steve Perlman, the founder of OnLive. He went on to say that the new partners “gives us a serious jolt of rocket fuel as [...]

Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime addresses OnLive

VentureBeat interviews Reggie, president of Nintendo America, about his thoughts of OnLive’s game service. They are negative, to say the least.
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Nintendo ’scoffs’ at OnLive

Either Reggie, the president of Nintendo America, is a good actor, or Nintendo really doesn’t care about OnLive.
Not too long ago, I wrote an editorial about how Nintendo would probably outlast the other consoles if OnLive truly threatened them. Still, I believe his attitude is unwarranted.
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Game industry executives react to OnLive video games on demand announcement

Some of the game industry’s heavyweights like Nintendo and the designer of Spore voiced their opinions about OnLive’s gaming service in this article. It’s very interesting to read their views. Many remain neutral, a few are skeptical, and the rest are intrigued by the service.
Perlman also provides a very technical explanation in response to criticisms [...]