Some great insights about OnLive’s benefits are mentioned in this blog. These include solving the problem of cheating and piracy, as well as the relative ease of developing multiplayer games.
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Steve Perlman, the founder of OnLive, admits that console systems aren’t going away any time soon. He also reaffirms the perfection of the OnLive game service to deliver games to entry-level computers with no lag.
The game service may also very well end console wars and piracy.
Clues about the pricing still remain up in the air. [...]