OnLive Microconsole to connect its service with TV

OnLive, the cloud computing and gaming-on-demand platform, has come up with an adapter which connects the service to TV

OnLive has started taking orders for the Microconsole and the OnLive Wireless Controller that comes along with it. The package would cost $99, initially.

The size of the console is roughly the size of a VHS cassette, because the essential technology lies in the cloud itself. The console is an essential hook-up that connects the online gaming platform to a TV.

Users would be able to get access to the games library of OnLive. At present, there are 35 games on offer for demo. The system users would also be able to play the games on a PC or a Mac, through a browser download.

The OnLive initiative is especially directed at the broadening of the user base, for the service. They intend to reach a cross-section of the family, with their latest version.

Expanding user base
Joe Bentley, Vice-President of engineering at OnLive said, "Right now, we're still getting the early adopters, the hardcore gamers, the console will bring us a younger market, and we expect to attract a lot of families. Through the Christmas season we will broaden out to more families, adding titles like 'Lego' and 'Harry Potter.' You'll see it in our advertising campaign. We're going square up the middle."

Onlive is also planning to tap into the social networking games sector, very soon. Emphasizing this point he said, "We have some social networking games, in Q1, we will enhance our selection of social networking games. We'll get more of these games with time."

OnLive have been working on the development of the console, for some time now. The fluctuations in the internet connection have been one of the issues, which have been bothering the developers. Onlive has tried to smoothen out the creases in this TV version.

Stressing on the flamboyance of the developed version, Bentley said, "To facilitate TV connectivity, the company works its Internet connection directly through the provider. This adjusts to your Internet connection and creates a feedback loop -- it's a very adaptive protocol."

Rob Enderle, of the Enderle Group said, "This is revolutionary. For a hundred bucks, you get a product that will never become obsolete."

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