Re: OnLive service in danger
Just saw this a few minutes ago, actually. Never dealt with it though, so no idea what this means for the industry.
Re: OnLive service in danger
They're officially bankrupt, btw.
Re: OnLive service in danger
And fired everyone. I think that qualifies as more than "in danger".
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Kotaku is reporting that they were bought by a "newly formed company".
http://kotaku.com/5935876/onlive-sol...ntinue-service
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Re: OnLive service in danger
It sounds like the layoffs were just a part of the motion of things. They go on later to state that they will be rehiring a good portion of the OnLive staff at a later time.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasoneva...g-acquisition/
Re: OnLive service in danger
I like the latest summary;
http://www.tech-stew.com/post/2012/0...in-OnLive.aspx
Or as Slashdot put it;
"This effectively means that OnLive was essentially bought out by OnLive, or rather, more specifically, one of their original investors in the company who backed the startup back in 2009."