[icebraining]

OnLive has been offering that service for five years (they got acquired a few months ago by Sony).

[ekianjo]

Are you sure? I thought Sony bought Gaikai, which is basically similar to OnLive - but a competitor service.

[paulhodge]

Sony did buy Gaikai, and they have been using their technology in a few PS4 services.

OnLive had a pretty aggressive trove of patents, and when OL finally shut down, Sony bought their patents. So the company wasn't really acquired, it was just a fire sale.

[icebraining]

From onlive.com: "Sony has acquired important parts of OnLive. Due to the sale, all OnLive services were discontinued as of April 30, 2015."

[ekianjo]

Got it. Wonder what happened to Gaikai then.

[sosborn]

Acquired by Sony in 2012.

[ekianjo]

As mentioned above, I'm well aware of that. I am wondering why they needed OnLine since they already had Gaikai.

[shkkmo]

As mentioned before, it sounds like they wanted the patents.