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They tried it in the early 2000s, when the network throughput and latency just wasn't what it needed to be. Now we have much better networks, more available cloud computing, and a populace that's more used to streaming things. I'm not sure people would accept it just yet, but I don't think OnLive would fail quite so spectacularly now.

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Early 2000s? The company was founded in 2003, and I can't seem to find any articles mentioning them prior to 2009.

Yes, they didn't get going until then, and ended up running... 4 years total?

For strategy games and such, I'm sure streaming will always be viable. As we move into the VR realm, even a tiny amount of latency won't be acceptable. So we're always going to need local rendering for action games.

I used OnLive. Onlives problem was NOT latency. It was shit content.

Yep. I was willing to pay for good games, but they had nothing new for years.

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