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kris

by kris

What would it take for you to stop shopping at GameStop?
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Last week it was discovered that GameStop was removing coupons for a free OnLive download of Deus Ex: Human Revolution from PC copies of Deus Ex. Read more about that here: http://gdgt.com/question/did-you-preorder-deus-ex-... A few days ago they offered an apology to those customers affected, giving them a $50 gift card (plus a "buy 2 used games, get 1 free" deal) to try and smooth over the negative publicity generated by their actions. Regardless, a... Read more →
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dave

by dave

Did you preorder Deus Ex from GameStop and receive an OnLive code?
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Square Enix apparently provided OnLive coupon codes inside the PC version of Deus Ex. This is a pretty cool move that allows gamers to play the game on their PCs, or on any device that supports the OnLive game system (which we've talked about before on gdgt -- it's a pretty interesting idea). Ars Technica is reporting that GameStop of ordered its employees to open up boxes of the game to remove these OnLive coupons. It's rather nefarious and sounds borderline illegal. From Ars Technica: "If you... Read more →
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cass

by cass

Would you buy an OnLive subscription if you can have the cloud gaming experience on your television AND tablet?
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OnLive just announced a new universal controller that can be used with various devices that includes their MicroConsole, PCs, and tablets. They weren't clear on how this works exactly, it's not bluetooth, but Engadget has video of it paired with an HTC Flyer and it looks pretty good. After playing with OnLive at one of the gdgt Live events, I'm pretty impressed on how well the service works and having this console gaming experience in such a portable package sounds pretty amazing. The only issue... Read more →
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DanJ

by DanJ

What is holding the OnLive game selection back?
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Everything I have heard about OnLive makes me think its tech is without a doubt the next (and last) gen gaming experience. OnLive offers the ability to access far superior graphics performance than any console, and it would be continually upgradable on the server side, without customers having to by a new box. Furthermore, it can serve up high fidelity gaming across any device as long as you have some good internet around. That being said, a gaming console is only ever as good as its selection -... Read more →
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