OnLive

5 Advantages:

• Bring gaming communities together eg. Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo.
• Easier for gamers to access games.
• With this, it makes it cheaper to produce games for the manufacturer and also the consumer.
• Less environmental waste.
• As consumers are forced to access games via the same website this is an opportunity for OnLive to monopolise on marketing.
  

5 Disadvantages:

• The awkwardness of PC game play. Every gamer knows the unfortunate controls that are given to us when we play a game via the PC or Mac. Unlike the major games consoles with specifically designed controllers when playing on the PC or Mac users are forced to use a joystick or keyboard.
• Internet connection is not consistent across the world.
• Would destroy the industry. Console manufacturers, designers, distributors, publishers are just some areas that would be affected.
• Socially the gaming community would be affected. Trading games, playing with friends, and borrowing each others games.
• The system would be liable to hackers, which could put the whole system down for a lengthy time.