[citation][nom]KawiNinjaZX[/nom]The problem is, people don't want to rely on their internet connection to be able to play games. All this cloud gaming and cloud media makes me nervous because if your internet is down you gotta break out the board games.[/citation]
I'm not saying you're wrong, but on the other hand, when you have "always on" DRM--take, for example, Steam (unless you didn't activate offline mode), you're still required to have an internet connection just to be able to play a game. Now, that gameplay is not dictated by your connection speed, but if you're without a connection you're still SOL.
OnLive--while I don't consider it that great--is probably what gaming will morph into in the future. I just think that OnLive is ahead of its time for a lot of reasons.
Also, I expect OnLive to shrivel up and vanish, and I couldn't imagine anyone dumping money into it in the future knowing what they pulled the first time around.