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OnLive is one of the few game streaming companies that can be labeled as competitors to Gakai, the service which Sony bought out recently. OnLive is based in the US and delivers streaming services for all the latest games from just about every publisher you can think of and delivers that content through your web browser.

Recently an e-mail leaked that hinted the company might be shutting down and laying off its staff. It was picked up by game developer Brian Fargo and he put it on his twitter account. As usual, one tweet was enough to set the entire internet ablaze and wetting itself with rumours that the company was indeed closing its doors. Interestingly, the e-mail also suggested that the company would shut down almost overnight, very similar to Kingdoms of Amalur developers 38 Studios, who dissolved in almost a week.

UPDATE: The e-mail leak is real and the company underwent a bit of restructuring. More info after the jump.

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Okay, so this last week streaming cloud company Gakai announced that they’ve now launched a streaming app for PC games on Facebook, allowing gamers who don’t have the kind of hardware required for playing their favourite games on High to access the entire experience via their desktop browser. While this isn’t a new idea, I’m going to rather look at why its not the money maker it should be, for now.

Pictured: Game streaming, clearly not working.

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OnLive, in case you’ve forgotten, is a cloud based game streaming service that’s available for wealthy people with reliably fast internet connections. In other words: nobody in South Africa. The subscription based service allows you to stream games over the internet to your TV via a tiny set-top box.

Naturally it is entirely dependent on super-fast ADSL connections, but that’s not stopping the company behind the service from chatting up Microsoft and Sony. If OnLive boss Bruce Grove gets his way, his service will be built into the next Xbox and the PlayStation 4.

“We know how to do it. There are a lot of things we could bring to the table and they could bring to the table. It would certainly be a discussion we would love to have. It would be very interesting.”

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