Steve Perlman, Founder and CEO of OnLive, announced today that the increasingly-popular game-streaming service is on its way to Google TV owners, via an app which will be available on the Android Market.
In a blog post titled “Console-class Gaming Comes to Google TV,” Perlman himself made the announcement:
Convergence of this magnitude cannot be understated. With Apple TV, Boxee, Roku, and the multitude of other internet-ready multimedia streaming devices out there, Google TV’s OnLive gambit puts the big G in a considerably loftier market-position than it was yesterday. But wait, there’s more.
With OnLive, the latest high-performance videogames stream just as instantly as videos or movies. It’s really cool.
In the same blog post, Perlman went on to announce that, at this week’s CES, VIZIO are showing-off the new V.I.A. Plus features, including – you guessed it – Google TV 2.0 with OnLive built-in:
And there you have it: At some point while you were reading this article, the future arrived. Although OnLive functionality on Google TV isn’t at 100% just yet, Google TV owners can download the OnLive Viewer app from the Android Market right now, and enjoy all the features of OnLive, except actually playing the games. Now, that might not sound all that impressive, but any current OnLive owner will tell you, the Arena function alone is worth the price of admission – the price of exactly zero dollars.
OnLive’s transformation from scrappy-upstart alternative gaming service to fully-realized console-threatener is almost complete. For example, I can currently play my OnLive catalog on my iphone, ipad, desktop PC and netbook, which is not too shabby at all. NetFlix, on the other hand is available to me on all those devices and every TV in my home. With the Google TV and VIZIO news today, it only a matter of time before OnLive is everywhere and, ultimately becomes self-aware.
Sources: The Official Google TV Blog, Google TV, Android Market
