OnLive iPad app now available, but doesn't support gameplay streaming yet

What is needed is a Bluetooth keyboard in the shape of a game controller. Technically, it would be trivial to provide a different design - it would depend if the lag introduced would be an issue in fast action and if someone could quickly establish a 'standard' that all game makers could adopt. I guess it really needs Apple to do that (where as if it were on a PC, manufacturers and game writers have a long history of innovation and taking risks going back to all the myriad graphics and sound cards and weird an wonderful input devices, Apple devs tend to be more risk advers as they know Apple has a history of stomping all over innovation if they decide it's not the right sort of innovation, or slightly tweaking it and releasing it as an official option that renders all the earlier work obsolete. Not a criticism as this approach has it's merits, just an observation that it really needs Job's up their on stage announcing the 'iPhone/iPad/iPod/Mac iConsole' before it's likely to happen :)

I hope that they aren't using this as a gauge of interest. I have several games with OnLive, but I wouldn't bother with the iPad app if I can't play them there.

Definitely agree about the iPad controller aspect of things, but there are MILLIONS of people with iPads out there so they need to try and crack that nut open and see what goodness is inside.

I had a chance to try out the app at PAX in September. It was an interesting demo being able to play Prince of Persia on the iPad, but obviously trying to emulate touch controls for a game that was designed with an Xbox controller in mind is not a great experience. Plus publishers would have to sign off the iPad as an additional device people could play on.

Anything to increase exposure is good for them. They also announced that they're going to have movies in 2011. If they get enough deals in place and on different devices, these guys can definitely be a direct competitor to Netflix.