OnLive.

I read an interesting article on Yahoo!'s video game site yesterday. A start-up company called OnLive is releasing a subscription gaming service early next year. The major difference when you compare it to the Xbox, Wii and Playstation is that there isn't a major hardware purchase; game are streamed onto your TV through your internet connection, so there also aren't any games to buy and there is zero install or download wait times. You can even stream it onto your Mac or PC. Personally, I'm kind of shocked it's taken this long for someone to develop this. The subscription cost is rumored to be competitive with Xbox Live and they are already partnered with some major gaming companies.