Nvidia is capping game streaming hours on GeForce Now instead of raising fee

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Nvidia is announcing some big changes to its GeForce Now cloud streaming service today. The existing Priority membership is being renamed to Performance, with 1440p streaming, ultrawide resolution support, and the ability to save graphics settings across streaming sessions. Nvidia is also introducing a 100-hour monthly playtime cap for new Performance or Ultimate GeForce Now members starting on January 1st, 2025.
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New GeForce Now members that sign up for the service from 2025 onward will have a cap on monthly playtime set at 100 hours. That works out to around three hours of usage every day of the month, and Nvidia says it's putting the cap in place to avoid increasing membership prices "in the foreseeable future."
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People who defend cloud and rent services are really stupid. When this become the only model to play(cloud + rent ms dream) they will control everything even how long you play.
 
Sanepar said:
People who defend cloud and rent services are really stupid. When this become the only model to play(cloud + rent ms dream) they will control everything even how long you play.
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That is like saying that you can't buy Blu-Rays and DVDs because Netflix exists. Apples and oranges.
 
Monthly limit of 100 hrs ?

That sounds incredibly low, especially for people who might be using this service frequently.
 
Magic Carpet said:
3.3 hours a day is not bad. No way I could get in that much gaming even if I tried.
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that's how it starts, but in reality the situation is probably 98% of users use it less than that and a tiny minority use it for like, 2 or 3 times that. They want those people out because t hey are using an insanely disproportionate amount of the time.
 
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adamsapple said:
Monthly limit of 100 hrs ?

That sounds incredibly low, especially for people who might be using this service frequently.
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3.3 hours daily isn't 'incredibly low' at all for most people.

DryvBy said:
This stage of conditioning is "it's not that bad". Wait until you're used to that and they make changes. Netflix used to be cheap with way more content.
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This seems a better route to take vs increasing prices for everyone.

Sanepar said:
People who defend cloud and rent services are really stupid. When this become the only model to play(cloud + rent ms dream) they will control everything even how long you play.
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If this becomes the only model, wouldn't you have much bigger problems, namely the utter disappearance of Steam and your Steam library?
 
I am not defending this but I assume they have data that shows current usage trends and based their decision on that. Keep the majority of customers by not raising prices and lose those that abuse it and take up more resources. Doesn't this service have a queue? I wonder if there are people that stay logged in to avoid a queue?
 
Magic Carpet said:
3.3 hours a day is not bad. No way I could get in that much gaming even if I tried.
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The tunnel vision on display here is mindblowing.

After you accept that 3.3 hrs a day is fine, what happens when Nvidia say 2 hours a day then 1 hour a day?

You've already capitulated to 3.3, why wouldnt you capitulated to 1 hour a day?

And all the other stream servcies you subsribe to, Netflix, Disney+, Prime, 3.3 hours a day fine there also?
 
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Since it's not my main go to. It is what it is. I do have ultimate and only on my days off with nothing to do will I pull off 6+ hours play time. Although any cap implementation is horrible. I hated it when Xfinity did it and this is no excuse just another way of control.

Wouldn't they have to increase prices anyways when they swap out to 5x cards.. and then keep the max daily limit. I call BS.
 
The next step is hourly tarrifs. This will apply to all these cloud streaming services.

It's inevitable since that's what the execs want.
 
This sets a terrible precedent. Even though I'm unlikely to ever exceed the limit, just the knowledge that it's there is enough to completely turn me off of the service. Maybe irrational, but that's how I feel.
 
Absolutely hilarious.

I pointed out that there is no way MS or Sony can have 100 million console servers ready at launch when they finally go cloud only. the cost will be too much. Nvidia makes their own GPUs and even they cant match the lousy demand of a few thousand players.
 
Sybrix said:
The tunnel vision on display here is mindblowing.

After you accept that 3.3 hrs a day is fine, what happens when Nvidia say 2 hours a day then 1 hour a day?

You've already capitulated to 3.3, why wouldnt you capitulated to 1 hour a day?

And all the other stream servcies you subsribe to, Netflix, Disney+, Prime, 3.3 hours a day fine there also?
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Then you don't subscribe?
 
Ozriel said:
3.3 hours daily isn't 'incredibly low' at all for most people.



This seems a better route to take vs increasing prices for everyone.



If this becomes the only model, wouldn't you have much bigger problems, namely the utter disappearance of Steam and your Steam library?
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Steam library is available on geforce now service and probably will be on Xbox Cloud one day.
 
Maybe if they didn't concede to devs complaining about not authorizing Nvidia to stream their games it might be worth investing in, but too many games are missing, and I'm still salty about them gutting Gamestream for this.
 
3.3 hours per day ought to be enough. You play some of your games from your device and you play some others through cloud.
 
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Sanepar said:
People who defend cloud and rent services are really stupid. When this become the only model to play(cloud + rent ms dream) they will control everything even how long you play.
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Consumers will get what they deserve by voting with their wallets.

I will make sure i have a healthy backlog until then, that will last me the rest of my lifetime.
 
NeverYouMind said:
That is like saying that you can't buy Blu-Rays and DVDs because Netflix exists. Apples and oranges.
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There are more and more shows on streaming services that you cannot buy DVDs/BDs for.

Big City Greens is one of Disney's biggest shows right now and has been on air since 2018, it has not had a single physical release.
 
Pidull said:
There are more and more shows on streaming services that you cannot buy DVDs/BDs for.

Big City Greens is one of Disney's biggest shows right now and has been on air since 2018, it has not had a single physical release.
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Let me just go play those great Nvidia games. BRB.
 
Pidull said:
There are more and more shows on streaming services that you cannot buy DVDs/BDs for.

Big City Greens is one of Disney's biggest shows right now and has been on air since 2018, it has not had a single physical release.
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A poorly drawn cartoon that would probably not sell...
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Gross, even just the thought of being limited like that is off putting even if you don't game 100 hours for most months of the year.
 
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