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Nvidia added The Long Dark to GeForce Now without permission, dev says

The Long Dark is the latest game to leave Nvidia's cloud gaming service GeForce Now and according to the developers, they had to ask for removal since Nvidia added the game to the GeForce Now library without their permission.

SegaGamer1512d ago

I'm happy to see the dev getting criticised for this on Twitter. It's like he doesn't understand how Geforce Now works or what it is. He seems to think we are playing games chosen by Nvidia themselves rather than our own games that we purchased from places like Steam. All people are doing is renting a machine to play their games on.

LordoftheCritics1510d ago

I think the issue might be logging in data.

Everytime i use it for Uplay and Steam, I have to log in. I wonder if its kind of like a privacy breach.

MrGameAndWatch1511d ago

I don't even understand why Nvidia is asking permission :/ The cloud gaming principle is well explained and players know they can have a good or a bad experience depending of external factors. Its basically paying for a remote desktop service, this has nothing to do with the owned library.
In fact, its even better for the devs/editors to be visible on GeForce Now, because players will buy games without worrying about the performance (or their weak PC). The games will always run just fine.

kryteris1511d ago

it is an internet cafe why the hell would permission be needed.

ocelot071511d ago

I just don't understand. Surely GFN helps developers? So far my experience with GFN has been great. I have been playing through Dark Souls 3 using solely GFN (free service) and a notebook that is not designed to play any sort of game. Yet I have been playing Dark Souls 3 most nights for a hour or so with no input lag at 60FPS and a resolution what looks like 900p.

I have a best of a gaming PC. But if all I had was this crappy notebook. Then I would 100% use GFN and gladly give developers money on Steam for there games.

Hungryalpaca1510d ago

It’s because they can’t sell the game again to let you play anywhere. There was another tweet along those aliens and the dev said “exactly”

roland821511d ago

I guess I need to ask the Long Dark developers for permission to play their game on a new pc. Seems like its the same logic

CaptainCook1510d ago

Do you pay monthly for your PC?

LordoftheCritics1510d ago

Why does that matter? You can pay installments for gaming pcs too.

What if it was free or a million dollars, why would it matter?

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Make your next GPU upgrade AMD as these latest-gen Radeon cards receive a special promotion

AMD has long been the best value option if you're looking for a new GPU. Now even their latest Radeon RX 7000 series is getting cheaper.

Father__Merrin22h ago

Best for the money is the Arc cards

just_looken21h ago

In the past yes but last gen amd has gotten cheaper and there new cards are on the horizon making 6k even cheaper.

The arc cards are no longer made by intel but asus/asrock has some the next line battlemage is coming out prices tbd.

Do to the longer software development its always best to go amd over intel if its not to much more money even though intel is a strong gpu i own 2/4 card versions.

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PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher

With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?

thorstein2d ago

No, and they already solved any need with the overlay that's coming.

Vits2d ago

Unless they are trying to kill their recently created PC business, I would advise against opening a dedicated PC store. It's an extremely hard endeavor, and people, in general, are very comfortable with Steam. Even Epic, with their billions of dollars invested, is still struggling to find a foothold, and they have Fortnite.

just_looken1d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

Money is one thing security is another but again millions have 0 knowledge past 2020.

Epic store for years struggled with a shopping cart/account theft/credit card theft

Rockstar launcher/store to this day over 5 years later still has horrific user interface security flaws lost account's and stolen CC

Then you got that activision need phone number oh we lost it launcher

The crown jewel is the ea launcher/store ea app 3 yrs old still has hundreds of threads were people lost games/accounts/game access or just straight up crashes.

Edit" Oh ubi launcher were you buy a game that may or may not be there again or work and the launcher 5yrs old still has no 4K support if you launch it on a 4k screen there is a high chance it will just crash.

ocelot072d ago

Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming.

It's just a known fact. The PC gaming community prefer Steam and Steam alone. They don't like different launchers. I personally don't mind them. But majority just stick with steam. Hence why EA and Ubisoft went back to on releasing on steam and why Microsoft release games on steam as people hated buying from the windows store.

The only other launchers that I imagine are doing ok is GOG due to being drm free and epic games due to the free games every week. Sony shouldn't release any sort of pc launcher n

Nitrowolf22d ago (Edited 2d ago )

It literally says in the OP that PC gamers don't like multiple launchers lol. It even mentions Steam being the go to for gamers

Tacoboto1d 21h ago

Title: "PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher"

N4G: "Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming"

When you don't even read the headline...

ocelot071d 18h ago

I read it and had a brain fart. As read the title then this "With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?"

So I hold my hands up on that mistake. Rest of my comment still stands.

Giblet_Head1d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

Steam and GOG are highly preferred because of the rich feature set. Ubisoft, Rockstar, EA, Epic etc have all set a precedent over the years for customers to instinctively expect individual publisher launchers to be so extremely half-assed that the majority simply don't want to bother dealing with what is almost an inevitable disappointment by comparison to Steam or GOG. Those publishers and their inaction or general disinterest to improve have effectively ruined any future adoption to be taken seriously.

Einhander19722d ago (Edited 2d ago )

This is just another ridiculous double standard article.

It's like how Microsoft can spend 20 years of making nothing but gaas and live service style games to sell microtransactions, dlc and subscriptions and get praise for doing it, but if Sony wants to make a single game like that every website under the sun is writing articles saying how Sony is anti-consumer or whatever.

derek1d 17h ago

Yep, huge double standard look at the tortured reaction to the ps5pro, websites hyperventilating like Sony is forcing people to buy it.

just_looken1d 10h ago

Wait my xbox from 2004 has avengers gaas on it? wow your so smart

m$ Gaas started with the other companies like sony

Gamepass yes they are deep into that but its still a huge money saver sense you do not own your games then get a service like that.

Now there pc xbox launcher that is trash for years now

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