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Nvidia GeForce Now faces backlash and cancelations from fans as new playtime limit announced

Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service faces backlash following an announcement that limits playtime to 100 hours per month.

OtterX184d ago

One thing you never do with gamers is give them play limits. That'll never go over well!

thorstein184d ago

If they limited it to 750 hours a month, they'd still complain.

thorstein184d ago

Most months have 740 hours... way to go N4G!

JL2930184d ago

Why are you sensitive over a arrow next to a comment?

thorstein184d ago

@JL Sensitive? Me making fun of gamers who a) complain about anything and b) couldn't figure out that 750 hours a month wouldn't be a limitation is hilarious. And calling them out is even funnier. Just like how angry you are because I pointed that out.

Now I get to laugh at you... you fell for it to, didn't you?

DodoDojo183d ago

No genius, you're getting down votes for seemingly defending crappy practices. As if complaining about a 100 hour limit is unreasonable.

S2Killinit183d ago

I people unliked your comment because it sounds like you are blaming them for being too entitled for not wanting time limitation.

gunfan183d ago (Edited 183d ago )

This is perfect. So many triggered by this. 750 a month is no enough. If this ever happens I only hope the unused time especially in February rollover.

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Amplitude184d ago (Edited 184d ago )

You do kind of need limits on streaming, though. You're temporarily renting a PC to play your games on and using pretty massive amounts of data. You cant really just leave that run 24/7

Not saying NVidia made the right move here by attacking literally all of the top GeForce Now users, but they definitely made an absurdly generous move by *not* having limits prior to this. Anyway, this is just another reason why streaming can never be the future for games. GeForce Now is by far the best as far as bit rate, resolution, hardware (4080), price, and response rate (heck, its not like they even sell you games. You connect it right to Steam and stream the supported games you already own) - but even GeForce Now is completely awful compared to a local install.

Profchaos184d ago

If you're offering a subscription service you really need your infrastructure scalable

jwillj2k4184d ago

That’s the whole point of the subscription, smart guy. I’m paying for that rental already. Raise the price up if you need to, but don’t tell me how much time I get to play I’m not a child.

Amplitude183d ago (Edited 183d ago )

You're not paying for a rental, jwill. You're thinking of any other streaming service.

GeForce Now connects directly to your Steam, Epic, Blizzard etc accounts and let's you play the games you bought on those stores, but streaming remotely from a PC with a 4080.

The 20 bucks per month can't possibly let you stream 24/7 365 days per year. That would be an absurd business for NVidia.

jwillj2k4182d ago (Edited 182d ago )

You said absolutely nothing to help your argument. As I’ve stated before, they should raise their prices if it’s not sustainable. The tech for how it works doesn’t matter. I am paying to play don’t limit how much time I have just increase the cost to cover it. Keep in mind all of this Is for bleeding edge of people who have this kind of expendable income.

What’s the more acceptable message to a user of this caliber?

“Due to unforeseen cost, we are going to limit how much you can game even though you’re renting”
or
“Due to unforeseen cost, we’re going to need to increase the cost of the service to ensure you can game as much as you want”

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Eonjay184d ago

Nvidia claims the 100-hour monthly playtime “accommodates 94% of members”

Gotta love the PR speak. How do adding restrictions accomidate anyone?

DarXyde184d ago

Sounds like these people need PS5s.

.....Where play has no limits 😎

OtterX184d ago

Ooohh!! 😎😎

((nicely played!))

badz149184d ago

Sony needs to be on this quick!

Rynxie184d ago (Edited 184d ago )

As long as you cough up $80+ a year and settle for only having two preset customization options for you games. .

lelo2play182d ago

If I want to play 25 hours a day, nobody can stop me...

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gold_drake184d ago (Edited 184d ago )

the fuck?

ill decide how long im going to play, not them., especially if i have to pay for it

thorstein184d ago

"If you want to play more then you'll have to pay more." -Nvidia suit probably.

Amplitude184d ago

GeForce Now actually has a completely free tier that lets you play for an hour. There's no time limit between sessions either, so you can just immediately boot back into the game every hour.
NVidia is hardly money-starved. This had to have been a big enough financial loss that they decided to take the L.

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Relientk77184d ago

That's so stupid. They thought gamers would be ok with this? Lol

QuantumMechanic184d ago (Edited 184d ago )

Here comes the inevitable slow squeeze. The managers of these game-streaming services are drooling over the prospect of a return to arcade-like monetization: pay per unit-time; no end-user physical ownership!

MeteorPanda184d ago

An arcade where you bring your own games lol

Gamingsince1981184d ago

You don't even own the games though

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH184d ago

Let’s see how long it takes them to reverse this terrible decision.

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