Monday, March 9th 2020
2K Games Removes Library From GeForce Now Game Streaming Service
Another one bites the dust: 2K Games has told NVIDIA that it is removing their games catalog from the GeForce Now game streaming service. Fresh out of beta little more than a month now - with a then-touted 1,000 plus games library - the green team's streaming service, which was received with good reviews and good customer feedback, is now looking ever more stale as publishers keep leaving the service in droves.
It is still unclear why publishers are quitting the streaming service, but this doesn't spell good to the future of streaming. The fact that users only need to import a copy of their already purchased game to GeForce Now can be a reason, with removed the need for gamers to re-purchase their games across multiple (mobile or non-mobile) gaming platforms. Another reason may be that publishers are fearful this streaming ability from NVIDIA could cut into sales from next-gen consoles, since users wouldn't have to upgrade their hardware to be able to play the latest and greatest, non-exclusive titles to be released for next-gen systems. Whatever the reason, this doesn't bode well for the future of NVIDIA's streaming efforts.
Publishers who have already vacated their seats on NVIDIA's GeForce Now program are the following:
Source:
Tom's Hardware
It is still unclear why publishers are quitting the streaming service, but this doesn't spell good to the future of streaming. The fact that users only need to import a copy of their already purchased game to GeForce Now can be a reason, with removed the need for gamers to re-purchase their games across multiple (mobile or non-mobile) gaming platforms. Another reason may be that publishers are fearful this streaming ability from NVIDIA could cut into sales from next-gen consoles, since users wouldn't have to upgrade their hardware to be able to play the latest and greatest, non-exclusive titles to be released for next-gen systems. Whatever the reason, this doesn't bode well for the future of NVIDIA's streaming efforts.
- Capcom
- Electronic Arts
- Konami
- Remedy
- Rockstar Games
- Square Enix
- Activision Blizzard
- Bethesda Softworks
38 Comments on 2K Games Removes Library From GeForce Now Game Streaming Service
I guess scared publishers do show that is the case.
How many companies are still IN from the triple A publisher's?
Sounds like good news to me!
All these publishers that pulled out are more than likely to try and roll their own... more restricted version for same or more money.
It ain't gonna work. Consumers are fed up already with a gazillion different game launchers. But these publishers sure are going to try (and fail)
NVidia's streaming service was at least pro-consumer. I'm not at all interested in streaming, but this was at least a good, customer friendly way to do it. All these publishers that pulled their games from the service, just told me they're not interested at all in doing right by their customers, although looking at the list, I think many of us knew that already, hah.
Its like they want to control on what pc i play my Steam games on...
Well the number of pubs on my blacklist is growning very large. Guess i won't be getting Doom Eternal afterall.
Like I said, I think NVIDIA only got a 30 day contract out of these publishers and the publishers are choosing not to extend it. My guess is NVIDIA isn't offering enough compensation. The publishers would rather severe ties and make the sales.
Nvidia is NOT distributing games.
You are playing YOUR OWN games from your Steam, Epic library
Login to Steam on their pc and play the games you have already paid for.
Where in the Steam TOS does it define you have to run Steam on your own hardware???
Sure, it might be playing your own games, using nvidias tech, but its not like they havent tried to bait and switch before, and i for one prefer to trust these companies as little as humanly possible
In the streaming wars, its gotten to the point that keeping track of what services offer what content at what price and how to get what you want without overpaying is an absolute chore, just like cable TV was, and just like cable TV, people are going to return to pirating because it is more convenient. Buying what you want on a single storefront is more convenient then keeping track of multiple streaming services with segmented content. Game streaming will end up with the same problem that media streaming has, give it a few years, and 2K, EA, ubisoft, et. al. will all have their own streaming services. You will end up spending more money subscribing to all these companies for an inferior experience then buying the games you want to play outright.
Then there is the playing experience. No streaming service has been able to defeat physics yet, both stadia and geforce now have inferior response times for controls then local systems provide, even if said systems are incapable of providing the graphical fidelity these streaming services provide, assuming you have gigabit fiber and not, say, 25-50Mbps cable because you have no access to anything faster like the majority of America does, or if you have an oversubscribed connection that will have high latency in the evening when everyone is relaxing after work, which is common everywhere.
You could argue that it is good for casual gamers who dont want to put the money into maintaining a big PC, but these are the same people that have driven the current micro transaction laden DLC infused pre order bonus smothered loot box hell hole that is modern gaming. Streaming provides an objectively inferior experience, and ir is ripe for exploitation by publishers to exert even more psychopathic control over their customers.
After watching what it has done to TV and movies, yeah keep that hot sewage far from my games.
EDIT: I do this by choice, but I know plenty of people even in this country with mobile connections being their only choice. My cousin recently bought a house and it lacks fiber and there's no DSL to be had.
If it is not running local to my system and/or will not run offline, it will not be running on my system.