NVIDIA GeForce Now Gimps Game Streaming With New Monetization, Monthly Play Time Caps

[RayneYoruka]

Sucker them in good pricing and features then start the enshitification process. And people really thought these services were going to replace dedicated, at-home hardware? lol

This, literally

 

[lexluthermiester]

Next step? Commercial breaks featuring pharmaceutical companies.

Yeah very likely.

 

[Cheeseball]

seriously, who has time to play video games for 100+ hours a month besides this guy!?

I understand the gripe, it's a shitty policy based on principle, but......lol.....wow.....some people don't do moderation well. being addicted to video games is not healthy.

Thats only just above 3 hours a day. That's completely doable for most adults nowadays.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

seriously, who has time to play video games for 100+ hours a month besides this guy!?

I understand the gripe, it's a shitty policy based on principle, but......lol.....wow.....some people don't do moderation well. being addicted to video games is not healthy.

It's 100 hours, who needs 90 hours? 80 hours is fine, why are you complaining about 70 hours, 60 hours is more then enough!

Give them an inch and they will take a mile. Apparently we have to cram this lesson into people's head with a 2x4.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Thats only just above 3 hours a day. That's completely doable for most adults nowadays.

People watch more TV/Streaming than that..

 

[TumbleGeorge]

Alisa: Delete gimps!

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

seriously, who has time to play video games for 100+ hours a month besides this guy!?

I understand the gripe, it's a shitty policy based on principle, but......lol.....wow.....some people don't do moderation well. being addicted to video games is not healthy.

I agree that 100 hours a month on a hobby/recreation of any kind is probably a bit on the high side. I'm lucky to get an hour a night, but maybe in my younger days, it was more likely. I guess when you consider we used to just watch TV for 3+ hours a day, gaming probably just replaced that habit...maybe. Excessive screen time is definitely not great for us, though.

It's 100 hours, who needs 90 hours? 80 hours is fine, why are you complaining about 70 hours, 60 hours is more then enough!

Give them an inch and they will take a mile. Apparently we have to cram this lesson into people's head with a 2x4.

I don't think OP was saying a limit of any kind is okay, but rather playing games in excess was his point.

 

[TumbleGeorge]

Corporation make parental control on you? When you is a free, adult citizen of free democratic country.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

I agree that 100 hours a month on a hobby/recreation of any kind is probably a bit on the high side. I'm lucky to get an hour a night, but maybe in my younger days, it was more likely. I guess when you consider we used to just watch TV for 3+ hours a day, gaming probably just replaced that habit...maybe. Excessive screen time is definitely not great for us, though.

I don't think OP was saying a limit of any kind is okay, but rather playing games in excess was his point.

My point was that just because a limit seems reasonable, simply by introducing the limit, they have now introduced a new metric which they can crank down on to squeeze you dry. Woldnt surprise me one day to see play time being metered out and "bought" like microtransaction currency. It's like data caps on home internet, just because you usually dont hit it doesnt mean they wont clamp down further on the cap to increase profits.

 

[Nater]

It makes me chuckle. What's next, little coin slots on our hardware?!

 

[Bwaze]

I think Nvidia found better things to do with all the hardware they installed with gamers’ money - and yes, it’s AI. So I would expect even harder limitations down the road, sudden quality drop (they can render your game at really low resolution an upscale it, you can’t tell the difference), even total drop outs of service…

 

[john_]

The 3.6 Trillion company that sells millions of racks and server GPUs, can't add extra hardware to it's GeForce Now servers so "to continue providing exceptional quality and speed—as well as shorter queue times."

 

[eidairaman1]

Just stop buying their stuff

 

[renz496]

so.... who cares? the mass majority are not using this service. even most that discussing how bad this cap here at TPU are not using GFN. real man have rig. and to be honest i was surprise that nvidia still not kill GFN long time ago. they have been keeping this business for more than a decade.

 

[Dr. Dro]

seriously, who has time to play video games for 100+ hours a month bsides this guy!?

I understand the gripe, it's a shitty policy based on principle, but......lol.....wow.....some people don't do moderation well. being addicted to video games is not healthy.

I do more than 100h a week on Genshin alone.

I wish I had more time, but I am not quite like that guy yet

 

[Legacy-ZA]

Mghahahhehehahahahahahahbwghagaghahagaggfhehehahahheheehehahhahaha.

Where are our clown emojis?

This isn't a service, this is restrictive and invasive, better to just own your own rig.

 

[Shihab]

I understand the gripe, it's a shitty policy based on principle, but......lol.....wow.....some people don't do moderation well. being addicted to video games is not healthy.

Same opinion I have on China's video game restrictions for minors (which I'm surprised anyone is yet to compare this one to).

On topic, are we still getting surprised when some cloud service with obviously unsustainble pricing/offering starts to restrict functionality and jack up prices later on?

 

[Dirt Chip]

Froggy frogs in the pot.

 

[A&P211]

This, literally

Its how lots of video streaming services started.

 

[TheDeeGee]

Surprised it's still alive to be honest, seeing every other game streaming platform died swiftly.

 

[A&P211]

It makes me chuckle. What's next, little coin slots on our hardware?!

I like to see politicians with little quarter coin slots in their back side. Drop 4 quarters, rent a politician for 10min.
They are old, so they wont have a debit card machine, its all operated by quarters.

 

[Chomiq]

Great! This is exactly what we need - people to finally realize that GeForce Now isn't there to make your life better - it's there to generate profit for Nvidia.

 

[Vayra86]

This is the future of PC gaming and it's already locked in.

Yeah, totally, look at how great it is, those price hikes!

Lmao
This ain't going nowhere, but they're trying hard, I agree.

Thanks but no thanks I will keep my Games on local storage and not bother with this subscription World they are trying to shove down our throats. First MS with it's 365 BS and now this. At least with Game Pass you get to play as long as you want.

No, you're still in a service model with a gatekeeper function, you have and own nothing, and you never will. If MS chooses to monitor and limit playtime you're fucked just the same. They'll just not allow you to get updates, or whatever.

Don't fool yourself. Cloud is always a clusterfuck - even Steam isn't entirely 'safe', it just has the neat quality not costing a monthly fee.

The 3.6 Trillion company that sells millions of racks and server GPUs, can't add extra hardware to it's GeForce Now servers so "to continue providing exceptional quality and speed—as well as shorter queue times."

That moment you realize you've created such an inefficient, cloud driven service-model-mess you can't even provide enough juice to keep it all going.

Amazing isn't it. Between AI and RT I bet Nvidia is world leader in wasted energy and E-waste. Crypto bad? Nvidia just says 'hold my beer'.

If this isn't a bubble going to pop, we're in an alternate dimension.

 

[Legacy-ZA]

Yeah, totally, look at how great it is, those price hikes!

Lmao
This ain't going nowhere, but they're trying hard, I agree.


No, you're still in a service model with a gatekeeper function, you have and own nothing, and you never will. If MS chooses to monitor and limit playtime you're fucked just the same. They'll just not allow you to get updates, or whatever.

Don't fool yourself. Cloud is always a clusterfuck - even Steam isn't entirely 'safe', it just has the neat quality not costing a monthly fee.


That moment you realize you've created such an inefficient, cloud driven service-model-mess you can't even provide enough juice to keep it all going.

Amazing isn't it. Between AI and RT I bet Nvidia is world leader in wasted energy and E-waste. Crypto bad? Nvidia just says 'hold my beer'.

If this isn't a bubble going to pop, we're in an alternate dimension.

I really do wish GoG would make it possible that, as it links to your Steam account, it can see what games you already own and unlock the full version of that game on their platform. I want to store them all on a massive HDD, this thing about "you don't own it" after buying digital content is just not working for me, I actually call this theft, but hey, what do I know.

This restriction from nVidia is a joke, I can tell you, I have found myself physically incapacitated in many ways before, that give me more than 10 hours I can waste per day and where I game to keep my mind occupied while recuperating.

 

[FoulOnWhite]

seriously, who has time to play video games for 100+ hours a month besides this guy!?

I understand the gripe, it's a shitty policy based on principle, but......lol.....wow.....some people don't do moderation well. being addicted to video games is not healthy.

My mate does

Just goes to show, hardware at home is the winner here.