News Most GeForce Now tiers are currently sold out — Nvidia blames high demand for unavailability

[Admin]

Reportedly due to high demand, most GeForce Now subscription tiers are currently sold out.

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[EzzyB]

I'm sure this has absolutely nothing to do with an decent video card costing $1000 and a good one costing $2000 if you can find it at all.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

There could be several possibilities, but based on the given statement, it is fair to assume that Nvidia's servers are likely at full capacity and unable to keep up with the influx of new users.

Considering the Ultimate tier is still available I'd say it's more nVidia wanting people to pay more money.

 

[-Fran-]

I mean, can you blame people? With the prices going up and up and up what else can you... Oh...

Regards.

 

[ingtar33]

the fact that nvidia tricked that many people into playing video games on a remotely over the net on a terminal server is just utterly baffling to me. it just proves what i'm saying that nvidia has trained a loyal brand following of apple style sheeple into buying whatever junk they're peddling.

sureal stuff there.

 

[Quirkz]

the fact that nvidia tricked that many people into playing video games on a remotely over the net on a terminal server is just utterly baffling to me. it just proves what i'm saying that nvidia has trained a loyal brand following of apple style sheeple into buying whatever junk they're peddling.

sureal stuff there.

I don't use it myself, but it absolutely has a place. Some people can't afford a new gaming setup, but can afford 10 or 20 bucks a month for this.
Some people are on macs, or older computers, or portable devices without enough grunt on their own.

As long as your latency to the datacenter is low, and your bandwidth good, this is a very economical solution. Especially if you're not playing competitive shooters, and just want to be able to turn up the eye candy.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

the fact that nvidia tricked that many people into playing video games on a remotely over the net on a terminal server is just utterly baffling to me. it just proves what i'm saying that nvidia has trained a loyal brand following of apple style sheeple into buying whatever junk they're peddling.

sureal stuff there.

Geforce Now makes a lot of sense if you combine it with an XBOX Game Pass. $100 a year for GeForce Now Performance (2x6 months at $50), $144 a year for XBOX PC Gamepass (1x12 months at $12), basically $21 a month for access to a large library of games and the ability to play them on pretty much any device with access to fast internet, like the lower end student laptops and even phones on 5G UWB, it's far more affordable than buying a stack of games, especially for kids.

 

[thestryker]

the fact that nvidia tricked that many people into playing video games on a remotely over the net on a terminal server is just utterly baffling to me. it just proves what i'm saying that nvidia has trained a loyal brand following of apple style sheeple into buying whatever junk they're peddling.

sureal stuff there.

I've definitely used Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming on my ROG Ally instead of running locally for some bigger single player titles. It gets a lot less hot and if I'm disconnected from power the battery lasts significantly longer than running locally. While I wouldn't pay for a standalone game streaming service it absolutely makes sense for someone who doesn't have access to a gaming PC for whatever reason.

 

[CelicaGT]

Queue times? Session lengths? Not a chance. I work, so I game when I game and I'll pay for the privilege to do so when, and for how long I want. For 4 years of Ultimate I can buy a pretty decent GPU to last that long with zero restrictions. No deal. It's like everything streaming, you will pay, and pay, and pay. Once you're all hooked in come the ads and price increases.

 

[Joseph_138]

Or just maybe, it's the fact that Nvidia keeps charging too much for their graphics cards, while giving you less real performance, relying instead on AI to keep the framerates up, and gamers have had enough. Streaming gives them access to high level graphics card performance, without the need to buy the graphics card.

 

[Joseph_138]

the fact that nvidia tricked that many people into playing video games on a remotely over the net on a terminal server is just utterly baffling to me. it just proves what i'm saying that nvidia has trained a loyal brand following of apple style sheeple into buying whatever junk they're peddling.

sureal stuff there.

It makes sense for a lot of people. Many people have older PC's, or cheap, mass market PC's that are only capable of supporting a low level dedicated graphics card, and streaming gives them access to a much more powerful card, without spending $2k for an RTX 5090, and the additional cost of a new PC to put it in that can handle it. There's some additional latency, due to the time it takes to transmit the data across the internet, but the overall performance still comes out better than if you were using an older PC with a GTX 1650 in it. High end PC gaming experience, without the high end gaming PC.

 

[aberkae]

Strange because last month they had a $10 promotion for the ultimate tier.

 

[mac_angel]

read the title, only one thing came to mind.

LMFAO, yea, right.

 

[magbarn]

Considering the Ultimate tier is still available I'd say it's more nVidia wanting people to pay more money.

The more you buy the more you save! - Jensen