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Nvidia Puts 100-Hour Monthly Limit on All GeForce Now Subscriptions

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This was announced a while ago, and it's just now going into effect:

> The company is implementing its long-lasting promise revealed in 2024, with the option for users to purchase additional play time as needed.

There's also some rollover between months (up to 15 hours)[1].

Previously:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42078726

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42085089

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42090845

1: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-performan...

FAQ

Q: Why is NVIDIA doing this?

A: Because we like money, and we prefer that subscribers don't actually use the service, so we can rent those GPUs to other sucke... customers.

and the issue is what exactly?

It's mainly a joke about what things would be like if companies were more transparent about the reasons for unpopular changes. The follow-up is "we heard you loud and clear; you don't like (thing we did that makes things worse for you), so we promise to communicate (these bad changes) better in the future."

To their credit (?) NVIDIA mixed some good with the bad, bundling the hour limit with an upgrade to 1440p (Xbox Cloud Gaming also added 1440p but jacked up the price.)

I barely even game, but I have a founder's edition (i think that's what they call them) account that's held at a low monthly rate. I wonder if this applies to those accounts?

It would have zero bearing on my life, but I am curious. Doesn't seem the article mentions it.

"The 100-hour limit can only be avoided if you have a Founders Edition subscription. This is a special plan that was available when GeForce NOW first launched. Founders Edition users get unlimited playtime and other perks. However, Nvidia stopped new sign-ups for this plan about a year after launch, but existing users were allowed to keep it. "

elsewhere https://www.pcguide.com/news/geforce-now-members-left-extrem...

The more you play, the more you save.

First: Yeah, it pretty much sucks to hear something like this.

But realistically, isn't 100 hours of gaming a month like... a lot?

I mean, if you have a friend who studies (or studied) psychology just for fun and kicks jokingly tell them that you play video games just about 4-6 hours every day each week. See what happens. (I know what will very likely happen, but I do not want to spoil anything. Do make very sure to tell them that (hopefully) it was just a joke, though.)

Not really. If that's your hobby you could easily do 40 hours a week, regardless of what the psychologists would like you to do.

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