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Re: GeForce Now: 100 hours is more than enough for everyone.

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:37 this Tuesday (GMT):
>
> See? This is why I don't like subscription services.
>
> Nvidia's GeForce now is cracking down on how long you can play games;
> starting January, they're putting a 100hour per month cap on their
> service. Want more than that? You're going to have pay ($6USD for an
> extra 15 hours).*
>
> Now, this sort of limitation is acceptable for their free-user tier...
> but if I'm paying for the service (Nvidia's 'premium' services range
> from $10 to $20 per month, depending on the level of service you
> choose; the difference is mostly in the quality of the stream) then I
> expect to be able to play as long as I fucking want.
>
> This is the sort of enshittification that you expect from services
> AFTER they dominate the market. Subscription cloud-gaming services are
> still only a small part of the gaming industry. At this point, they
> should be offering BETTER service than their offline competitors.
>
> Ultimately, we can expect this sort of abuse from /all/ subscription
> services, but I guess Nvidia wants to be ahead of the curve (or maybe
> they're trying to scare away all their gaming customers so they can
> reuse all those Nvidia GPUs to sell to the AI tech-bros). 
>
> Fortunately, this doesn't really affect me; although I have a GeForce
> Now account (and sometimes even use it!), I only have the free
> version, and my usage is minimal. It's just a quick way for me to look
> at a game to see if its something I'd actually be interested in before
> taking the time to download and install it. If I've used a hundred
> hours on the service total (in at least five years), I'd be surprised.
>
> But I'd be pissed off if I were actually paying for the service and
> using it as intended. And disgusted, because this is what the industry
> will eventually devolve into, once subscription services become the
> norm.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     ----    
> * story
> https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/geforce-now-100-hour-cap-2026


So it's now also using the data billing system, fantastic. I can't
wait for them to start selling "unlimited" packages that severely limit
you after an amount of time.
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