Clearly GeForce Now is impacting GPU sales and they need to try and recoup some of that money :) Or maybe Nvidia is feeling emboldened now that Google is doing what they do and steadily pulling the rug out from under Stadia.
Geforce Now is a long-term project. They were always going to be increasing the price at some point. Whether that pruce increase was pushed up or not, I don't know. But if it was it wasn't done to protect GPU sales. Tgat makes no sense at the moment. They have no excess GPUs to sell. If tge price increased was made sooner tgan previoysly planned it was because Geforce Now has more users than expected due to the GPU shortage and so they 1) want to lose less money on the higher volume of server usage and/or 2) want to justify expansion and/or 3) want to take the opportunity to increase the price while the demand is strong.
I think more likely is that people are actually USING GeForce Now as their primary gaming solution rather than just hopping in periodically and looking at it as a cute curiosity.
Game streaming is relying heavily on the "gym membership" model, 'cause there's no way that $10 is going to pay for everyone's dedicated hours on a streaming GPU, especially if most of them are hopping on at around the same "peak" times.
Netflix and Hulu, etc. have a distinct advantage in that they only need to encode a video file once. Nvidia has to encode every time someone hops on to play on TOP of having to run performance-intensive gaming loads. I'll be amazed if this program ever escalates beyond being a technology demo for Nvidia.
I am so glad AMD isn't going that route. It's bad enough wading through the junk software included with motherboards these days--but having to wade through more of it with my GPU is not desirable--for me, anyway...;)
You wouldn't think they would need to raise GeForce NOW cost as they are making so much money selling Graphics cards to miners. I know that I can't find one, but I am just a consumer without a bot chain to buy it for me. I I am so tired of waiting to buy new PC hardware that is not at double or more of MSRP!
Very happy with my 6month membership for £25, looks like I can keep this going and not pay the price rise - thanks! Never had to queue in my 3 months paid membership so far.
Stadia you pay for each game, and there are indications Stadia may close down in a few months (check Ars Technica) which means you're out of the money you paid and you've lost the games too.
GeForce Now uses the games you already own in Steam / Origin / Epic. If GeForce closes down, you still own the games. It doesn't cover every game on Steam, but there's a reasonably good selection. You can use an online checker tool to check which of the games you own can run on GFN.
To play on your TV, plug anything you have into the TV. Most PCs and gadgets (iOS or Android) have HDMI output. I'm not that keen on playing on TV as most Steam games have interfaces more suitable for a monitor close to your face, not a TV on the other side of the room.
Biggest negative for me is that GFN a) doesn't have Skyrim and a few other games I want to play, b) maxes out at 1080p, when I have a nice large 1440p monitor. Hopefully the bump in membership charges will let them offer higher resolutions / better GPUs.
Not surprising; $50/year always seemed too good to last. At that price, it probably would have saved money to just get an Intel iGPU and use GeForce Now for games, rather than buying a dedicated GPU - even before the recent shortages and price hikes.
What I'm curious about is how many people are using GeForce Now. Opening a new Canadian data center for it indicates there is demand, but I haven't heard much about it lately and my IRL friends and colleagues are still looking for (and occasionally even buying) dGPUs, so I wonder what its adoption has been.
I always thought that, $50/yr is stupid cheap. A video card is what, 5 years and $300+? This would be like leasing a car and getting a new car every month. At $10/month could always just get it for the games your PC can't handle and discontinue after you pass it.
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mrvco - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
Clearly GeForce Now is impacting GPU sales and they need to try and recoup some of that money :) Or maybe Nvidia is feeling emboldened now that Google is doing what they do and steadily pulling the rug out from under Stadia.Yojimbo - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
Geforce Now is a long-term project. They were always going to be increasing the price at some point. Whether that pruce increase was pushed up or not, I don't know. But if it was it wasn't done to protect GPU sales. Tgat makes no sense at the moment. They have no excess GPUs to sell. If tge price increased was made sooner tgan previoysly planned it was because Geforce Now has more users than expected due to the GPU shortage and so they 1) want to lose less money on the higher volume of server usage and/or 2) want to justify expansion and/or 3) want to take the opportunity to increase the price while the demand is strong.mukiex - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
I think more likely is that people are actually USING GeForce Now as their primary gaming solution rather than just hopping in periodically and looking at it as a cute curiosity.Game streaming is relying heavily on the "gym membership" model, 'cause there's no way that $10 is going to pay for everyone's dedicated hours on a streaming GPU, especially if most of them are hopping on at around the same "peak" times.
Netflix and Hulu, etc. have a distinct advantage in that they only need to encode a video file once. Nvidia has to encode every time someone hops on to play on TOP of having to run performance-intensive gaming loads. I'll be amazed if this program ever escalates beyond being a technology demo for Nvidia.
WaltC - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
I am so glad AMD isn't going that route. It's bad enough wading through the junk software included with motherboards these days--but having to wade through more of it with my GPU is not desirable--for me, anyway...;)kickstnd - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
You wouldn't think they would need to raise GeForce NOW cost as they are making so much money selling Graphics cards to miners. I know that I can't find one, but I am just a consumer without a bot chain to buy it for me. II am so tired of waiting to buy new PC hardware that is not at double or more of MSRP!
vanish1 - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
dude stop crying about it and pick up another hobby.Crazyeyeskillah - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
serial killer podcasts are a popular hobbyDevo2007 - Friday, March 19, 2021 - link
nVidia isn't the ones making money off the scalpers, or even the retailers who may be charging higher-than-MSRP.MDD1963 - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
One big giant 'pass on that'....!PaulHoule - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
Does that $10 a month come with 5G internet?Yojimbo - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
yes and free hamburgers for life.reuthermonkey1 - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
Will GeForce Now Priority still have a queue? Also, does this support 4k? And last, how can I play this on my TV?I'm mostly trying to compare this at $10/mo to Stadia...
jordanclock - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
GeForce Now Priority is the same thing as Founders, so yes, it includes 4K, RTX, 8 hour sessions, priority in queues, etc.I personally play on my TV using an Nvidia Shield TV. I think you can load the app on any Android TV device, though.
Tomatotech - Saturday, March 20, 2021 - link
4K is only available on Nvidia's Shield. Use anything else eg PC and it's just over 1080p max resolution.Tomatotech - Saturday, March 20, 2021 - link
Very happy with my 6month membership for £25, looks like I can keep this going and not pay the price rise - thanks! Never had to queue in my 3 months paid membership so far.Stadia you pay for each game, and there are indications Stadia may close down in a few months (check Ars Technica) which means you're out of the money you paid and you've lost the games too.
GeForce Now uses the games you already own in Steam / Origin / Epic. If GeForce closes down, you still own the games. It doesn't cover every game on Steam, but there's a reasonably good selection. You can use an online checker tool to check which of the games you own can run on GFN.
To play on your TV, plug anything you have into the TV. Most PCs and gadgets (iOS or Android) have HDMI output. I'm not that keen on playing on TV as most Steam games have interfaces more suitable for a monitor close to your face, not a TV on the other side of the room.
Biggest negative for me is that GFN a) doesn't have Skyrim and a few other games I want to play, b) maxes out at 1080p, when I have a nice large 1440p monitor. Hopefully the bump in membership charges will let them offer higher resolutions / better GPUs.
IBM760XL - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
Not surprising; $50/year always seemed too good to last. At that price, it probably would have saved money to just get an Intel iGPU and use GeForce Now for games, rather than buying a dedicated GPU - even before the recent shortages and price hikes.What I'm curious about is how many people are using GeForce Now. Opening a new Canadian data center for it indicates there is demand, but I haven't heard much about it lately and my IRL friends and colleagues are still looking for (and occasionally even buying) dGPUs, so I wonder what its adoption has been.
webdoctors - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
I always thought that, $50/yr is stupid cheap. A video card is what, 5 years and $300+? This would be like leasing a car and getting a new car every month. At $10/month could always just get it for the games your PC can't handle and discontinue after you pass it.abufrejoval - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
Darn, I was just ramping up my mining on GeForce Now after Shadow had gone down...abufrejoval - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
While Stadia has more spare capacity, it's a little more work to integrate the mining into the game...Yojimbo - Thursday, March 18, 2021 - link
why not just mine on cucumbers like everyone else?