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you should read carefully what this app linux offers :
this is binary ( for ubuntu - flatpak) and this for a paid subscription / month ( see nvidia stradia ) as a toll
see requirements internet section
is it for that nvidia wants to create more servers ?
Well, GeForce NOW is considered freemium even now and it includes paid subscription options.
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Yes, I am aware of this. And they are not hiding that fact. GeForce NOW has used a paid subscription model since its inception in 2020. And they do offer a free version. This doesn’t bother me at all.
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It always boggles me that everything must be free for some people. Did we want it or not, we live in world where things cost and most of the time that cost is required to create new things.
Mostly new things to us buy, but you get the picture.
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I’m in two minds about this.. It’s an incredible piece of technology, and an option to run games that wouldn’t otherwise function or perform as well as they needed to. But at the back of my mind, that little voice ; “you will own nothing, and you will be happy”
I fully accept that we don’t own our Steam games, - they’re licenced. And again, it comes down to SaaS or IaaS, where we rent. We rent our houses, we rent our music, our movies, we rent our games.. and bit by bit, any sense of ownership, real ownership, slips away. From a purely philosophical point of view, some might think that’s heading towards a Star Trek-level utopia. But between now and then, we have the dystopia of billionaires stripping away the wealth and agency of generations for the sake of shareholder profit.
Again, the tech behind this is incredible, but there’s just this nagging feeling, that eventually, this will be the norm, back to thinclients and services held in the cloud, data held server-side, and only serverside, no local compute of any consequence. It’ll be interesting to see what the uptake it like.
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Well, you can’t just use GeForce NOW to play games. You must either already own them (and link your Steam and/or other gaming account), or purchase them through GeForce.
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I’m actually currently testing GeForce Now on my Wife’s computer(she is still on Win10).
While you can play some games you own(not all) i has alot of limitations…like:
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No modding(other then simple Steam Workshop mods, of which not all may work).
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Limited amount of hours you can play(in one session and in 1 month).
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Some people say Quality is worse(to be fair I did not notice any issues like blurry stuff).
I may add more if I come across any.
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I’m not that massive a gamer. That, for me, is of no consequence.
Most reviews I’ve seen on YouTube, and written articles suggest that any perceived quality loss is not noticeable unless viewed side-by-side.
Yep. Deal breaker for me.
- Free tier: 1-hour, ad-supported sessions (no monthly cap).
- $9.99/month Performance tier: 6-hour gaming sessions (100-hour monthly cap).
- $19.99/month Ultimate tire: 8-hour gaming sessions (100-hour monthly cap).
- Unused hours up to 15 hours can roll over to the next month.
- Additional 15-hour blocks can be purchased for $2.99–$5.99.
Sorry for late reply, Yeah that and the price is a Deal breaker for me…I will NOT continue after my test month(on Ultimate BTW)
Edit: corrected my answer.
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The price isn’t the barrier for me, mostly because I’d be able to play the many anti-cheat sports games I’d like to play (Madden, MLB: The Show, NBA, etc). But the time limit worries me.
So no to more online subscriptions and cloud gaming!
Yeah i corrected my answer to you was tired and going to work so I f up my answer.
And yeah it’s not worth it.
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