GeForce Now: Nvidia limits gaming time in the cloud to 100 hours per month

Nvidia is changing some of its offers and the terms of use of its cloud gaming service. Some GeForce Now subscribers can now play at higher resolutions, but starting in 2025 the play time included in the subscription will be limited to 100 hours per month. This applies to new customers initially, but also to all existing customers from 2026. However, there are some exceptions.

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At the same time, Nvidia has renamed the subscription plan previously called “Priority” to “Performance” and introduced a higher screen resolution. From now on, games will be streamed at 1440p instead of 1080p, which will still run on systems with GeForce RTX graphics cards. This remains the previous monthly price of 11 euros, but the user can also save his graphics settings across different gaming sessions so that he does not have to change them every time.

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Nothing changes for the more expensive Ultimate subscription of GeForce Now at a monthly price of 22 euros, here the player can use the GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card and 4K resolution; The free offer, which is limited to basic systems and a one-hour gaming session, also remains the same. Earlier this year, Nvidia began displaying advertisements on this cloud gaming offering.

Deadline for GeForce Now debut

However, the new deadline is creating an uproar among users. nvidia ltd So far only individual gaming sessions: one hour for “Free”, 6 hours for “Performance” and 8 hours for “Ultimate”. Users can start a new gaming session immediately, but depending on how busy the servers are, they may have to queue again.

Starting January 1, 2025, Nvidia will limit the monthly play time of subscriptions for the first time. New GeForce Now customers get a maximum of 100 hours on both the Performance and Ultimate subscriptions, which amounts to about 3 hours per day. If you do not use your 100 hours, a maximum of 15 hours will be credited to the next month. Frequent gamers can purchase additional hours of play if they exceed 100 hours.

Postponements and exceptions to deadlines

For players who are already GeForce Now subscribers or who complete their subscription by the end of 2024, there will be no time limit next year. The 100-hour monthly time limit for these customers will not be implemented until January 2026. The only exceptions are so-called founder subscriptions, The Verge writesAs long as these users who joined the cloud service early continue their paid subscriptions uninterrupted, they are exempt from this time limit.

According to Nvidia, the time limit should only affect 6 percent of users, meaning 94 percent spend less time with GeForce Now. Nvidia hopes this deadline will reduce wait times for customers. Plus, Nvidia can improve quality and speed without raising subscription prices. The last price increase for GeForce Now was made a little more than a year ago.

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