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==Consumer-impact summary==
==Consumer-impact summary==
{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):
{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):
* User freedom
* Bait-and-Switch Market Tactics (Adding playtime limits after people already bought an unlimited amounts of playtime)
* User privacy
* Penetration pricing
* Business model
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* Market control}}
 
==Incidents==
==Incidents==
{{Placeholder box|Add one-paragraph summaries of incidents below in sub-sections, which link to each incident's main article while linking to the main article and including a short summary. It is acceptable to create an incident summary before the main page for an incident has been created. To link to the page use the "Hatnote" or "Main" templates.
{{Placeholder box|Add one-paragraph summaries of incidents below in sub-sections, which link to each incident's main article while linking to the main article and including a short summary. It is acceptable to create an incident summary before the main page for an incident has been created. To link to the page use the "Hatnote" or "Main" templates.


If the company has numerous incidents then format them in a table (see [[Amazon]] for an example).}}
If the company has numerous incidents then format them in a table (see [[Amazon]] for an example).}}
[[File:Modern Day Geforce Now Pricing, After the price hike(s).png|thumb|Pricing as of 2026-02-18]]


===Unlimited play discontiued (2026.01.01)===
=== Unlimited play discontinued (2026.01.01) ===
Starting 01 January, 2026, Nvidia set a hard cap of 100 hours per month of gameplay for all GeForce Now users. Users that exceed the limit and wish to further utilize the service need to buy extra time. Which grants 15 hours of gameplay and costs depending on the subscribed tier.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AleksandarK |first= |date=2025-12-23 |title=NVIDIA Puts 100-Hour Monthly Limit on All GeForce NOW Subscriptions |url=https://www.techpowerup.com/344359/nvidia-puts-100-hour-monthly-limit-on-all-geforce-now-subscriptions |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=TechPowerUp}}</ref>
Starting 01 January, 2026, Nvidia set a maximum limit of 100 hours per month of "premium monthly playtime<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2026-02-18 |title=Geforce Now {{!}} The Next Generation In Cloud Gaming {{!}} NVIDIA |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/premium-memberships/ |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=NVIDIA}}</ref>" for all free & paying GeForce Now users. Users that exceed the limit and wish to further utilize the service need to buy extra time. Which grants 15 hours of "premium monthly playtime<ref name=":0" />" and costs depending on the subscribed tier.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AleksandarK |first= |date=2025-12-23 |title=NVIDIA Puts 100-Hour Monthly Limit on All GeForce NOW Subscriptions |url=https://www.techpowerup.com/344359/nvidia-puts-100-hour-monthly-limit-on-all-geforce-now-subscriptions |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=TechPowerUp |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260125101133/https://www.techpowerup.com/344359/nvidia-puts-100-hour-monthly-limit-on-all-geforce-now-subscriptions |archive-date=25 Jan 2026}}</ref>


===Example incident two (''date'')===
===Example incident two (''date'')===
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==See Also==
==See Also==


*{{Wplink|Amazon Luna}}
*[[Stadia|Google Stadia]]
*[[Stadia|Google Stadia]]
*{{wplink|PlayStation_Network#PlayStation_Plus|Playstation Plus}}
*{{wplink|Xbox Game Pass}}


==References==
==References==
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Nvidia]]

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GeForce Now
Basic Information
Release Year 2015
Product Type Cloud gaming service
In Production yes
Official Website https://www.nvidia.com/geforce-now/


GeForce Now is a cloud gaming service deployed, maintained, and hosted by Nvidia. It was launched on 01 October, 2015, at the beta stage, with the full release happening on 04 February, 2020.

Consumer-impact summary

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Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):

  • Bait-and-Switch Market Tactics (Adding playtime limits after people already bought an unlimited amounts of playtime)
  • Penetration pricing

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Incidents

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Add one-paragraph summaries of incidents below in sub-sections, which link to each incident's main article while linking to the main article and including a short summary. It is acceptable to create an incident summary before the main page for an incident has been created. To link to the page use the "Hatnote" or "Main" templates.

If the company has numerous incidents then format them in a table (see Amazon for an example).


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Pricing as of 2026-02-18

Unlimited play discontinued (2026.01.01)

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Starting 01 January, 2026, Nvidia set a maximum limit of 100 hours per month of "premium monthly playtime[1]" for all free & paying GeForce Now users. Users that exceed the limit and wish to further utilize the service need to buy extra time. Which grants 15 hours of "premium monthly playtime[1]" and costs depending on the subscribed tier.[2]

Example incident two (date)

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See Also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Geforce Now | The Next Generation In Cloud Gaming | NVIDIA". NVIDIA. 2026-02-18. Retrieved 2026-02-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. AleksandarK (2025-12-23). "NVIDIA Puts 100-Hour Monthly Limit on All GeForce NOW Subscriptions". TechPowerUp. Archived from the original on 25 Jan 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-14.