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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/

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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

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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2/18/26

Incidents

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Unlimited play discontinued (2026.01.01)

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]

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See Other cloud gaming services.

References

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 ==Consumer-impact summary==
 {{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
+}}<gallery>
-* Market control}}
+File:Modern Day Geforce Now Pricing, After the price hike(s).png|2/18/26
+</gallery>
 ==Incidents==
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 If the company has numerous incidents then format them in a table (see [[Amazon]] for an example).}}
-===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=2/18/26 |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=https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/premium-memberships/ |archive-date=2/18/26 |access-date=2/18/26 |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}}</ref>
 ===Example incident two (''date'')===
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-==See Also==
+== See Other {{wplink|Cloud gaming|cloud gaming}} services. ==
 *[[Stadia|Google Stadia]]
+*[https://www.xbox.com/en-us/play Xbox Game Pass]
+*[https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps5-game-cloud-streaming/ Playstation Plus]
+*[https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps5-game-cloud-streaming/ Amazon Luna][[File:Modern Day Geforce Now Pricing, After the price hike(s).png|thumb|<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/premium-memberships/}}</ref>]]
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