Nvidia to cap game streaming hours on GeForce Now instead of raising fees

Nvidia is asserting some huge modifications to its GeForce Now cloud streaming service immediately. The present Priority membership is being renamed to Performance, with 1440p streaming, ultrawide decision assist, and the power to save graphics settings throughout streaming classes. Nvidia can also be introducing a 100-hour month-to-month playtime cap for brand new Performance or Ultimate GeForce Now members beginning on January 1st, 2025.

New GeForce Now members that join the service from 2025 onward may have a cap on month-to-month playtime set at 100 hours. That works out to round three hours of utilization daily of the month, and Nvidia says it’s placing the cap in place to keep away from rising membership costs “in the foreseeable future.”

“This allows GeForce Now to continue to provide unparalleled quality and speed — as well as short to no queue times — for all paid members, without increasing membership fees,” says Nvidia in a weblog submit. “This change will affect less than 6 percent of members.”

While this cap will solely initially affect new GeForce Now members, all lively paid subscribers as of the tip of this yr will nonetheless lose their limitless playtime on January 1st, 2026. After that date, all GeForce Now subscribers can be subjected to the 100-hour playtime cap.

GeForce Now subscribers can be ready to carry over 15 hours of unused time routinely to the following month, however for those who hit the 100-hour cap, then you definately’ll want to buy extra playtime or play utilizing the Basic rigs for the rest of the month. GeForce Now subscribers can be ready to buy 15 hours of additional playtime, with the Performance 15-hour blocks priced at $2.99 and the Ultimate 15-hour playtime priced at $5.99.

Nvidia can also be providing a 25 p.c low cost on Ultimate and Performance day passes till November twenty second, which you’ll then improve to a month-to-month or six-month recurring membership to lock in a full yr of limitless playtime forward of the 100-hour playtime caps for present members in 2026.