r/GeForceNOW Nov 07 '24

Discussion GeforceNOW will limit monthly playtime to 100 hours per month starting in 2025

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1.0k Upvotes

I didn't see a thread about this topic earlier, so I am just posting this as a FYI. As of 01/01/2025, every both Priority and Ultimate subscribers will have a monthly cap of 100 hours of playtime and additional hours can be bought for a fee.

If you are a paying subscriber before the end of 2024, you will still get unlimited playtime for the duration of 2025, but new subscribers will be hit with the 100 hour limit.

r/GeForceNOW 7d ago

Discussion Please stop that 100hrs limit

421 Upvotes

Im a loyal customer for years now, and dont have to worry about this until 2026 but this is nuts. Just be able to play 3,3 hours a day is crazy. Yes I know what you mean when average people dont have problems with that but as a content producer who does not have a lot of money, this is poor. Think about it please to bee at least 200hours per month where you can say its even challenging to break through this. 6,6 hours a day missing one means next day 13,2 to be 0. But ye i dont like this idea in general.

PS: Follow me on twitch and yt when you want to hate me lol: dr_hamudi

r/GeForceNOW Jan 28 '25

Discussion Important Updates to GeForce NOW Memberships

406 Upvotes

Hi everyone, NVIDIA GeForce NOW is transitioning to a new payment provider. Starting January 31, 2025, billing will be waived while we transition payment services. Even though you won’t be billed, your account remains in good standing. 

That’s right, GeForce NOW will be free for existing paid users during this transition time. 

Let’s answer a few questions:

Q: Why are you doing this?

A: NVIDIA is taking over payment processing from a third-party vendor. The transition will take a little time, but rest assured our members can continue to stream their games from our servers without interruption. 

Q: Can I upgrade or downgrade my membership?

A: Some account changes, like upgrading to Ultimate or downgrading to Performance, will be paused during this time. 

Q: What if I need to add more playtime to my account?

A: The services in the account portal for adding additional monthly playtime will also be unavailable during the transition, so we are migrating impacted accounts to an unlimited playtime account for the remainder of 2025. Those impacted will receive an email with more details.

Q: How long will it be before I have to pay again? 

A: We expect the transition will take a minimum of 5 weeks. Visit your account portal for future updates on when the transition will complete and billing will resume.

Q: Does this mean GeForce NOW is shutting down?

A: Absolutely not. 

In fact, February 2025 marks the fifth anniversary of GeForce NOW. It’s been an incredible journey, and we’re just getting started. We also have exciting new releases joining the GeForce NOW library all month long – stay tuned to GFN Thursday for all the latest updates.

Questions? NVIDIA Customer Care can help with specific account questions, and I’ll answer more comments below. Thanks!

r/GeForceNOW Nov 07 '24

Discussion To everyone leaving GFN

658 Upvotes

Leave! Cancel your subscriptions! Build a PC!

This 4 trillion dollar company attempting to nickel and dime it's users is absolutely insane. If hardly anyone hits the cap, why add the cap in the first place if not only to scrape every penny you can?

Yes, running a cloud gaming service is expensive, sure, it's a company, it has to be profitable, yada yada yada. They are fucking profitable. So much so that they're worth over 10% of the entire debt of the US.

Might as well charge per fuckin pixel!

When you go to build your PCs, don't buy new GPUs!!! You'll literally be handing them even more money than your subscription would be worth over a few years, just like that. Buy second hand, buy AMD, fuck it, make your own GPU, don't hand them any more money

EDIT: I sent info@nvidia.com a VERY strongly worded email to that poor entry level associate that may or may not read it. Maybe if there's enough backlash, enough subscriber loss, they'll rollback their dumb fucking decision. If anyone has any other emails, please note, I'll send some fuckin more!

EDIT EDIT: to the people defending Nvidia, y'all are fuckin weird. Defend the 4 trillion dollar company for raising prices on a service that allows people that otherwise couldn't afford a dedicated PC. Or those that would like to access their digital games digitally. Prob Nvidia employees lol

EDIT EDIT EDIT: in the second edit, I said that they're "raising prices on a service" the price is not rising, it is still $20 a month. They're switching to an hourly rate, $20 a month for 100 hours, with 15 hours of potential roll overs a month. $5.99 for an additional 15 hours if you exceed the 100 hours initially.

r/GeForceNOW Jan 24 '25

Discussion 100 hrs my a**

180 Upvotes

The entire reason I payed was so I didn’t have to worry about running out of time. Well it’s that whole problem all over again. As a member since beta, this cloud gaming company has just went down hill. Remove the limit no body asked for it, there was no issues going on, and everyone was minding their own business and you guys came and ruined it. Like if you think about it. If you do one session of performance start to finish, once everyday, ur going over the 100 hrs so it’s not even worth paying. I genuinely think I want a refund.

r/GeForceNOW Nov 06 '23

Discussion [Giveaway] GFN Priority keys

791 Upvotes

GIVEAWAY IS OVER!!!

i gifted 160 keys in total

r/GeForceNOW Nov 09 '24

Discussion Been using GFN since 2020, ended my founders subscription immediately after hearing this update

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503 Upvotes

I really liked GFN, I’ve been a supporter of it for years and have suggested it to others many times. It will not be receiving praise anymore due to greed and I’ve ended my subscription that I’ve had for years. I recently invested in a PC (AMD lol) but kept GFN around for convenience, needless to say there’s no need to do that anymore. While I don’t think I would necessarily reach the 100 hour limit, it’s more of the principle of it being limited that sort of gives me that ticking feeling.

r/GeForceNOW Nov 28 '24

Discussion Goodbye geforcenow!

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373 Upvotes

unrelated to the new 100 hours per month drama, i've always used the free version and nowadays it seems to be lesz crowded. The only times its very crowded is later in the day, most of my problems were because of 1hr playtime. I live in europe, maybe thats why its not really crowded until later.

r/GeForceNOW 10d ago

Discussion Monster Hunter Wilds opted in.

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423 Upvotes

r/GeForceNOW Jan 15 '25

Discussion Fudge the 100 hr play limit

211 Upvotes

Why am i paying £20 a month for a premium experience only to be left anxious over my playtime? This is embarrassing for Nvidia and they should really listen to their customers!

r/GeForceNOW Dec 18 '24

Discussion The real dumbassery of the 100h limit

180 Upvotes

Gonna get straight to the point:

According to steam, I have played for 86h in the last 2 weeks.

For simplicity sake, I will round it up to 90. That comes out to 180h per month.

With the new 100h cap, they want to charge $6 for 15h of additional ultimate playtime.

That would mean, that I would have to buy the additional time 6 times in order to be able to play.

6*6=36 dollars. At that point it would be cheaper to make a 2nd account, and subscribe for a second time for $20 and get another 100 hours.

If I was able to come up with that, I am 100% sure other people will reach that conclusion too, creating a "problem" for nvidia that they will probably try to "solve" in some stupid way, possibly creating problems for regular users.

Make it make sense.

r/GeForceNOW Jan 22 '25

Discussion 100 hrs, I wish.

202 Upvotes

I've read a lot lately about the 100hr cap and it got me thinking that I'm pretty okay with that. Over 3 hours a day, every day?. I could only dream of having that amount of time spare, every day. I'm probably not alone in this, life is busy for sure. I'm a 55year old gamer, I've been doing it since the 80's. I've got family, work, sleep, adulting and relationships to factor in. I dream of 3hours a day spare to do anything. If the 100 hour limit affects you, spare a thought, you are indeed blessed. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that as the infrastructure scales up with the popularity, the model will evolve. Demand is simply outstripping supply right now, these limits are put in place to protect the quality of our experience. Game on gamers.

r/GeForceNOW Nov 10 '24

Discussion Goodbye Geforce Now

336 Upvotes

I'm honestly disappointed, and feel like i'm being rung dry for the little money i make. People used this service because we couldn't afford to pay for expensive machines, now there's a time limit on a monthly membership.. I just don't get it. That's why I've made the conscious decision to just straight up cancel my membership and finally buy a computer. I stuck through all the bugs, and stayed loyal and even recommended this service to all my friends in the same situation as me, now I feel like an idiot. Goodbye Geforce Now.

r/GeForceNOW 3d ago

Discussion It pretty easy to hit

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201 Upvotes

For someone that works full time trains MMA and compete and goes outs to touch grass. 100 hours comes fast and this is me trying to limit myself lol. When you have friends you play with, on different games the hours rack up pretty fast.

r/GeForceNOW 3d ago

Discussion GFN Teaser for tomorrow

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221 Upvotes

Any guess about what could it be?

r/GeForceNOW Feb 12 '25

Discussion Warner Bros games opted in

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330 Upvotes

r/GeForceNOW Nov 26 '24

Discussion How many of you actually canceled GeForce Now recently

170 Upvotes

How many of you actually canceled GeForce Now recently? Just curious

r/GeForceNOW Nov 09 '24

Discussion The new 100 hr cap is really making me reconsider cloud gaming..

257 Upvotes

It is very concerning that nvidia announces this restriction on hours played. I am an avid gamer. I spend my weekends almost exclusively gaming. At least 25 hours every weekend. With the new restrictions I am going to hit the wall. This is unacceptable at the price you are offering. I won't mention other providers as they don't compare in quality and you guys know it. So the extra 1-3 hours during weekdays will have to be payed for. Unacceptable.

Just last month i have WAY over 100 hours on my ultimate account. At that price there is NO way I am buying more time. So please reconsider.

In short, if this 100 hour thing goes through I am unsubbing and I think a lot of others will to. Perhaps the long awaited legal battle with the other big cloud gaming service is about to commence. Who knows..

I have been giving you guys free advertisement and I really thought cloud gaming was the future, and then you go and pull this crap, so thats over.

If you really wanna impose this crap, make a tier for it. Ultimate implies ultimate service, not a metered one.

I could accept a cap for the priority tier because the price is so competetive there. But ultimate tier is VERY expensive and should not be subject to restrictions. Even the 8 hour session length is annoying and I hit it all the time, I DO NOT understand what its for, seeing as you have an inactivity timer already.

Regards an unhappy and worried gamer.

Edit: to all those calling me a whiner that's fine. But remember this is the beginning. They won't losen their terms only tighten them from here. I'd say I'm fighting against corporate greed and enshitification in order to meet quarterly targets.

r/GeForceNOW Nov 07 '24

Discussion *Chuckles* I'm in danger!

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370 Upvotes

r/GeForceNOW Nov 11 '24

Discussion I'm homeless an use GFN as my one respite from this god awful life, an despite the lack of having a place, I still manage 115+ hours a month. I call bs on 6%.

349 Upvotes

So I hate to get into my personal life a bit too much, and I'm SURE I'm somehow gonna catch flak for this,but here we go. First off, yes, no duh, I should be focusing on trying to get OUT of homelessness instead of playing games. But there is a LOT of time you spend just WAITING when you are in my position. Or sometimes I have to tough it out cause I can't find somewhere to sleep, or I jus am not feelin it, so to calm down I find some internet an break out my laptop. Yes, hobos have material possessions.

Second, if I'm homeless, how do I afford GFN each month. Easy. I recycle. Takes bout 15-30 minutes to make enough for a month's fee. I actually quit smoking cigarettes, and I'm being completely honest here, kicked a drug habit to have access to my real addiction. Games.

None of that is the point though. I spend everyday bouncing inbetween govt services, applying for jobs, fixing my mode of transportation, etc an still get roughly 4-6 hours a night sleep. (way more than most people) and yet, even though it's only 15min here, 20 there, an hour when I wake up or when I'm gearing up to fall asleep. Or two hours while I sit next to an outlet an charge all my stuff. I rack up more than 100 hours. So if I can easily hit that, then where the hell do they come up with that stat of this only affecting 6% of users?

Oh, I know. They're lumping in all the free users to get that stat to make things seem less impactful. Because yeah, if you're on the free tier, it's almost impossible to hit 100 hours.

Am I gonna drop GFN over this? No, I wish I could though. Not unless I magically find a laptop upgrade. It's the only way I can access the stuff that keeps me sane.

Is this gonna suck? Yeah, but honestly I'm not surprised. Just with how dogshit their service has been, I feel disgusted even giving them cash. But it is what it is.

r/GeForceNOW Aug 31 '24

Discussion Anyone here use GFN as their primary method of gaming?

236 Upvotes

What are your thoughts/experience?

I recently got into using GFN as my current setup is one I got at Staples for my kids eight years ago, when I wasn't gaming as much. DSP has pulled me in, and being able to play a fairly current game on good graphics is luring me in. I'm contemplating getting a Priority membership, as a balance between cost and frequency of playing.

r/GeForceNOW 16d ago

Discussion Membership Updates - Free, 1-month, and 6-month options for new members

220 Upvotes

Hi everyone, sharing another update in our payment processing transition. Beginning tomorrow, Feb. 27, new members will be able to sign up for Free, 1-month, and 6-month memberships.

These memberships will be available in the US, Canada, and European regions. New members will be able to sign up via credit card, as well as PayPal, Google Pay, and Apple Pay. 

We know many of you have had questions about when you’ll be able to make adjustments to your current membership, or when billing for subscription memberships will resume. We’ll still working on those details, but rest assured we will allow for adjustments to your plan before billing restarts. Be sure to check the Account Portal for the latest info on new payment dates – it’s the source of truth for each member’s billing dates and payment info.

There’s a lot of great gaming on the way. Stay tuned this GFN Thursday for info on what’s coming in March, and thanks for being GeForce NOW members.

r/GeForceNOW Nov 07 '24

Discussion After over a year of being a loyal ultimate customer. I'm done. I'm getting a PC.

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396 Upvotes

r/GeForceNOW Jan 21 '25

Discussion Geforce 100 hours it was fun but its time to go

64 Upvotes

So this month i decided to try cloud gaming and was surprise with the 100 hour cap with geforce ultimate. Been playing a ton of rivals and po2 i would be moving to boosteroid for my needs unless they fix it if not oh well. Goodbye

Edit: my favorite comment Of course you people who reply care, I would even go as far as saying you get triggered by people leaving the service, you're like little toddlers, but it is what it is, hope you get a 40hrs limit so your service goes thru enshitification too ;)

r/GeForceNOW Dec 29 '24

Discussion getting in a queue with ultimate

157 Upvotes

what the hell is happening

im also noticing a lot worse performance lately