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GeForce Now’s 100-hour monthly limit goes live in 2026
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Someone help me understand the concept of this service here: is it that you buy a game on whatever store, then pay another service (GeForce Now) to effectively rent hardware that’s better than yours to play it on, but it has to stream back to your device in a cloud service format?
Yes, you're effectively renting a powerful computer.
Previously, you could just use it without limits, and the math worked out for everyone. It's something like 3-6 years of service to cover the cost of a decent-to-great computer.
Now, if you're a hardcore gamer and go over 100 hours a month, that value changes, and the break-even point is sooner. If you play for 40 hours a week, that time is effectively halved.
At the current rates, it continues to seem like a really good value, so long as you aren't bothered by the slight input lag or the video compression.
But if more people use the service for more time, they're going to have to charge more money. Either higher base rates, or lower limits. And it's eventually going to show that it doesn't really make sense for anyone except as a temporary measure, and then the service will disappear because it didn't work well enough.
This is where I'm confused.
You have to be both a hardcore gamer AND wealthy enough to buy the brand new AAA game that needs expensive hardware, and yet be poor enough to not be able to afford a gaming rig that can handle it? But also have the funds to pay a service?
Like, imagine buying a wagyu beef but only owning a microwave? So you rent a kitchen?
It doesn't have to be a "brand new AAA game". It can be a somewhat-recent AAA game on sale. Some of the discounts in the first year are ridiculous.
And I've been surprised at how many games in the past few years were more than my 3070 could handle on high settings, let alone "ultra".