themachinestopsDec 24

NVIDIA Puts 100-Hour Monthly Limit on All GeForce NOW Subscriptions

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/60254521

NVIDIA Puts 100-Hour Monthly Limit on All GeForce NOW Subscriptions - Divisions by zero

NVIDIA has announced that starting January 1, 2026, each GeForce NOW cloud gaming subscription will be limited to 100 hours of play time per month. The company is implementing its long-lasting promise revealed in 2024, with the option for users to purchase additional play time as needed. Under the standard Performance tier, which costs $9.99 per month, after the 100-hour play time is reached, users can buy extra 15-hour blocks for $2.99 each. For the Ultimate tier, priced at $19.99 per month, additional 15-hour blocks are available for $5.99 each. Since months are averaged to about 30.437 days, any play time exceeding the 100-hour limit is rounded up to the next 15-hour block, potentially leading to extra charge if someone wants more play time. For instance, playing around three hours per day (approximately 91 hours per month) remains within the base fee, but playing four hours daily (about 122 hours per month) results in extra costs of approximately $15.97 on the Performance tier or $31.97 on the Ultimate tier.

Show threadparaphrandDec 24
Some of the comments on this story sound really addicted to PC gaming.
Show threadcommanderschlepperDec 24

Yea even if you’re literally landlocked to Nvidia and have no other platforms / interests, I still don’t get how 3 hours a day would be a problem.

Smart timing though with the kids on winter break. They’re for sure getting that extra charge this month lol.

Show threadkn33Dec 24

So, let’s do some breakdown. Let’s say 365.25 days per year. Divide by 12, that’s 30.4375 days per month. 100 hours per month is 3.29 hours per day. That’s almost 23 hours per week.

A reasonable person working 8-5 might get 2 hours of recreation per day during the week. That takes up 2 hours per day, 5 days a week for 10 hours during the week. That leaves 13 hours on the weekend, or 6.5 hours per day.

Realistically, that’s a reasonable amount of time to play video games. On the other hand, fuck these arbitrary restrictions, play games locally.

Show threadLordMayorDec 24

6.5 hours per day every weekend does not seem reasonable or healthy to me.

Hell, if someone was exercising that much or fishing or knitting or any hobby, it wouldn’t seem healthy. Once in a while, sure. But, not every weekend.

Show threadparaphrand
There’s a lot of unhappy gamers downvoting us.
Dec 25 at 7:07amWeb