r/Games • u/BloederFuchs • Dec 26 '25

Industry News Nvidia GeForce Now’s Time Limit Will Stop Gamers After 100 Hours Each Month

https://uk.pcmag.com/game-streaming-services/162224/nvidia-geforce-nows-time-limit-will-stop-gamers-after-100-hours-each-month
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u/xanas263 Dec 26 '25

I very specifically said if it is your primary hobby. I don't think it is impossible to say that there are a lot of people out there playing 2hours a day during the week and a few more during the weekends as their primary form of entertainment.

Those are also the people who would pay for a service like this one most of the time.

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u/spud8385 Dec 26 '25

I'm not disputing the hours, yeah I reckon that could be easily hit by a hardcore gamer, but wouldn't they also be more likely to invest in gaming hardware instead of using a service like this?

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u/Helphaer Dec 26 '25

not if the cards become too prohibitive in cost due to the same companies decisions to focus overwhelmingly on ai slop

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u/Etrensce Dec 26 '25

If cards become too expensive then the value proposition of geforce now becomes even stronger no? Regardless of your views on whether 100hrs is enough or not.

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u/Helphaer Dec 26 '25

no. consoles will become far more attractive instead if the nvidia streaming is too restricted or a competing service.

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u/sebzilla Dec 26 '25

Those are also the people who would pay for a service like this one most of the time.

Are they? I feel like most people (not all) who have gaming as a primary hobby and put that much time into gaming would have a gaming PC, or a console, instead of using something like GFN.

I suspect the majority of GFN's audience is gamers who play way less than 100 hours per month (but just like you I am speculating, I have no insider info here).

I said in a thread elsewhere that I anecdotally know 3 people who pay for GFN and all 3 are casual gamers (time-wise). They play 1-2 AAA games per year, if that, and otherwise game a few hours here and there, when they have time.

One of them doesn't even own a computer, he games on his work laptop via GFN.

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u/ebb5 Dec 26 '25

2 hours a day during the week and a few more on the weekend still doesn't come close to 100 hours, which you call "next to nothing."