Cloud Gaming With Nvidia GeForce Now
Nvidia's GeForce Now is one of the most popular and longest running game streaming services, with over 30 million users. However, the cloud gaming service recently announced an adjustment to its memberships, including a limit on monthly usage time. An overview and a hands-on report.
Cloud gaming is still waiting for its big breakthrough. With this technology, games are run on a server, in the cloud or in a data centre, and streamed to the user's device. Input from a mouse, keyboard or controller is then sent to the cloud machine to be processed. This means that the data has to travel a longer distance than if the game was played locally, but it also offloads the computing load. What is the market like since Google closed down Stadia? Amazon continues to run Luna quietly. Microsoft and Sony have integrated their cloud streaming services into Game Pass Ultimate and PlayStation Plus Premium respectively.