Most GeForce Now tiers are currently sold out — Nvidia blames high demand for unavailability

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Most of Nvidia's GeForce Now game streaming tiers are currently unavailable, reportedly due to high demand. Gamers looking to opt for Nvidia's cloud gaming platform will be left disappointed, as five of the eight subscription tiers are currently sold out. Nvidia (via ComputerBase) attributes the current unavailability to high subscriber demand.

Further investigation suggests this is likely a global issue, as the same tiers remain inaccessible for several regions. Last year, Nvidia introduced Day Passes, which provide 24-hour access to Nvidia's high-performance machines without the commitment of a long-term subscription. Likewise, Nvidia also offers one-month and six-month memberships. These one-month and six-month plans are divided into Free (Basic Rig with Ads), Premium (1440p + RTX ), and Ultimate (4K HDR + 240 FPS + RTX) packages.

The affected plans include all the Day Passes, Free, and Performance tiers of the 1-month and the Free tier of the 6-month plan. The free-tier users are the most affected, as Nvidia is likely prioritizing premium users first. Nvidia says they are restricting supply so existing users can enjoy a seamless experience. GeForce Now isn't accepting new customers across several tiers to prevent the servers from being overloaded.

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There could be several possibilities, but based on the given statement, it is fair to assume that Nvidia's servers are likely at full capacity and unable to keep up with the influx of new users. Back in November, Nvidia introduced a 100-hour limit per month for all tiers, roughly equivalent to around three hours per day. Any more, and you'll have to pay extra: $5.99 for 15 additional hours on the Ultimate tier, down to $2.99 for the Performance tier.

Thinking out of the box, if this was a capacity problem, it's improbable all servers would be affected similarly. Nvidia may be upgrading the underlying hardware while the existing hardware continues to function in parallel, but that's speculation.

While this may inconvenience newcomers, Nvidia is prioritizing service quality for existing subscribers. Moreover, this isn't the first time this has happened. Similar issues arose in 2020, so it's likely only a matter of time before Nvidia resolves this problem. It could be as simple as upgrading the existing infrastructure to accommodate more users, but we'll wait for more information from Nvidia before jumping to conclusions.

Hassam Nasir
Hassam Nasir
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Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.

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13 Comments Comment from the forums
  • EzzyB
    I'm sure this has absolutely nothing to do with an decent video card costing $1000 and a good one costing $2000 if you can find it at all.
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  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    There could be several possibilities, but based on the given statement, it is fair to assume that Nvidia's servers are likely at full capacity and unable to keep up with the influx of new users.

    Considering the Ultimate tier is still available I'd say it's more nVidia wanting people to pay more money.
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  • -Fran-
    I mean, can you blame people? With the prices going up and up and up what else can you... Oh...

    Regards.
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  • ingtar33
    the fact that nvidia tricked that many people into playing video games on a remotely over the net on a terminal server is just utterly baffling to me. it just proves what i'm saying that nvidia has trained a loyal brand following of apple style sheeple into buying whatever junk they're peddling.

    sureal stuff there.
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  • Quirkz
    ingtar33 said:
    the fact that nvidia tricked that many people into playing video games on a remotely over the net on a terminal server is just utterly baffling to me. it just proves what i'm saying that nvidia has trained a loyal brand following of apple style sheeple into buying whatever junk they're peddling.

    sureal stuff there.
    I don't use it myself, but it absolutely has a place. Some people can't afford a new gaming setup, but can afford 10 or 20 bucks a month for this.
    Some people are on macs, or older computers, or portable devices without enough grunt on their own.

    As long as your latency to the datacenter is low, and your bandwidth good, this is a very economical solution. Especially if you're not playing competitive shooters, and just want to be able to turn up the eye candy.
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  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    ingtar33 said:
    the fact that nvidia tricked that many people into playing video games on a remotely over the net on a terminal server is just utterly baffling to me. it just proves what i'm saying that nvidia has trained a loyal brand following of apple style sheeple into buying whatever junk they're peddling.

    sureal stuff there.

    Geforce Now makes a lot of sense if you combine it with an XBOX Game Pass. $100 a year for GeForce Now Performance (2x6 months at $50), $144 a year for XBOX PC Gamepass (1x12 months at $12), basically $21 a month for access to a large library of games and the ability to play them on pretty much any device with access to fast internet, like the lower end student laptops and even phones on 5G UWB, it's far more affordable than buying a stack of games, especially for kids.
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  • thestryker
    ingtar33 said:
    the fact that nvidia tricked that many people into playing video games on a remotely over the net on a terminal server is just utterly baffling to me. it just proves what i'm saying that nvidia has trained a loyal brand following of apple style sheeple into buying whatever junk they're peddling.

    sureal stuff there.
    I've definitely used Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming on my ROG Ally instead of running locally for some bigger single player titles. It gets a lot less hot and if I'm disconnected from power the battery lasts significantly longer than running locally. While I wouldn't pay for a standalone game streaming service it absolutely makes sense for someone who doesn't have access to a gaming PC for whatever reason.
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  • CelicaGT
    Queue times? Session lengths? Not a chance. I work, so I game when I game and I'll pay for the privilege to do so when, and for how long I want. For 4 years of Ultimate I can buy a pretty decent GPU to last that long with zero restrictions. No deal. It's like everything streaming, you will pay, and pay, and pay. Once you're all hooked in come the ads and price increases.
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  • Joseph_138
    Or just maybe, it's the fact that Nvidia keeps charging too much for their graphics cards, while giving you less real performance, relying instead on AI to keep the framerates up, and gamers have had enough. Streaming gives them access to high level graphics card performance, without the need to buy the graphics card.
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  • Joseph_138
    ingtar33 said:
    the fact that nvidia tricked that many people into playing video games on a remotely over the net on a terminal server is just utterly baffling to me. it just proves what i'm saying that nvidia has trained a loyal brand following of apple style sheeple into buying whatever junk they're peddling.

    sureal stuff there.
    It makes sense for a lot of people. Many people have older PC's, or cheap, mass market PC's that are only capable of supporting a low level dedicated graphics card, and streaming gives them access to a much more powerful card, without spending $2k for an RTX 5090, and the additional cost of a new PC to put it in that can handle it. There's some additional latency, due to the time it takes to transmit the data across the internet, but the overall performance still comes out better than if you were using an older PC with a GTX 1650 in it. High end PC gaming experience, without the high end gaming PC.
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