NVIDIA GeForce NOW will soon limit your hours per month but some memberships get upgraded

NVIDIA have announced some changes for the NVIDIA GeForce NOW game streaming service, so here's what you need to know. The service does work on Linux desktop and Steam Deck, and NVIDIA even released a Steam Deck install script, although last I checked NVIDIA were artificially limiting streams to 1080p on all Linux systems.

Firstly for people on the Priority plan (the first paid plan after Free): they're renaming it to Performance and giving it a bump up to 1440p from 1080p, with Ultrawide and support for saving graphics settings in certain games.

As for people on the Free plan NVIDIA say you will now "see they’re streaming from basic rigs, with varying specs that offer entry-level cloud gaming and are optimized for capacity".

Secondly, the big bit: they're going to cap subscribers to 100 hours of play time per month starting next year. They say this accounts for about "94% of their total members. 15 hours of unused playtime will automatically roll over to the next month, and you'll be able to buy 15 hours extra if you want ($2.99 Performance / $5.99 Ultimate).

Across a month with 30 days that would work out to a bit over 3 hours a day, every day.

If you're an existing active subscriber they will enable you to continue having unlimited playtime until January 2026, so you have until December 31st, 2024 to sign up and stay active to get that deal.

See more in their announcement.