GeForce Now further publisher exits including Xbox Game Studios

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More publishers have removed their games from Nvidia’s GeForce Now game streaming service.

On Friday, April 24 games from Warner Bros. Interactive, Xbox Game Studios, Codemasters and Klei Entertainment will be removed from the service, Nvidia has confirmed.

It’s another blow for GeForce Now, which has already seen Activision Blizzard, 2K and Bethesda pull out of the service.

The publishers who have pulled out of the service have not explicitly provided reasons for doing so, although it’s thought they could be dissatisfied with the lack of a revenue split for Nvidia’s monthly subscription offering.

GeForce Now is available for free, as well as via a monthly $9.99/£8.99 subscription, and it reportedly places zero taxation on in-game revenue.

It differs from other services such as Google’s Stadia by allowing players to stream their existing Steam and Epic Game Store libraries onto a number of devices such as smartphones or laptops.

Nvidia claimed on Monday that while some developers and publisher were still “evaluating” their cloud strategy, most were “incredibly supportive.”

30 of the top 40 most-played games on Steam are already streaming on GeForce Now, it said, and it’s “working to bring over 1,500 more games” to the service.

On Monday Nvidia reportedly emailed its Founder members to confirm their free 90-day period would now be extended until June.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney recently came out in support of GeForce Now, stating in March that he believed it was “the most developer-friendly and publisher-friendly” of the major streaming services.

On Monday Ubisoft joined those publicly committing to the service. Many of the publisher’s titles are already streaming with GeForce Now, and starting today it has added the complete Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry series.

“Ubisoft fully supports Nvidia’s GeForce Now with complete access to our PC games from the Ubisoft Store or any supported game stores,” said Chris Early, senior vice president of partnerships at Ubisoft.

“We believe it’s a leading-edge service that gives current and new PC players a high-end experience with more choice in how and where they play their favourite games.”

Posted: Apr 24, 2020 9:30 am
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Source: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/geforce-now-suffers-more-publisher-exits-including-xbox-game-studios/

Comments

GossipPosted: Fri. Apr 24, 2020

This is what happens when you cant execute it how you want to.

9ntyPosted: Fri. Apr 24, 2020

Lgnd Tbh honest ive never heard of the string service! A lot of companies can't compete with the main game companies that have been in the industry since the beginning.

I'm on the same boat as you LGND, a lot of companies try to compete and rush their products and fails to to get their products out there. It's a shame that people are leaving though.

LgndPosted: Fri. Apr 24, 2020

Tbh honest ive never heard of the string service! A lot of companies can't compete with the main game companies that have been in the industry since the beginning.

CentPosted: Fri. Apr 24, 2020

Int I can kinda see what they are trying to do but unfortunately they just have not executed it properly.. It's a shame people have had to pull the plug and leave.

There is no reason for anyone else to provide their games to them though so I really don't know what they were thinking. They aren't gonna make contracts with all these companies they would just lose money in the end. Just a bad idea all around in my opinion.

IntPosted: Fri. Apr 24, 2020

I can kinda see what they are trying to do but unfortunately they just have not executed it properly.. It's a shame people have had to pull the plug and leave.

CentPosted: Fri. Apr 24, 2020

Their service is just getting worse and worse. What did they expect though honestly? I understand the attempt but when is it gonna be time to finally pull the plug and stop the whole thing?