Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming service is a great way to make use of a big Steam library without needing a beefy gaming PC. That’s becoming a much more appealing option, as prices for RAM and storage become untenable (thanks, in no small part, to Nvidia). If you’re thinking about signing up, Nvidia is offering up to $70 off a yearly subscription, but only for the next month or so.
The “Summer Sale” brings the price of the Ultimate tier down to $130 for a year, and the Performance tier down to $65. That’s a saving of $70 and $35, respectively, or 35 percent off the usual price of each. Monthly and daily passes are not discounted. The free, ad-supported tier remains, and it’s a good way to gauge whether your internet connection can handle gaming on Nvidia’s remote servers, or if your personal PC game collection across Steam, Epic, GOG, Xbox, and others aligns with the 2000-plus titles that have been made available on the system.
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GeForce Now also makes your collection semi-portable, accessible on just about any device, as long as you have a way to control your game. So add on a mobile controller to a phone or a tablet, and you’re good to go with most (but not all) big releases.
This discounted yearly pass seems like a good deal for students, since they tend to have easy access to high-speed, low-latency internet, and might not be able to afford a pricey gaming laptop or desktop. That said, remember that GeForce Now has a big differentiation with Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass (which recently took a step back from its own big price increase). In GeForce Now, you need to own the games and have them associated with an account on a platform like Steam, as opposed to a Netflix-style “all you can play” model from a library of titles.
The sale on a yearly pass is available until July 8th, according to the tiny type at the bottom of the page.
