GeForce Now will increase prices in Europe and Canada, but prices in the US will remain the same.

The world of cloud gaming is changing. Nvidia has announced that its cloud gaming service, GeForce Now, will be slightly more expensive in Europe and Canada.

In a new blog post, Nvidia is raising the prices of its Priority and Founders Ultimate subscription tiers starting November 1. Nvidia notes that if new members sign up for Priority or Ultimate membership before November 1, they will keep the current prices for six months. Prices will vary by country and depending on how many months you subscribe for.

Nvidia didn’t mention in the post that pricing in the US would increase, and later in the press release, a company spokesperson confirmed that pricing for US users would remain unchanged.

Unlike competitors, especially Xbox Cloud Gaming, GeForce Now offers a free subscription tier. But this is very limited, as those with this level are entitled to a one-hour session. They can also only stream games at lower resolutions. In contrast, paid subscription levels offer 4K resolution upwards, with RTX upgrades enabled and longer gaming sessions. The high-end Premium subscription gives paid gamers access to a cloud-based gaming RTX 4080 rig to stream their favourite games.

Nvidia released GeForce Now in beta in 2015. The full launch came five years later. The platform’s approach is unusual compared to other cloud-based gaming services. Namely, its library is based on games already available on digital PC game stores such as Steam and PC Game Pass.

Not all games are available from these portals on the service, but Nvidia updates support for the GeForce Now library on a weekly basis.

The announcement comes at an exciting time for Nvidia’s cloud-based gaming service, which has made huge strides in recent years. Nvidia offers access to increasingly powerful servers depending on membership. It also has an agreement with Microsoft to bring first-party Xbox games to GeForce Now. The service is also one of two options where players can play Fortnite on their mobile devices. Given that native mobile versions were pulled from the App Store and Google Play three years ago.

Source: Nvidia