NVIDIA’s Own Bet in the Cloud Gaming Service

NVIDIA GeForce Now is a cloud gaming subscription service offered by NVIDIA that lets you access supported video games through well-known game providers like Steam and Epic Games. NVIDIA has been releasing products that can supplement higher-end gaming so you can enjoy more out of your games, and with NVIDIA GeForce Now’s mobile app game utility client, you can actually stream PC games from an NVIDIA cloud server onto your mobile phone now.

A Tempting Offer

NVIDIA GeForce Now works similarly to Google Stadia. Both provide cloud services to players so that there’s no need for installing games and worrying about storage. All you need to have is a stable internet connection for you to play your games and properly save your progress. However, NVIDIA wouldn’t be the popular brand it is, if it doesn’t use its technology to provide users with more services other than cloud saving. Unlike Stadia, NVIDIA GeForce Now uses NVIDIA RTX cards to power up its games with little latency at high-quality framerates. With this feature, it won’t matter much if your device is capable enough of handling a game that usually takes a lot of resources.

Moving to Mobile

Another difference in NVIDIA GeForce Now is how the games are provided. Other similar services act as your own gaming marketplace where you can easily browse games that you can buy and play. NVIDIA GeForce Now, on the other hand, is merely a platform for cloud storage and instead links you to Steam and other similar game providers. However, the app is still a subscription service most notably used on NVIDIA SHIELD devices for their NVIDIA Games’ section. The service charges by the hour, and the prices will vary according to your GPU. To use the service on your mobile client, you have to sign in to your NVIDIA account for the app to load all the games on your library, as well as the ones you can buy from the other platforms. 

A Nice Idea, Though

NVIDIA has been well enough in the cloud gaming scene by allowing you to play on various machines. However, if you are playing on your mobile device, it is inevitable that some games meant for PC wouldn’t run as smoothly on your phone. Not all devices are supported, either, so perhaps it’s best to play some PC games on the PC instead. However, if you’d like to try how well NVIDIA performs, then feel free to test the app.