The main difference with "regular" streaming services is that with Stadia and such you rent games, but with this GeForce Now service you actually rent a computer to run your games on.

What surprises me is to see announcement about game additions to this service. I naively thought that by renting a gaming computer to run your games on, you should be able to transfer any game you already own on it. It seems that it is actually not that simple.

Is this supposed to be live now? I don't see any way to link my GOG account to GeForce Now.

@gog.com What makes you think people on gog that mostly buy these games to own them all of a sudden want to play them on cloud. Stop being so out of touch ... you know why people buy stuff on gog.

Maybe because they dont have a powerfull enough rig to play them?
Lets say that somody with not a lot of money wanted to play cyberpunk but dont have enough money to shell out for a gaming pc.
Then the option is to buy the game here and use the geforce services to stream the game instead.

Yet another cloud gaming service that will probably be closed within several years.

Anyone else remember "gems" like gametap? I do One would think most would want to play such more complex/demanding games while not on the go and likely rushed for time. I wonder how much other data it gathers(and totally doesn't profit off of).

=-=-= Because it's hip and happening, of course. ;)

(all the kewl pplz love the data sharing and whatnot.....google told me so like 50 times just this week, so it must be true)

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- Is it portable? I ask, as this seems to be more for people playing games on the go or while out of the house, more than playing at home.
(while at home, one could just play from the offline installers)

Even if you do have to own the DRM-free version of it through GOG, I still see it as helping to normalize and erode the DRM-free part. It's the soft stepping stone to implement Streaming/renting only games.
It's a bad move, setting a precedent for the future.

If you can afford to rent time on their computers, you can afford a better computer.
If you can afford high-speed fiber internet, you can afford a better computer.

Support DRM-free games you control, instead of letting them tell you how long you can play and what games you can play, and when you can play it.

New gaming computers can cost around 750-1500 bucks....even if one builds one themselves.

Rental services and internet maybe cost 50 or so a month combined.

(yes, one could save up, but that takes time.....also if one is poor enough, usually an emergency will come up at some point and deplete their stash of cash back down to zero in short order)

For the poorest this is likely a godsend(well minus the likely data collection and such)....owning a copy of ones games DRM free and being able to play it at home(if one can) or via the service......unlike with Stadia and the like.

(I'd say the bigger problems with this service are things like the likely data harvesting they'll be doing, possible crap quality, the service going down, lag, etc)

Imo this gives people more freedom in some ways, by allowing some without the proper HW to play games they otherwise couldn't play, and allows people with the proper HW the ability to play in more places while still being able to play at home with offline installers...and all while still owning the games DRM free.

nobody asked that
nah it is not a rent a comp , it is more like you can play these games on our cloud, these are preinstalled games, you only need to log in

sadly this is how modern rage culture works, they don't think they just want to show what side they are on

fe this Cifer guy is so fanatical about this , he says no games is better than no pure-drm-free games, how insane is that
glad he is the miniscule minority even here on gog

Spot on.

Surely GOG promoting more ways to play that require the internet should at least be giving people pause. Remember when Galaxy was entirely optional and not a constant reminder that they don't give a crap about gamers who like doing things the old, manual way?

Even if GOG were up to something....what could we do about it? It's not like we own a good chunk of stock, or have some influence over the company beyond our individual and collective purchasing power.

Yes, a little caution is fine and good advice to follow in general, but over worrying/worrying about what ifs usually isn't. I often adopt a wait and see approach...then if I need to change the level of response to something or the way I react, I do so as needed.

In this case, people still have their drm free(ish) games, and can play them either on their own HW or via the service....they don't need to solely use the service, or even use it at all if they don't want to. Now if GOG tied a cloud service to one's purchases full stop, or showed actual signs they were going to do so, then i'd be worried and criticizing such.

That said, I don't have a use for this service & it has other likely negatives, so I won't be partaking.

Yes, I do. And yes, GOG's course is giving me pause. I pause buying here. Indefinitely, unless GOG returns to DRM-free single-player and 100% optional Galaxy.

You just go directly to the Geforce Now site, download the client, and search for the games. Choose the version that says GOG.com. Configure the client by choose the right resolution/proportions for your screen (max 1920x1200 or 1920x1080 pixels). Play for an hour. Use autosave within the game if there is and remember to save before the time ends. Rinse and repeat.

Before playing, you can check your connection from the configuration menu in the client. Also you can optimize the use of the bandwith that the client does (probably the default will be fine, the client will adapt dynamically).

If you needed advice for reducing latency or whatever, do not be afraid to ask.

So far, most of the games are from Steam, then Epic, then GOG.

Again, it would be nice if GOG confirmed whether cloud saves are shared between GFN and regular galaxy cloud saves for local playing. If it eventually did, it would be great.

Else we would have to make the experiment...

well as I live in Australia this is fake news