Shadowstalker16: What's the point of buying DRM-free if not only the game files but also the system you're playing on is in someone else's control? I'm sure GOG could provide their games on the service (all they'd need to do after getting the contracts straight would be to give Nvidia the game files to run on their remote systems) but whether its a GOG or steam game becomes moot since it'll be running on a third-party controlled system, which is the antithesis of DRM-free.
nightcraw1er.488: The point, like clients and online services, is to slowly - so they don’t notice - ween users further from ownership of anything. Just a game you are using streaming for now, but a year down the line and the installers have gone…. Then you are fully tied to the service forever. This is the point of all these things, to get people locked in and dependant on things they control.
Yes, they gain a userbase by offering seemingly good deals and good offers and continue to offer them until they're a big part of the market. Once they get big enough they start to increase subscription costs, offer less stuff for the same amount etc and everyone will be powerless to do anything because competition would've been stamped out by then.
I didn't know GeForce Now was just an alternative platform instead of a replacement as Sheershaw said but I'm sure they would like to be big enough to be a replacement one day since all they need to do is outlast the competition which is quite doable for a business owned by a giant like Nvidia.
Shadowstalker16: What's the point of buying DRM-free if not only the game files but also the system you're playing on is in someone else's control? I'm sure GOG could provide their games on the service (all they'd need to do after getting the contracts straight would be to give Nvidia the game files to run on their remote systems) but whether its a GOG or steam game becomes moot since it'll be running on a third-party controlled system, which is the antithesis of DRM-free.
Sheershaw: As long as you have access to a fully playable version of the game's files that you can do as you please, the DRM-free promise is not being violated. Simply giving the player another option on how to play the game they bought is not a problem.
GeForce Now is a pretty benign service for the most part, since it only gives you an option to play games you already own on the cloud. Save your ire for things like Stadia and Luna, which seek to replace local machines entirely.
Now, I hate cloud gaming. I have a good PC so I don't need it, but even if my PC was subpar, I'd rather play my games at low settings on my own machine than rent out someone else's. But some people like it, so more power to them.
Yes, as long as users have access to their files I'm also fine with alternative ways to play. But just like what Netflix is doing, I'm pretty sure all subscription services, both streaming and non-streaming ones like EA Play and XBox Gamepass will start to increase costs and do other nasty stuff once the competition (ie normal game purchase and ownership) is stamped out or weakened.
Also sorry for the late reply to both the posts.
