From PC World: Nvidia’s PC game streaming service, GeForce Now, is getting some big new options this week. A long-awaited feature is a “day pass” that allows free players to try out advanced features of the paid tiers without commitment. And updates to the local apps on Windows and Mac mean that you can get G-Sync…if you have the right hardware.
The day pass is probably the bigger news for anyone who’s not already a subscriber. For $3.99 at the Priority tier or $7.99 at the Ultimate tier, you get access to the upgraded hardware, increased visual fidelity, and super-long play sessions of those tiers. Pricing for other currencies wasn’t mentioned.
You also get the privilege of not seeing the pre-session advertising that Nvidia, a company now valued in the trillions of dollars, decided was necessary on the free tier. Not that we’re salty about that or anything.
$4 and $8 a day seems a bit stiff next to monthly subscriptions that are $10 and $20, respectively, but consider that these day passes are useful for more than just a preview of Nvidia’s more premium offerings. Gamers who are traveling and don’t have access to their home hardware can spend a bit to stream games that they already own, provided that those games are on the long list of titles supported by GeForce Now (and that they can access a high-speed broadband connection). Compared to, say, an hour or two of gameplay at one of those airport gaming centers, it’s not a bad deal.
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