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Call of Duty and Overwatch no longer on GeForce NOW game streaming service
It's now that game streaming cannot be popular, it's the segmentation of too many streaming services being the culprit if you ask me, too many is too much. The games of Activision Blizzard are no longer available on GeForce NOW, the game streaming service of chipmaker NVIDIA that became available to all users at the beginning of February.
The games, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Overwatch, have been removed at the publisher's request, NVIDIA reports on its website. The streaming service NVIDIA maker allows users to play games via servers. Gamers therefore do not necessarily need hardware with a lot of computing power. The system also allows them to play games that they have not purchased.
Why Activision Blizzard no longer offers its games on GeForce NOW is unclear. NVIDIA sticks to the statement that the publisher has asked for it and says it is "a pity". Game streaming is a new market where, in addition to NVIDIA, Google and Microsoft are also betting. According to research firm Statista, the market will grow to 8 billion dollars (7.3 billion euros) in the coming five years.
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#5759813 Posted on: 02/13/2020 09:33 AM
What gives? Account ranking/spamming? Not enough money going Shizzard way?
What gives? Account ranking/spamming? Not enough money going Shizzard way?
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#5759824 Posted on: 02/13/2020 10:57 AM
Apparently, they really want people to hate them.
Blizzard is dead, Activision killed them.
I don't like this mentality, Putting blizzard on this pedalstal and blaming Activision. I think Blizzard got greedy themselves and would have gone this way with or without Activision
Blizzard are just as bad as EA or Bethesda
Apparently, they really want people to hate them.
Blizzard is dead, Activision killed them.
I don't like this mentality, Putting blizzard on this pedalstal and blaming Activision. I think Blizzard got greedy themselves and would have gone this way with or without Activision
Blizzard are just as bad as EA or Bethesda
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#5759826 Posted on: 02/13/2020 11:01 AM
And I don't like when you twist my words - I wasn't putting Blizzard on pedestal. The Blizzard I loved and adored is dead after the merger.
Nobody can know that, they were doing great before the merger.
It's not Blizzard anymore, it's Activision with a subsidiary called Blizzard, which at this point shares only their name with Blizzard of old. Different teams, different policies, different design approach.
I don't like this mentality, Putting blizzard on this pedalstal and blaming Activision.
And I don't like when you twist my words - I wasn't putting Blizzard on pedestal. The Blizzard I loved and adored is dead after the merger.
I think Blizzard got greedy themselves and would have gone this way with or without Activision
Nobody can know that, they were doing great before the merger.
Blizzard are just as bad as EA or Bethesda
It's not Blizzard anymore, it's Activision with a subsidiary called Blizzard, which at this point shares only their name with Blizzard of old. Different teams, different policies, different design approach.
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#5759857 Posted on: 02/13/2020 12:48 PM
So, microtrans-Activision is at it again. Too bad Blizzard isn't like the old Blizzard. W3 Reforged being a good example. At least the've improved D3 quite a bit years back. The (RM)AH was a disaster. I don't expect anything anymore for D4. At least I have a mobile phone.
So, microtrans-Activision is at it again. Too bad Blizzard isn't like the old Blizzard. W3 Reforged being a good example. At least the've improved D3 quite a bit years back. The (RM)AH was a disaster. I don't expect anything anymore for D4. At least I have a mobile phone.
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#5759860 Posted on: 02/13/2020 12:58 PM
One would think that game publishers sign some kind of agreement with Nvidia....
If Activision legally pulled out of it, it looks more like a matter of Nvidia playing dirty, kinda like many of the music streaming services.
One would think that game publishers sign some kind of agreement with Nvidia....
If Activision legally pulled out of it, it looks more like a matter of Nvidia playing dirty, kinda like many of the music streaming services.
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#5759868 Posted on: 02/13/2020 01:23 PM
And I don't like when you twist my words - I wasn't putting Blizzard on pedestal. The Blizzard I loved and adored is dead after the merger.
Nobody can know that, they were doing great before the merger.
It's not Blizzard anymore, it's Activision with a subsidiary called Blizzard, which at this point shares only their name with Blizzard of old. Different teams, different policies, different design approach.
Pedestal might have been too strong of a word, though I meant in general the mentality is people do this, not you personally. Personally myself i think they got greedy with the start of WoW, can we know if they would have been just as bad well no we can't though we can look at any company that gets big and how they often go. But i think that often becomes a big shareholder issue with companies constantly needing to make more and more money which is impossible without gimicks and microtranscations and subscriptions.
For me Blizzard died after the forzen throne expansion for wc3, after that they got more and more greedy as the years went on, maybe activision made it worse, or sped that up who knows but sadly we are where we are today where they bring out games half baked or full or micro-transactions. SC2 was a small glimmer of the old blizzard mind you, but thats also full of micro-transcations now.
Sorry for the previous comment, reading it back it felt too directed at you was not the original intention, just been seeing too many defend their actions as of late and had grown rather tired of it.
And I don't like when you twist my words - I wasn't putting Blizzard on pedestal. The Blizzard I loved and adored is dead after the merger.
Nobody can know that, they were doing great before the merger.
It's not Blizzard anymore, it's Activision with a subsidiary called Blizzard, which at this point shares only their name with Blizzard of old. Different teams, different policies, different design approach.
Pedestal might have been too strong of a word, though I meant in general the mentality is people do this, not you personally. Personally myself i think they got greedy with the start of WoW, can we know if they would have been just as bad well no we can't though we can look at any company that gets big and how they often go. But i think that often becomes a big shareholder issue with companies constantly needing to make more and more money which is impossible without gimicks and microtranscations and subscriptions.
For me Blizzard died after the forzen throne expansion for wc3, after that they got more and more greedy as the years went on, maybe activision made it worse, or sped that up who knows but sadly we are where we are today where they bring out games half baked or full or micro-transactions. SC2 was a small glimmer of the old blizzard mind you, but thats also full of micro-transcations now.
Sorry for the previous comment, reading it back it felt too directed at you was not the original intention, just been seeing too many defend their actions as of late and had grown rather tired of it.
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#5759871 Posted on: 02/13/2020 01:56 PM
Pedestal might have been too strong of a word, though I meant in general the mentality is people do this, not you personally. Personally myself i think they got greedy with the start of WoW, can we know if they would have been just as bad well no we can't though we can look at any company that gets big and how they often go. But i think that often becomes a big shareholder issue with companies constantly needing to make more and more money which is impossible without gimicks and microtranscations and subscriptions.
For me Blizzard died after the forzen throne expansion for wc3, after that they got more and more greedy as the years went on, maybe activision made it worse, or sped that up who knows but sadly we are where we are today where they bring out games half baked or full or micro-transactions. SC2 was a small glimmer of the old blizzard mind you, but thats also full of micro-transcations now.
Sorry for the previous comment, reading it back it felt too directed at you was not the original intention, just been seeing too many defend their actions as of late and had grown rather tired of it.
Thanks for clarifying. I agree that around that area Blizzard went down the hill, however, for me that period started right around Wrath of the Lich King expansion for WoW shortly followed by Activision merger.
The most fun I ever had with a Blizzard game was The Burning Crusade expansion for WoW - PvP was Godly in it.
Pedestal might have been too strong of a word, though I meant in general the mentality is people do this, not you personally. Personally myself i think they got greedy with the start of WoW, can we know if they would have been just as bad well no we can't though we can look at any company that gets big and how they often go. But i think that often becomes a big shareholder issue with companies constantly needing to make more and more money which is impossible without gimicks and microtranscations and subscriptions.
For me Blizzard died after the forzen throne expansion for wc3, after that they got more and more greedy as the years went on, maybe activision made it worse, or sped that up who knows but sadly we are where we are today where they bring out games half baked or full or micro-transactions. SC2 was a small glimmer of the old blizzard mind you, but thats also full of micro-transcations now.
Sorry for the previous comment, reading it back it felt too directed at you was not the original intention, just been seeing too many defend their actions as of late and had grown rather tired of it.
Thanks for clarifying. I agree that around that area Blizzard went down the hill, however, for me that period started right around Wrath of the Lich King expansion for WoW shortly followed by Activision merger.
The most fun I ever had with a Blizzard game was The Burning Crusade expansion for WoW - PvP was Godly in it.
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#5759873 Posted on: 02/13/2020 02:04 PM
Could be that Activision had some business requests and Nvidia didn't want to abide. Let's face it; this service is going to fail for Nvidia.
Nvidia as a company is desperate to expand its portfolio because as we move forward (5-10 years) Intel and AMD will start having very powerful CPU/GPU combos making the discrete GPU market shrink exponentially to just the desktop enthusiasts. Also, fixed function hardware will eventually replace GPGPU in the datacenter. I hope they can figure something out and Intel and AMD have more success in the GPU market. This way we get good competition and better prices for us.
Could be that Activision had some business requests and Nvidia didn't want to abide. Let's face it; this service is going to fail for Nvidia.
Nvidia as a company is desperate to expand its portfolio because as we move forward (5-10 years) Intel and AMD will start having very powerful CPU/GPU combos making the discrete GPU market shrink exponentially to just the desktop enthusiasts. Also, fixed function hardware will eventually replace GPGPU in the datacenter. I hope they can figure something out and Intel and AMD have more success in the GPU market. This way we get good competition and better prices for us.
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#5759887 Posted on: 02/13/2020 02:51 PM
Apparently, they really want people to hate them.
Blizzard is dead, Activision killed them.
I hope you say Capcom, EA, Konami, Remedy, Rockstar and Square Enix are all dead as they all left GF Now after beta.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/11/21133793/nvidia-geforce-now-no-more-activision-blizzard-games-carriage
Apparently, they really want people to hate them.
Blizzard is dead, Activision killed them.
I hope you say Capcom, EA, Konami, Remedy, Rockstar and Square Enix are all dead as they all left GF Now after beta.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/11/21133793/nvidia-geforce-now-no-more-activision-blizzard-games-carriage
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#5759893 Posted on: 02/13/2020 03:03 PM
Could be that Activision had some business requests and Nvidia didn't want to abide. Let's face it; this service is going to fail for Nvidia.
Nvidia as a company is desperate to expand its portfolio because as we move forward (5-10 years) Intel and AMD will start having very powerful CPU/GPU combos making the discrete GPU market shrink exponentially to just the desktop enthusiasts. Also, fixed function hardware will eventually replace GPGPU in the datacenter. I hope they can figure something out and Intel and AMD have more success in the GPU market. This way we get good competition and better prices for us.
game streaming is the future. for most, for now, it's a fail because of crap internet (ISP'S are to blame) BUT, both Sony and M$ (consoles) are going to a stream-based future with their respective new consoles. the real competition for Nvidia here is Google (with the help of AMD servers and gpus)
Yes, gpu's are being phased out for some datacenter use, but not supercomputers where the GPU is an essential component. and the future for GPU manufacturers is not the collapsing desktop market, but the booming mobile market. Laptops have been replacing desktops for years, now that tendency is accelerating with the increase in power of the laptop.
Could be that Activision had some business requests and Nvidia didn't want to abide. Let's face it; this service is going to fail for Nvidia.
Nvidia as a company is desperate to expand its portfolio because as we move forward (5-10 years) Intel and AMD will start having very powerful CPU/GPU combos making the discrete GPU market shrink exponentially to just the desktop enthusiasts. Also, fixed function hardware will eventually replace GPGPU in the datacenter. I hope they can figure something out and Intel and AMD have more success in the GPU market. This way we get good competition and better prices for us.
game streaming is the future. for most, for now, it's a fail because of crap internet (ISP'S are to blame) BUT, both Sony and M$ (consoles) are going to a stream-based future with their respective new consoles. the real competition for Nvidia here is Google (with the help of AMD servers and gpus)
Yes, gpu's are being phased out for some datacenter use, but not supercomputers where the GPU is an essential component. and the future for GPU manufacturers is not the collapsing desktop market, but the booming mobile market. Laptops have been replacing desktops for years, now that tendency is accelerating with the increase in power of the laptop.
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#5759894 Posted on: 02/13/2020 03:04 PM
This is good. I hope the others pull the games out as well. Streaming, and all this cloud baloney is killing computing and pc and gaming.
This is good. I hope the others pull the games out as well. Streaming, and all this cloud baloney is killing computing and pc and gaming.
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#5759902 Posted on: 02/13/2020 03:20 PM
... Personally myself i think they got greedy with the start of WoW, can we know if they would have been just as bad well no we can't though we can look at any company that gets big and how they often go. But i think that often becomes a big shareholder issue with companies constantly needing to make more and more money which is impossible without gimicks and microtranscations and subscriptions.
For me Blizzard died after the forzen throne expansion for wc3, after that they got more and more greedy as the years went on, maybe activision made it worse, or sped that up who knows but sadly we are where we are today where they bring out games half baked or full or micro-transactions. SC2 was a small glimmer of the old blizzard mind you, but thats also full of micro-transcations now.
...
Exactly my thoughts. Although having SC2 sell as 3 "separate" "things?" (games isn't the world, it was the same game) for like a total of $90 (if u bought each part at release) was pure fan milking greed.
... Personally myself i think they got greedy with the start of WoW, can we know if they would have been just as bad well no we can't though we can look at any company that gets big and how they often go. But i think that often becomes a big shareholder issue with companies constantly needing to make more and more money which is impossible without gimicks and microtranscations and subscriptions.
For me Blizzard died after the forzen throne expansion for wc3, after that they got more and more greedy as the years went on, maybe activision made it worse, or sped that up who knows but sadly we are where we are today where they bring out games half baked or full or micro-transactions. SC2 was a small glimmer of the old blizzard mind you, but thats also full of micro-transcations now.
...
Exactly my thoughts. Although having SC2 sell as 3 "separate" "things?" (games isn't the world, it was the same game) for like a total of $90 (if u bought each part at release) was pure fan milking greed.
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#5759917 Posted on: 02/13/2020 04:06 PM
Could be that Activision had some business requests and Nvidia didn't want to abide. Let's face it; this service is going to fail for Nvidia.
Nvidia as a company is desperate to expand its portfolio because as we move forward (5-10 years) Intel and AMD will start having very powerful CPU/GPU combos making the discrete GPU market shrink exponentially to just the desktop enthusiasts. Also, fixed function hardware will eventually replace GPGPU in the datacenter. I hope they can figure something out and Intel and AMD have more success in the GPU market. This way we get good competition and better prices for us.
In 5-10yrs, we could just as likely be running an Nvidia soc that has ARM cpu cores, running W10 ARM version.
I really do think if the discrete GPU market shrinks significantly, then, it'll be the whole consumer PC market with it as well. Intel and AMD will not be spared. Meanwhile, phones in 10yrs will be REALLY powerful...
Could be that Activision had some business requests and Nvidia didn't want to abide. Let's face it; this service is going to fail for Nvidia.
Nvidia as a company is desperate to expand its portfolio because as we move forward (5-10 years) Intel and AMD will start having very powerful CPU/GPU combos making the discrete GPU market shrink exponentially to just the desktop enthusiasts. Also, fixed function hardware will eventually replace GPGPU in the datacenter. I hope they can figure something out and Intel and AMD have more success in the GPU market. This way we get good competition and better prices for us.
In 5-10yrs, we could just as likely be running an Nvidia soc that has ARM cpu cores, running W10 ARM version.
I really do think if the discrete GPU market shrinks significantly, then, it'll be the whole consumer PC market with it as well. Intel and AMD will not be spared. Meanwhile, phones in 10yrs will be REALLY powerful...
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#5759920 Posted on: 02/13/2020 04:14 PM
due to my many pc rebuilding these last months I ended up with a fresh OS and decided to not install the blizzard client, I'm done
Diablo 4 would have to be old school with no micro transactions of any kind (other than a complete content addon like reaper of souls) which let's be real isn't happening
I fear my almost 16+ years of modding elder scrolls and fallout is also at it's end, I quickly stopped playing and modding fallout 4 to have at least that to do in the next 5-10 years, you know for what's coming next....smartphone games imported by an underpaid company in Malaysia and sold as a 90$ "full" game on PC ><
(w3 reforged is almost that)
due to my many pc rebuilding these last months I ended up with a fresh OS and decided to not install the blizzard client, I'm done
Diablo 4 would have to be old school with no micro transactions of any kind (other than a complete content addon like reaper of souls) which let's be real isn't happening
I fear my almost 16+ years of modding elder scrolls and fallout is also at it's end, I quickly stopped playing and modding fallout 4 to have at least that to do in the next 5-10 years, you know for what's coming next....smartphone games imported by an underpaid company in Malaysia and sold as a 90$ "full" game on PC ><
(w3 reforged is almost that)
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Apparently, they really want people to hate them.
Blizzard is dead, Activision killed them.