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NVIDIA explains why it has removed Activision Blizzard Games from GeForce Now
Last week we reported that Activision Blizzard games had been removed from NVIDIA’s streaming service, GeForce Now. There wasn't really an explanation leaving customers wondering as to how what and why.
According to NVIDIA, the removal games was due to a misunderstanding between the green team and Activision. It turns out that the video-game giant wanted a commercial agreement with Nvidia before they proceeded -- and the situation stemmed from a simple misunderstanding, Nvidia said on Thursday.
Because Activision participated in the beta test of the service, Nvidia thought that agreement extended to the initial trial period after GeForce’s Feb. 4 launch. The service, which hosts games online and sells superscriptions to players, is now available to the general public. Nvidia has been offering a free 90-day trial to its initial crop of customers, which it calls "founding members."
Activision Blizzard has been a fantastic partner during the GeForce Now beta, which we took to include the free trial period for our founders membership. Recognizing the misunderstanding, we removed their games from our service. We hope hope we can work with them to re-enable these, and more, in the future - Bloomberg.
So Activision Blizzard wanted to negotiate a new commercial agreement before its games were available on GeForce Now. NVIDIA had stated that it does not currently plan to have commercial agreements with game publishers. Obviously, this displeased Activision and the publisher decided to remove its games from this service. GeForce Now is a streaming gaming service, subscribers pay $4.99 a month to stream games from Nvidia-owned data centers.
NVIDIA could re-enable the games, however, there isn’t any ETA on when that may happen.
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#5761320 Posted on: 02/17/2020 11:27 PM
Sounds like will be down temporarily until a new contract can be agreed on.
Sounds like will be down temporarily until a new contract can be agreed on.
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#5761329 Posted on: 02/18/2020 12:37 AM
Why can't nvidia just streams whatever game they want anyway? Other companies can just suck it because users just use their account to play their game via remote computer. If you have your own computer and stream to another PC/TV/shield/whatever why you don't need license there?
Why can't nvidia just streams whatever game they want anyway? Other companies can just suck it because users just use their account to play their game via remote computer. If you have your own computer and stream to another PC/TV/shield/whatever why you don't need license there?
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#5761344 Posted on: 02/18/2020 01:11 AM
<“Right now, we are focusing on the work between Activision Blizzard and YouTube and Google Cloud specifically,” an Activision Blizzard spokesperson tells me. There you have it.>
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/14/21138479/nvidia-geforce-now-activision-blizzard-misunderstanding
<“Right now, we are focusing on the work between Activision Blizzard and YouTube and Google Cloud specifically,” an Activision Blizzard spokesperson tells me. There you have it.>
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/14/21138479/nvidia-geforce-now-activision-blizzard-misunderstanding
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#5761351 Posted on: 02/18/2020 02:04 AM
Actiblizz is so damn greedy that they are not happy with people having to buy their games so they can play on GFN, they want to suck some of that money off Nvidia as well.
I would understand this stance if their games were as good as WoW used to be in 2007, or Brood War, or WC3 back in the days. Those days however, long gone, and Blizzard is nothing but a mediocre corporation pushing their initial customers away and deeply afraid to innovate.
It would be deeply satisfying to see Bioware and Blizzard die. Corporations should not be able to survive on past glory and betrayal of the initial clientele should always be punished.
Actiblizz is so damn greedy that they are not happy with people having to buy their games so they can play on GFN, they want to suck some of that money off Nvidia as well.
I would understand this stance if their games were as good as WoW used to be in 2007, or Brood War, or WC3 back in the days. Those days however, long gone, and Blizzard is nothing but a mediocre corporation pushing their initial customers away and deeply afraid to innovate.
It would be deeply satisfying to see Bioware and Blizzard die. Corporations should not be able to survive on past glory and betrayal of the initial clientele should always be punished.
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If we had an actual regulatory system they would step in in a case like this and say "Hey, you can't prevent people from using their purchase how they want"
Unfortunately, the regulatory system we exist under seems to literally only be a telephone recording chanting "Fuck you" repeated over and over until everyone gives up. So, Blizzard gets to just decide you don't get to play the game. And I get to decide I'm not buying anymore Blizzard games. So for me it's a loss of some of the best parts of my life, awesome memories and accomplishments, and for them it means nothing. Tons of new players will come along to replace me. What a great fuc king system.