The publisher leak continues on the GeForce Now streaming service. This time, 2K Games chooses to withdraw its games from service. In return, Epic Games announces its arrival on the platform.
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GeForce Now still loses a large publisher. Released for a month, the Nvidia service now sees the titles of 2K Games, namely Civilization VI, the Borderlands or even Bioshock. The decision was announced in a short press release from Nvidia, who did not give a specific reason for this departure. The firm just says that it was the publisher who made the withdrawal and that solutions were going to be found to get the games back on the service quickly.
Brain drain
2K Games is not the first to make this decision. Since its launch, Nvidia has already seen the start Activision Blizzard, as well as Bethesda, and therefore all their titles. A new loss for GeForce Now which continues to see its catalog shrinking over the days.
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Hard to see anything but a deal of deals and big money. In the case of Activision, Nvidia had mentioned a misunderstanding between the two parties, the contract stipulating that the games would only be available online for the duration of the beta. It should be noted that the games on GeForce Now are not really specific to the service, which simply allows you to stream from third-party catalogs like Steam.
Departures and arrivals
It is in this difficult context that the service will see the arrival of a guest of choice in its catalog: Epic Games. Tim Sweeney, the founder of the studio, said he would support GeForce Now with his games, including the ultra popular Fortnite, but also the games on the Epic Games Store that chose to participate in the project.
Epic is wholeheartedly supporting NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW service with Fortnite and with Epic Games Store titles that choose to participate (including exclusives), and we’ll be improving the integration over time.
– Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) March 7, 2020
One last point that echoes the game The Long Dark, which was removed from GeForce Now under pressure from its creator, who did not give the green light to port the game to the streaming platform.
Sorry to those who are disappointed you can no longer play #thelongdark on GeForce Now. Nvidia didn’t ask for our permission to put the game on the platform so we asked them to remove it. Please take your complaints to them, not us. Devs should control where their games exist.
– Raphael van Lierop (@RaphLife) March 1, 2020
While the launch of Nvidia GeForce Now currently looks like a Stations of the Cross, it is still impossible to assess the profitability of this launch. The real test will take place when users have completed their three-month trial period, deciding whether or not to stay. You should also keep in mind that other companies, which do not offer exactly the same offer, but also operate on streaming, can take advantage of a failure of Nvidia.
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