Yesterday marked three years since the launch of GeForce Now (since it came out of beta), a cloud gaming service that raised some doubts at first, but as time went on managed to become the best choice in its category.

I speak with knowledge of facts because I was able to test it in different modalities, and the truth is that the launch of the GeForce Now RTX 4080 he managed to impress meespecially since I sometimes found it hard to believe that I was playing via streaming and not locally.

Birthdays are a good time to take stock of what we’ve achieved over time, and that’s exactly what NVIDIA has done, taking advantage of the third anniversary of its famous cloud gaming service. As of today, it has GeForce Now more than 25 million users, an impressive number that alone confirms the success of such a service.

These data are important, but they are not the only ones, nor are they the most interesting. Do you know how many hours of streaming gameplay were produced in total over those three years? Well, hang on, the curves are coming, more than 700 million hours. This means that GeForce Now not only has a huge user base, but they are also quite active.

Available games and technology: GeForce Now is the most advanced platform

This is not open to debate. At the time of writing we can find more than 1,500 games available, and we can use the ones we already purchased or got for free through the various promotions offered by Steam, Good Old Games and the Epic Games Store. Of these more than 1500 games available 50+ supports ray tracing and DLSS from NVIDIA.

Personally, I think it was NVIDIA’s biggest success when it laid the groundwork for GeForce Now, where users had the ability to link their accounts on these platforms to play their games. This prevented them from paying twice again and allowed access to said service it can be really free in basic mode.

Another important key that contributed to the success of GeForce Now was its extensive deployment of servers that are present in more than 30 data centers located around the world. This allowed NVIDIA to offer connection points closer to gamers, something that is essential for reducing latency and improving the user experience.

The evolution that GeForce Now has experienced over those three years is also a clear reflection of NVIDIA’s ability to adapt the service to the progress that is taking place in the sector. In its early days, it was possible to play in 1080p at 60 frames per second, and in 2021 there was a huge leap with the arrival of the RTX 3080 plan, which allowed gaming in 4K and 60 frames per secondand which also gave users access to ray tracing and DLSS.

GeForce Now recently raised the bar again with the RTX 4080 plan, which represents such a huge leap in performance that it allows us to play in 4K resolution at 120 frames per second or in 1080p at 240 frames per second. This new modality also introduces NVIDIA DLSS3, which allows one additional frame to be generated on the GPU for every two frames rendered in the traditional way and NVIDIA Reflex with G-Sync support, which reduces latency and improves the gaming experience.

NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4080 mode has made such a leap forward that it has managed to blur the fine line between local and cloud gaming a little more and It has become an opponent to beat.

We must also add to all of the above wide support and compatibility that GeForce Now offers, because we can use this service on PC and macOS, in browsers like Safari and Chrome, and it is also available on other devices, including the Logitech Cloud G and Razer Edge 5G, and on LG and Samsung TVs.

To celebrate its third anniversary, NVIDIA has confirmed that it will offer a series rewards for over 25 million members in specific games. Starting this week in Dying Light 2, we will be able to get the new “Post-Apo” skin and the Rough Duster, Bleak Pants, Well-Worn Boots, Tattered Leather Gauntlets, Dystopian Mask and Spiked Bracers items. Additionally, users who upgrade to Priority or Ultimate will receive the Scrap Slicer weapon and the Patchy Paraglider item.

I’ll leave you with a complete list before I finish new games that will be available on GeForce Now later this month:

• Dark and Darker playtest (Steam).
• Labyrinth Galleria: Monthly Society (Steam).
• Wanted: Dead (Steam and Epic Games).
• Elderand (Steam).
• Wild West Dynasty (Steam).
• The Settlers: New Allies (Ubisoft Store).
• Atomic heart (steam).
• Chef Life — Restaurant Simulator (Steam).
• Blood Bowl 3 (Steam and Epic Games Store).
• Scars Up (Steam).
• Heads Will Roll: Reforged (Steam).
• Above the Serpents (Para).
• Over the obelisk (Para).
• Captain of Industry (Steam).
• Tycoon Poster (Steam and Epic Games Store).
• Ember Knights (Steam).
• Inside the back rooms (Steam).
• SimRail — The Railway Simulator (Steam).