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GeForce Now on Steam Deck feels like the remarkable streaming future once promised is still possible - but as a delightful and welcome option, not a replacement
GeForce Now has changed the way I play games for the better.
Right as the Switch 2 started to draw away my attention (on my last eight-hour haul, I played a hell of a lot of Mario Kart World and left the Deck at home), the device has been recontextualized. Where Stadia arrived with a huge splash only to end up in Google’s metaphorical glue factory after just a few years of life, Nvidia has been much more quietly and diligently plugging away at its service for over a decade now - and the results are rather remarkable. £20 a month is quite a lot for something that is practically by Nvidia’s own tacit admission a secondary way to play your games - and though there are cheaper options, the ‘Ultimate’ subscription tier is really the only one I’d heartily recommend.
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