Nvidia GeForce Now left Beta just last month, and many are expecting that it would be a success. The company claims that it supports more than 1000 gaming titles at launch. But, it did not take long for game publishers to pull their titles from the cloud gaming service.
GeForce Now Loses 2K Games
Recently, Nvidia shared that 2K Games is requesting to remove its titles from the GeForce Now library. "Per publisher request, please be advised 2K Games titles will be removed from GeForce NOW today. We are working with 2K Games to re-enable their games in the future," the company community manager Cory Banks on Nvidia forums.
2K Games is the team behind "Bioshock" trilogy, "Civilization" games, "Borderland" series, and "NBA 2K" series, to name a few. The game publisher has not shared the reason for its decision, and Nvidia did not reveal the reason why 2K Games wants to pull out its titles. Earlier, Nvidia said that it is working with game publishers to bring them to its cloud gaming service, but it appears that more and more publishers are losing interest.
Companies Which Had Their Titles Removed from GeForce Now
Apart from 2K Games, Activision Blizzard was the first game publisher to leave GeForce Now. Inline whispers claimed that the move was due to "misunderstanding between Nvidia and Activision." A few days later, Nvidia announced that Bethesda had asked them to remove all its titles from the cloud gaming service except for "Wolfstein: Youngblood."
Just like all other announcements, Nvidia simply shared the bad news and did not go into details. This leaves fans and game enthusiasts to speculate on the possible reasons why game publishers are pulling out their titles from GeForce Now. Other companies that already pulled out their games on Nvidia's cloud gaming service library include Capcom, Konami, Electronic Arts, Rockstar Games, Remedy, and Square Enix.
According to SlashGear, the recent announcement was not received well by customers. The site claims that customers find the losses "too extensive making the service no longer worth it." Several customers are also expecting that more game publishers will follow suit, which would affect the number of games that gamers would like to enjoy on GeForce Now.
Despite Nvidia's explanation that it is working hard to win back game publishers, the trend is telling otherwise. It is surprising that Nividia's GeForce Now is just a few days old, but the number of game publishers leaving the platform is overwhelming.
