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New Delhi: Now we are closer to Nvidia’s latest GeForce Now in India, signaling that the service will be rolling out in a beta phase ahead of the broader launch in the coming days. GeForce Now in India will be powered by Nvidia’s RTX 5080 Super Pods, which are built on the latest Blackwell architecture, enabling users to play demanding games on almost any device by streaming them from the cloud. GeForce Now rests on three key pillars: partnerships with publishers to support thousands of games, developing GeForce technologies on the cloud rather than relying on local hardware, and allowing users to turn virtually any device into a GeForce RTX-powered gaming rig.
The service will offer access to more than 4,000 games, including ready-to-play titles and the latest install-to-play feature that lets users install certain games directly from the cloud. While the users sign up for the free GeForce Now account, most of the premium features are reserved for the paid subscribers. NVIDIA has not yet officially announced the exact launching date of its service in India or any other details of its subscription pricing. The announcement that Nvidia’s low-latency cloud gaming service are coming to India was first announcement made at CES 2025, with the rollout expected in November last year. The launch was pushed to the first quarter of 2026 due to the setup of dedicated GeForce RTX servers in India.
The upcoming launch of the GeForce Now in India also comes amid a deepening global shortage of memory chips caused by the AI boom. NVIDIA has delayed its plans to unveil its latest gaming graphics cards for the first time in over 30 years. GeForce in India, Pawan Awasthi, Consumer Marketing head at Nvidia, stated that, “While growth in the broader consumer PC market has remained muted, the gaming PC segment has seen encouraging growth over the past few years in India and globally. Industry data from Steam also shows a sharp increase in its user base in India, along with the improvements in network infrastructure, including average download speeds of around 50 Mbps.”
NVIDIA’s GeForce Now unveiling comes days after Microsoft announced that it is expanding its Xbox cloud gaming service to India. It enables any player with a compatible Bluetooth-enabled wireless controller, high-speed internet connection, and an Xbox Game Pass subscription to play titles such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Detective Dotson through the cloud gaming service.
GeForce Now has several different models and can be used to connect the users’ Steam, Epic, or Battle accounts so that they can play the games purchased on those third-party platforms. Since these games are streamed to their devices over the internet, players need to be near a data centre, as minimizing latency is critical, and routing traffic through international data centres can cause lag during fast-paced gameplay. NVIDIA has also confirmed that its servers powering GeForce Now are located in Mumbai.
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