Nvidia’s GeForce Now game-streaming service now has over 20 million registered users, up from over a million two years ago.
Nvidia reported the stats in a Wednesday earnings call. “GeForce Now registered members now exceed 20 million,” said CFO Collete Kress.
The growth signals that cloud gaming is gaining traction, at least for Nvidia. In February 2020, the company brought GeForce Now out of beta when the service had just over 1 million users. Since then, it's seen significant growth amid a pandemic and historic GPU shortage.
Nvidia offered the service as a way for consumers to play PC games without the need to own expensive hardware. The system works by letting people access an Nvidia server, which can stream the games to an Android, macOS, or Windows device. The main requirement is a 15Mbps or higher internet connection. For a better-quality cloud-gaming experience, users also need to pay starting at $9.99 per month or $49.99 for six months of access.
Over the years, Nvidia has also added the ability to run GeForce Now via browsers including Chrome, Safari on iOS, and Edge. In addition, the company has been steadily increasing the number of PC titles that can run on the service.
“This quarter, we added 80 more titles, including the hugely popular Genshin Impact, bringing our total to over 1,350,” Nvidia’s CFO said during the earnings call.
For gamers who prefer to play on a PC graphics card, Nvidia says it’ll talk about its next-generation graphics architecture at the company’s GTC event next month. However, Nvidia first wants to clear existing GPU inventory through price cuts in preparation for the new products.