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GeForce Now Founders Subscription Tier Sold Out In Europe

Nvidia announced that the GeForce NOW Founders subscription is sold out in Europe for the time being. There is only so much server space and bandwidth to go around and based on recent playtime spikes on the service, Founders tier streaming is sold out. Currently, the Founders tier is still available in North America but Nvidia anticipates that it will reach maximum capacity there shortly as well.

Nvidia’s GeForce Now has become so popular since it exited beta that the company can no longer handle the number of players trying to access its servers. As such, NVIDIA was forced to announce that GeForce NOW Founders is now sold out in Europe and North America. Currently, Nvidia is working to expand the number of players if can support by adding additional servers to its data centres. Once that upgrade process is complete, Founders memberships will open up to new subscribers again.

Cory from NVIDIA Staff said in forum.

“As you can imagine, we’re experiencing a substantial increase in the number of GeForce NOW players and their amount of playtime. As a result, our Founders memberships are currently sold out in Europe and we anticipate North America won’t be far behind. We’re working to expedite capacity by adding servers in our data centers. And we’ll reopen Founders memberships as capacity allows.”

The Founders tier prioritizes access to NVIDIA’s servers and lets members play gaming sessions of up to six hours. Although the Founders tier is free for the first three months, members must then pay $5 per month to continue to benefit from the advantages offered by the service.

In comparison, the Basic tier is free but you’ll probably have to wait a long time until you’ll be able to access NVIDIA’s servers. Also, you can only play for one hour before the service will disconnect you from the servers. Of course, you can play as many hours as you want, but you’ll have to queue after each disconnection.

You can, of course, still sign up for the free GeForce Now tier, although you don’t get priority access (meaning you’ll be queuing a while) and play-time is limited to one hour (you can’t benefit from RTX graphics either). One point to remember is that Nvidia’s initial offer for those signing up (with their payment details) for a Founders membership is the ability to cancel in the first three months, without penalty.

In the meantime though, those interested can still sign up for the GeForce Now free-tier, which comes with a cap on streaming quality and a limit to play time. Those who pay for the Founders membership get priority access to the servers, so free-tier members may experience waiting times before being able to play.