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Nvidia launches first SaaS Offering

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Re: Nvidia launches first SaaS Offering

#11

Eventually, every company will tend towards services. Monthly income flows are more enticing than one-time ones.

And the internet is what makes such a thing possible...

Services doesn't necessarily mean internet based. If I run a local coffee shop, I can sell one bag of coffee or a subscription to monthly coffee, just pay upfront and come in to the store to pick it up.

Re: Nvidia launches first SaaS Offering

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post #3

Tangentially related, but GeForce Now is absolutely incredible. It seems like they’ve finally cracked game streaming. If you have a solid wired connection, it is practically unnoticeable for single player games at this point. They also made the (genius) decision to integrate it with multiple existing stores like Steam and GOG rather than building their own. I don’t know if I’ll ever buy a gaming PC again.

I've been a GeForce Now subscriber since the start. It's a good service that is prevented by publishers from being great.

Two major pain points for me:

1) I can't play my whole library. During the beta I was able to play pretty much my whole steam library but that changed after GFN went live. I accept that some titles may have technical limitations but thats far from universal. Like, why can't I play Red Dead Redemption II on GFN but I can on Stadia? Pure publisher bullshit, that's why

2) I wish Nvidia made it possible to apply mods to games. Steam workshop mods work if supported but the majority of games do not support that. I don't often mod but when I do its usually to correct some 'quality of life' issue.

I ended up buying a Steamdeck to game on instead of GFN.. I hope the arbitrary restrictions holding it back disappear someday

Re: Nvidia launches first SaaS Offering

#13

Seeing more and more submissions recently break this guideline: > Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Time for guideline change or stricter enforcement?

> NVIDIA Launches Omniverse Cloud Services for Building and Operating Industrial Metaverse Applications

Is this really a better title? OPs contains just as much information.

Re: Nvidia launches first SaaS Offering

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Seeing more and more submissions recently break this guideline: > Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Time for guideline change or stricter enforcement?

"NVIDIA Launches Omniverse Cloud Services for Building and Operating Industrial Metaverse Applications"

Seems a bit long for the title, and "Company’s First SaaS Offering" is the first four words of the subtitle. Seems pretty reasonable?

Re: Nvidia launches first SaaS Offering

#15
post #3

Tangentially related, but GeForce Now is absolutely incredible. It seems like they’ve finally cracked game streaming. If you have a solid wired connection, it is practically unnoticeable for single player games at this point. They also made the (genius) decision to integrate it with multiple existing stores like Steam and GOG rather than building their own. I don’t know if I’ll ever buy a gaming PC again.

They still have an issue with game compatibility, and I don't think the pricing model is competitive enough

Re: Nvidia launches first SaaS Offering

#16
post #3

Tangentially related, but GeForce Now is absolutely incredible. It seems like they’ve finally cracked game streaming. If you have a solid wired connection, it is practically unnoticeable for single player games at this point. They also made the (genius) decision to integrate it with multiple existing stores like Steam and GOG rather than building their own. I don’t know if I’ll ever buy a gaming PC again.

If everyone thought this they'd put themselves out of the consumer hardware business.

Well, they may make it more accessible to get in to gaming, and then having increased the number of gamers they may find more customers looking for a local experience. Maybe college students gaming on the fiber network at school coming home to a poor internet connection, or nerds who start gaming on a laptop but decide to build out a whole gaming rig with the best performance. I think this kind of thing has some complexity to it.

Re: Nvidia launches first SaaS Offering

#17

Seeing more and more submissions recently break this guideline: > Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Time for guideline change or stricter enforcement?

> NVIDIA Launches Omniverse Cloud Services for Building and Operating Industrial Metaverse Applications Is this really a better title? OPs contains just as much information.

It's not about which title is better (I agree OP's better) but the guideline saying do not editorialize the title.

So either a bad/irrelevant guideline or not properly enforced.

Re: Nvidia launches first SaaS Offering

#18

Eventually, every company will tend towards services. Monthly income flows are more enticing than one-time ones.

And when that happens (and if buyers ever get fed up), the pendulum will swing back as it will be a competitive advantage to offer one-time pricing and someone will exploit that edge. But that supposes buyers will care enough.

Re: Nvidia launches first SaaS Offering

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> NVIDIA Launches Omniverse Cloud Services for Building and Operating Industrial Metaverse Applications Is this really a better title? OPs contains just as much information.

It's not about which title is better (I agree OP's better) but the guideline saying do not editorialize the title. So either a bad/irrelevant guideline or not properly enforced.

Or are guidelines instead of stead fast rules.

Re: Nvidia launches first SaaS Offering

#20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not about which title is better (I agree OP's better) but the guideline saying do not editorialize the title. So either a bad/irrelevant guideline or not properly enforced.

Or are guidelines instead of stead fast rules.

Good point. I (think I) remember seeing guidelines being used to enforce a mod action though, so then they would stop being guideliness and become rules.
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