Cloud gaming has been on a tear, with Nvidia at the forefront, with compatibility changes a frequent occurrence. The latest addition is Fire TVs, with an app coming to users on Amazon’s OS.
Nvidia has made some significant improvements to cloud gaming performance in the past few years. Considering the market for game streaming is only so old, it’s reached a point where it’s a solid alternative to playing locally stored titles, reaching similar, if not better, performance in some instances.
According to Nvidia, GeForce Now has officially launched an app for Amazon Fire OS users. More specifically, Fire TV sticks now have access to the GeForce Now app and, along with it, the entire compatible game library.
The only hardware needed, other than Amazon’s, is a controller. With that and a good internet connection, players will be able to play their own libraries just as on any other hardware. This now puts a strong contending app on Fire TVs and Sticks, other than the company’s proprietary cloud gaming service – Amazon Luna.
Nvidia says the Fire TV Stick 4K Plus (2nd gen), Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2nd gen), and Fire TV Stick 4K Max (1st gen) are compatible with the GeForce Now app. At the time of writing, each of those models is currently on sale. Though the devices are rated for 4K, GeForce Now will be limited to streaming at 1080p for the time being.
For those unfamiliar, GeForce Now works like this: users pay a monthly fee for access to the streaming service itself. Using your own library of games via Steam or other services, Nvidia gets access to your titles and saves to stream your own games from the cloud, and it’s proprietary graphics hardware. Users pay for the convenience of getting virtual access, though games need to be purchased separately.
In practice, it works well for those who don’t have access to high-performance hardware. As a side effect of the race for AI, RAM, and other chip prices have soared, leaving many users with the game streaming option alone. Whether that’s intentional is anyone’s guess, but cloud gaming remains a valid option until PC hardware costs come back to reality.
On top of the Fire TV Stick news, GeForce Now also announced several new games for its library, including Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Disciples: Domination.
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