Nvidia Pushes GeForce Now India Launch To 2026: Here’s What’s Really Going On

India’s cloud-gaming scene finally started heating up. PlayStation Portal unlocked cloud streaming, Xbox Cloud Gaming opened its doors, and everyone assumed Nvidia would follow through with GeForce Now before the year wrapped. That’s not happening anymore.

Nvidia has quietly pushed the India launch into Q1 2026, shifting expectations yet again.

Why the delay?

Nvidia originally teased India’s return at CES 2025, hinting that RTX 4080-class servers would go live in the first half of the year. Then the target slipped to “later this year”, then to November, and now we’re staring at a January–March 2026 window.

The company’s official statement is straightforward:

- Servers are still being assembled in India and won’t be ready before early next year.

- But the delay might actually work out in gamers’ favour.

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A possible upgrade on the way

By 2026, Nvidia could skip the older Ada Lovelace RTX 4080 hardware and roll out newer RTX 5080-grade servers instead — something it has already started doing in select global regions. If India ends up getting the latest stack from day one, the wait might feel worth it.

What GeForce Now offers

If you’ve never used it before, GeForce Now isn’t a game store — it streams the PC games you already own on platforms like Steam, Epic, GOG, and Ubisoft Connect. Globally, it comes in three tiers:

Ultimate

- Up to 5K streaming, 120–240 Hz rates depending on the game, RTX 5080 hardware, ray tracing, DLSS, long session limits, priority access, and over 4,000 playable titles.

Performance

- Targets 1440p / 60 FPS, shorter sessions, and mid-tier hardware.

Free

- 1080p, one-hour sessions, and ad-supported queues.

India had a brief taste of it back in 2017, priced at ₹650 per month, but cloud gaming wasn’t mature enough back then for it to take off.

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So what now?

With Xbox Cloud Gaming finally live, PlayStation’s ecosystem expanding, and mobile internet stronger than ever, Nvidia stepping in could shake up the space in 2026 — assuming the launch stays on schedule this time.

For now, Indian gamers will have to wait a little longer, but if Nvidia deploys its next-gen servers here, the payoff could be huge