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On March 1, 2018, Nvidia in a blog post first announced the marketing program<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teeple |first=John |date=2018-03-01 |title=GeForce Partner Program Helps Gamers Know What They’re Buying |url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/03/01/geforce-partner-program/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710012207/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/03/01/geforce-partner-program/ |archive-date=2023-07-10 |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=NVIDIA Blog}}</ref> which aimed to provide partners with benefits such PR support, video game bundling and market development funds. Kyle Bennett from HardOCP spoke with seven companies off the record and they more or less had the same to say:<blockquote> | On March 1, 2018, Nvidia in a blog post first announced the marketing program<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teeple |first=John |date=2018-03-01 |title=GeForce Partner Program Helps Gamers Know What They’re Buying |url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/03/01/geforce-partner-program/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710012207/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/03/01/geforce-partner-program/ |archive-date=2023-07-10 |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=NVIDIA Blog}}</ref> which aimed to provide partners with benefits such PR support, video game bundling and market development funds. Kyle Bennett from HardOCP spoke with seven companies off the record and they more or less had the same to say:<blockquote> | ||
* The terms of the GPP agreement are potentially illegal | *The terms of the GPP agreement are potentially illegal | ||
* The GPP will hurt consumer choices | *The GPP will hurt consumer choices | ||
* The GPP will hurt a partner's ability to do business with other companies like AMD and Intel<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scheisser |first=Tim |date=2018-03-12 |title=Nvidia gets anti-competitive with unsavory GeForce Partner Program |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/73661-nvidia-gets-anti-competitive-unsavory-geforce-partner-program.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703105744/https://www.techspot.com/news/73661-nvidia-gets-anti-competitive-unsavory-geforce-partner-program.html |archive-date=20250703 |website=TechSpot}}</ref> | *The GPP will hurt a partner's ability to do business with other companies like AMD and Intel<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scheisser |first=Tim |date=2018-03-12 |title=Nvidia gets anti-competitive with unsavory GeForce Partner Program |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/73661-nvidia-gets-anti-competitive-unsavory-geforce-partner-program.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703105744/https://www.techspot.com/news/73661-nvidia-gets-anti-competitive-unsavory-geforce-partner-program.html |archive-date=20250703 |website=TechSpot}}</ref> | ||
</blockquote>Nvidia cancelled the program on May 4, 2018, citing "The rumors, conjecture and mistruths go far beyond its intent. Rather than battling misinformation, we have decided to cancel the program." <ref>{{Cite web |last=Teeple |first=John |date=4 May 2018 |title=Pulling the Plug on GPP, Leaning into GeForce |url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/05/04/gpp/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504191609/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/05/04/gpp/ |archive-date=4 May 2018 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Nvidia Blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Forrest |first=Derek published |date=4 May 2018 |title=Nvidia Ends Notorious GeForce Partner Program |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ends-geforce-partner-program,37008.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325085921/https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ends-geforce-partner-program,37008.html |archive-date=25 Mar 2025 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Tom's Hardware}}</ref><!-- Elaborate on why it was discontinued, and what the controversy was about --> | </blockquote>Nvidia cancelled the program on May 4, 2018, citing "The rumors, conjecture and mistruths go far beyond its intent. Rather than battling misinformation, we have decided to cancel the program." <ref>{{Cite web |last=Teeple |first=John |date=4 May 2018 |title=Pulling the Plug on GPP, Leaning into GeForce |url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/05/04/gpp/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504191609/https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/05/04/gpp/ |archive-date=4 May 2018 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Nvidia Blog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Forrest |first=Derek published |date=4 May 2018 |title=Nvidia Ends Notorious GeForce Partner Program |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ends-geforce-partner-program,37008.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325085921/https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ends-geforce-partner-program,37008.html |archive-date=25 Mar 2025 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Tom's Hardware}}</ref><!-- Elaborate on why it was discontinued, and what the controversy was about --> | ||
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===GeForce previews (''date'')=== | ===GeForce previews (''date'')=== | ||
===Threatening Gamers Nexus ('' | ===Threatening Gamers Nexus (''2025.05.18'')=== | ||
... | {{Main|{{wplink|Nvidia threatens GamersNexus}}}}On May 18, 2025, GamersNexus, a pro consumer tech publication channel, uploaded a video to their YouTube channel exposing Nvidia's scheme of threatening them. Nvidia strongly suggested to GN that access to their engineers for future interviews would only be possible if GN underwent an editorial change according to Nvidia's specification. The company's ransom was for more postive and longer emphasis on their new MFG (Multi-frame Generation) technology in GN's future reviews of their GPUs. | ||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||