r/gaming • u/Force_Hammer • 17h ago

Microsoft to impose time limits on Xbox cloud gaming subscribers as costs continue to climb

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/03/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-cloud-limits.html
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u/LezDoTheBoogerWooger 17h ago

Per month? So I pay 23$ per month and NOT have one hour of gaming per day? What happens if I have a normal adult life and I need to pause or disconnect frequently? Do loading times count? Give me back disks and games I ****ing own please.  It's PLAY time, not "let me check if I have enough time to exploit successfully the time I bought with my subscription" play time.  Gosh. 

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u/zilyzal 17h ago

No way this is per month. Most be per day, right?

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u/LezDoTheBoogerWooger 17h ago

I mean, 15 hours per day would sound very strange. Not impossible, but strange. That ai-written article doesn't explain much. 

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u/CocodaMonkey 12h ago

15 hours a day doesn't sound strange to me. That would be trying to get people to stop wasting their resources idling in a game which I'm sure a ton of people do. That would just be trying to limit their costs while still being consumer friendly.

Of course at 15 hours a month it makes the entire service a joke. The cost per hour of gaming is going to be way more expensive to stream vs own a PC unless you don't game much at all.

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u/AreYouNormal1 17h ago

At least you'd be encouraged to get some sleep.

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u/zilyzal 17h ago

I know lol. But i can't make it make sense. No way it's 15 hours per month

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u/madmofo145 17h ago

There is no way they'd consider a 15 hour a day limit to even be a limit. Perhaps it's a per week, but implication is very much that it's a monthly limit.

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u/zilyzal 17h ago

Limiting per week is weird. It's usually either per month or per day. I think free tier had a daily limit if i remember currectly.

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u/Intrexa 7h ago

I agree it's likely a monthly limit. However, 15 a day does set it to stop certain idle games/actions.

15/month is pretty low.

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u/Dry_Philosopher_1284 17h ago

It’s per month. They’re so fucking greedy, because they haven’t even announced how much it would cost to extend those restrictions. They’re quick to make their service shittier without deciding on the details.

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u/Zolo49 PC 17h ago edited 15h ago

Has to be. If it was per month, they might as well just cancel it. I’ll wait until there’s a clarification before saying more. If it actually does turn out to be per month? LMAO

[Edit: I’m seeing other articles out now confirming it’s per month. What a colossally stupid decision.]

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u/klingma 16h ago

It's per month per the article's first sentence. 

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u/Zolo49 PC 15h ago

You know, I actually did read the article. I guess my brain just skipped over that. Charging $23 for just 15 hours of game time feels so completely unbelievable.

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u/klingma 15h ago

Oh I know right? Insane, almost seems like they'd rather push people off the service entirely than somehow increase revenue. 

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u/bman123457 16h ago

Im hoping this is maybe per week at least. The article is terrible. Per day makes this a total non issue. Per week would even make it a non issue for most.

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u/klingma 16h ago

It's per month

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u/whatthedna 33m ago

Nobody is stopping you from buying physical Xbox games though.