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/Wolfgar26 16h ago

Nshitia paved the way for others to pull the same move.

GeForce Now went from unlimited playtime to 100h and people got pissed, Microslop proves once more they can always be more greedy than others by maxing out at 15h

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u/stache1313 16h ago

100 hours a month is at least somewhat reasonable. That's an average of 3 hours and 20 minutes a day.

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u/OverlySexualPenguin 16h ago

that is UNREASONABLE!

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u/TheBugThatsSnug 16h ago

If this is an unreasonable amount of time to stream a game with only a controller and screen, no other hardware, basically, then you probably should get some hardware to play longer without streaming.

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u/GaryOster 13h ago

Did... did you just assume this guy's budget?

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u/TheBugThatsSnug 13h ago

Its enough budget to subscribe to a service where you wait in line to play a game for a set amount of hours. Its like renting your tv or computer, youd save more time and money just getting your own.

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u/stache1313 15h ago

This is just cloud gaming. If you spend that much time gaming you probably have other ways of gaming.

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u/Admirable_Zombie5245 16h ago

It’s more than fine? Gaming is my favorite hobby and I’d probably play at max 3 hours a day during vacations and in satisfied

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u/Im_Unsure_For_Sure 15h ago

Not sure what your personal criteria for satisfaction has to do with anything.

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u/Delann 15h ago

Bro, that's 1/6 of the fucking day every day. Assuming you sleep at least 6 hours and work at least another 6, you'd literally need to spend a third of all your free time gaming. And thats me being generous, most people would at least work 8 hours. Plus you still gotta eat, wash, probably commute, etc. If you have that kind of time you're either unemployed or are cutting corners somewhere else, either way, that's a lot of time.

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u/Im_Unsure_For_Sure 14h ago

Imma bout to blow your fuckin mind brother - weekends exist.

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u/chop5397 15h ago

Anything more than 3 hours a day is an addiction.

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u/stache1313 15h ago

Also this is an average. If you play an hour a day during the week and 8 hours each day on the weekend that is an average of 3 hours a day.

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u/Ch33s3m4st3r 15h ago

Or you know a lot of free time?

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u/Delann 15h ago edited 14h ago

It's 1/6 of the day, EVERY day. At that point you're either unemployed, slacking off or not sleeping enough. Not saying 15 hours a month isnt low but come on.

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u/Ch33s3m4st3r 13h ago

Before I had kids it was not unusual to have freetime around 7pm to 11pm. Workday ended 3-4pm, chores, training, food and then whatever I wanted. On weekends even more freetime.

But these days I do agree with you that 100hr/month is plenty. I just also understand how someone can dedicate that time to gaming without sacrificing other areas of life nor would I call it an addiction. Just different priorities.

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u/nox66 15h ago

If you get a game you really like and have a lot of free time, you might spend 12 hours on Saturday and Sunday playing it. Four weekends a month, and you've already basically hit the limit.

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u/murticusyurt 12h ago

and people got pissed

Some did. There were way too many weirdos telling us it was a good thing and if you needed more there was something wrong with you and your entire life. I am not being melodramatic.

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u/Zalvren 13h ago

There is a huge difference between 100 hours and 15 hours (85 hours lol).

If you game more than 100 hours a month to be honest, you're at the level where cloud gaming doesn't make sense and you should have your local hardware. That's quite a lot