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/DR_BEANHAMMER 16h ago

That's insane. My wife and I are grown adults with full time jobs and a household to manage and we game roughly 2 hrs per day on weekdays and can put in 10ish hours on the weekends.

I am so glad I built a pc before prices shoehorned people into cloud gaming.

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u/OblivionJunkie 16h ago

Built mine in 21/22', gf built hers in 23/24'. We're very thankful lol

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u/DR_BEANHAMMER 16h ago

I am glad i mever listened to all the people saying to wait. "I'm just going to buy this 4070TIS instead of waiting for the 50 series, and get another 4gb nvme too" just in the nick of time. Most of the used stuff in my computer is worth way more than I payed for it.

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u/hghpandaman 14h ago

your build is very similar to mine 13700k, 4070TI, 32 gigs of ram and 8 tb storage. I'm SO happy i built mine when i did

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u/TopAcanthocephala271 16h ago

Nobody is shoehorned into cloud gaming. You can still download your games and gamepass games and play them locally. Are you doing your 2 hours of gaming on the cloud service? If not this doesn’t effect you at all.

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u/Optimaximal 16h ago

Now imagine if your PC breaks down tomorrow and replacing it in the current climate costs more than a months wage..?

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u/PSYLOPSYBANE 13h ago

Better start saving? Lmao

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u/JTalbotIV 16h ago

I'm broke, but got into pc emulation on my phone fairly recently, and oh my word is it feeling timely.

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u/Suitable-Horse1630 13h ago

Yup. Pretty easy to put in 20+ hours of gaming a week (or any of your other favorite recreational activities) for any functional adult that's capable of taking care of themselves, and has basic time management skills.

Anyone stupid enough to fall for the cloud gaming scam deserves it at this point.

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u/Low_discrepancy 2h ago

Pretty easy to put in 20+ hours of gaming a week (or any of your other favorite recreational activities) for any functional adult that's capable of taking care of themselves, and has basic time management skills.

yeah if you have no SO and kids and no other hobby, sure

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u/fuckshitballscunt 13h ago

Right? I did a full upgrade to a 4080 and 64gb ram right before everything went to shit. Had been saving for months and timed it perfectly by blind luck

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u/Delann 14h ago edited 14h ago

Bro, you guys are NOT the norm, 2 hours per day during weekdays is a LOT for most people. At that point just invest in some consoles/PCs, cause youbsure as hell aren'tdoing anythingelse with your free time. Either that or you've got really easy jobs.

Not saying 15 hours a month isnt low but come on.

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u/Dull_Republic_9381 14h ago

You know you're atypical don't you? And even if you weren't, why does that mean that Microsoft shouldn't set their prices relative to usage?