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/_Ocean_Machine_ 14h ago

If you only game on weekends, that's less than four hours per weekend.

I imagine most of us in here can knock that out before Friday night is over.

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u/b0w3n 14h ago

My comment when someone mentioned 15 hours was literally "ah yes, a saturday"

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u/EstablishmentCivil29 13h ago

No shit right?

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u/Zalvren 13h ago

To be fair, I don't think cloud gaming is used by anyone that is at that level of gaming. It's basically for people that almost don't game at all (and so don't see the need in having a local machine)

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u/Njoybeing 13h ago

It is. It's used by people like me who are living on a very low, fixed income, who don't have any way to purchase high end hardware.

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u/Strong-Finish5346 9h ago

don't have any way to purchase high end hardware.

If you were putting that $26/mo into a savings account, instead of setting it on fire by giving it to game pass, you'd be able to buy a new PC roughly every 4 years. It would require self-discipline and delaying your gratification though.

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u/Used-Persimmon-367 13h ago

Cloud gaming is the only way I can play my owned copy of Cyberpunk.

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u/No-Education3638 13h ago

Beg to differ

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u/EstablishmentCivil29 13h ago

That is incorrect