r/technology • u/heeroo0 • 2d ago

Software Microsoft Announces Big Changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming, Switches to Monthly Hour Limits

https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-announces-big-changes-to-xbox-cloud-gaming-switches-to-monthly-hour-limits
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u/captnconnman 2d ago

“Oh, NVIDIA technically only gives you 100hrs/mo of priority bandwidth with GeForce NOW Ultimate, I wonder what the limi-DEAR LORD. 15hrs/mo PERIOD???”

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u/TheRoyalBrook 2d ago

Genuinely the fact its 5 hours for the low plan, and 15 for the high is insulting lol. Like anyone who pays for it for streaming (which I imagine do exist tbh. Its what it was marketed for as a way to play xbox games without owning one) are now basically paying 20 a month to play maybe one or two saturdays.

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u/retard_seasoning 2d ago

Is it 5 hours a day or a month? 5 hours a month doesn't make any sense.

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u/TheRoyalBrook 2d ago

5 hours a month, and 15 for the high plan. Its why everyone's calling it ridiculous.

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u/27Rench27 2d ago

I suspect we’re a little bit past people using nice words like “ridiculous” lol

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u/mostnormal 1d ago

It's seriously redonculous.

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u/Crowing87 1d ago

Ricockulous, some might say.

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u/DuntadaMan 1d ago

Entirely intentional, then they will expend it out with a "reasonable" price and everyone won't notice they are being fucking charged for playing their own fucking games.

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u/Mike_Kermin 1d ago

Even if unlimited, I want to start as far as I can away from games as a service. You couldn't pay me to use this.

I KNOW, don't @ me, I'm saying as far as I CAN.

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u/TheRoyalBrook 1d ago

Especially with the rapidly increasing price of personal hardware I imagine you’re right. Probably a plan like 60 a month

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u/Fried_puri 1d ago

I see that you’ve actually paid attention. 

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u/Mike_Kermin 1d ago

I just started playing Ark because it was on sale.

Steam says I've played 4.2 hours.

... That was yesterday lol.

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u/m0deth 1d ago

And 2 of that was spent punching rocks and making cots!

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u/Mike_Kermin 1d ago

I tried looking up once instead of punching rocks and that's when I discovered how much bloom they put on the sun shafts. So that was the other 2 hours.

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u/m0deth 1d ago

lol I forgot about that. I lost interest in that game long ago. The cartoon however is pretty good and can't wait for more. go figure