Xbox prices cloud playtime at 24 to 40 cents an hour
Original title: Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you bought
Insiders can buy 10, 25, or 50 hours for $4, $8, or $12, and unused time does not expire.
Microsoft rolled out a la carte Cloud Playtime purchases to Xbox Insiders after limiting streaming included with Game Pass. Introductory prices are 10 hours for $4, 25 hours for $8, and 50 hours for $12, about 40, 32, and 24 cents per hour. Purchased time stays available until used. Packs require a cloud-playable game purchase or, for select titles, free-to-play access, so streaming is charged on top of owning the game.
- Cloud Playtime is available first to Xbox Insiders.
- Ten hours cost $4, 25 hours $8, and 50 hours $12.
- Microsoft says purchased playtime remains available until it is used.
- Game Pass still includes some monthly streaming; these packs do not replace that model.
- Vendors
- Microsoft
From the original article
2 min read at arstechnica.com
In September, when Microsoft severely limited the game-streaming buffet available to Game Pass subscribers , the company said non-subscribers would soon be able to “purchase cloud playtime hours through the Xbox Store and stream eligible games they own on supported devices.”
By entryleveljobsc · arstechnica.com
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