Microsoft Slashes Xbox Cloud Gaming to Just 15 Hours a Month

Microsoft is preparing to introduce strict monthly limits for Xbox Cloud Gaming, with even Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers restricted to 15 hours of cloud play per month starting in November.

Key points

• While Ultimate subscribers pay $5.99 for another 15 hours, performance users can purchase an extra 15 hours for $2.99.
• Windows Central's Jez Corden reports that Microsoft would start losing funds when a user exceeds roughly 15 hours of Xbox Cloud Gaming each month.
• While subscribers can roll over up to 15 unused hours, both the Performance and Ultimate tiers include 100 hours per month.
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• The change comes as Microsoft expands Xbox Cloud Gaming to more televisions.

Notably, the change comes as Microsoft expands Xbox Cloud Gaming to more televisions. After earlier launches on selected Samsung and LG televisions, the firm unveiled that the Xbox app will arrive on TCL Smart TVs in the coming months.

Users will still need an Xbox Game Pass subscription to stream games through the TV app. GTA 6 Hype Pushes PlayStation 5 Rates Above $1, 400 Everywhere. New Xbox Cloud Gaming Limits.

Xbox Cloud Gaming previously had no monthly playtime limit. Starting in November, nevertheless, Microsoft will introduce different caps depending on the Game Pass tier. Service / Tier Monthly Cloud Gaming Limit Session Limit. Xbox Game Pass Essential 5 hours Not specified. Xbox Game Pass Premium 10 hours Not specified. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 15 hours Not specified. GeForce NOW Free No monthly cap Around 1 hour. GeForce NOW Performance 100 hours Up to 6 hours. GeForce NOW Ultimate 100 hours Up to 8 hours.

Microsoft notes only around 4% of Xbox Cloud Gaming users will be affected by the new limits.

Even on the Ultimate tier, nevertheless, 15 hours may not be enough to complete some medium-length single-player games within one month if a player relies entirely on cloud streaming. GeForce NOW Offers Much More Playtime.

NVIDIA has additionally introduced restrictions on GeForce NOW, but its paid aims provide considerably more cloud gaming time.

Although individual sessions are limited to around one hour and users may have to wait in queues, the free tier does not have a monthly cap.

NVIDIA has additionally lately continued DLSS 4.5 and DLSS 5 backing to GeForce NOW. Microsoft Reportedly Loses Funds Beyond 15 Hours.

Meanwhile, the report additionally states growing demand for computing capacity from AI workloads gives Microsoft another reason to avoid dedicating servers to cloud gaming sessions that are not profitable.

In practice, the restrictions come as part of Xbox division CEO Asha Sharma's broader effort to improve profitability after disappointing margins. It she attributed to Xbox having "overextended" itself.

Most Xbox players do not rely primarily on cloud gaming, so the restrictions may affect only a smaller section of the community.

Nevertheless, the decision suggests Microsoft is placing less emphasis on unlimited cloud gaming than it did a number of years ago. You Can Now Play Nvidia Powered AAA Games Using Firefox Browser. Cloud Gaming Could Still Grow.

For context, the limits arrive at a time when rising hardware rates caused by the component crisis are making cloud gaming more attractive.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick lately stated he expects low-latency cloud gaming to take off within the next three years and potentially growth the installed base by as much as ten times.

If that happens, Microsoft's stricter limits could offer competing cloud gaming services more room to gain users. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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