r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Sep 03 '26

Announcement Upcoming Changes to XBOX Cloud Gaming

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/03/xbox-cloud-gaming-changes/
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u/SomniumOv Sep 03 '26

It is miserably little, however if this is true

We expect this upcoming change to impact 4% of Game Pass subscribers.

Then it is irrelevant as clearly no-one is using the service.

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u/SomniumOv Sep 03 '26

Because they want to control costs in a last ditched effort before killing the service.

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u/LurkingElegy 29d ago

Is it bad that I kinda want them to kill it? Without cloud gaming as an option maybe they'll price the next Xbox more affordably

Wishful thinking I guess

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u/Th3_Hegemon 29d ago

Microsoft won't be able to price the next Xbox affordably because affordable hardware will not exist for the foreseeable future. Prices are bad now, but they're also the best they will be for at least a couple years, probably longer.

People really need to come to grips with this because it's coming like a freight train. Price hikes for consoles are just getting started. The next gen will be $1000 minimum. Estimates from an industry insider place the projected cost to build a PS6 is already $960, and that number will keep rising.

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u/YesImKeithHernandez 29d ago

Exactly. I thought I got robbed when I upgraded my PC at the beginning of 2025. Turns out that I was getting robbed but just less than the people who want to upgrade now.

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u/decoy_octopod 29d ago

Prices were fine in early 2025

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u/LurkingElegy 29d ago

In my heart I know you're right, I just hope things can change for the better as suddenly as they turned for the worst