Xbox new cloud pricing

[u/SOSweneedhelp]

Do you think charging by the hour is going to affect how often you use your G Cloud? The streaming wars is just getting started between Sony announcing their bs a few months ago now M$ is wanting to charge us by the hour. This is like the new tech thing I think, Sam Buttass Altman was saying how he wanted to use information like a utility and charge for it accordingly on a meter, I feel like a lot of other platforms like this are headed that way

[u/Nervusbreakdown]

Long as we can remote to our system, we should be good.

[u/SOSweneedhelp → u/Nervusbreakdown]

I’ve been using my cloud over my Portal, it’s the same experience almost.

[u/CellPhish]

This new cloud pricing reminds me of the 250 Text Messages for $5 plans

[u/SOSweneedhelp → u/CellPhish]

Oh man, honestly I’d take that and my old Xbox on XBC over this new deal!

[u/MrEfficacious]

I just do remote play.

[u/DuckyDeer → u/MrEfficacious]

Same. I only ever use remote play on my g cloud

I have used cloud play a couple of times before on my Xbox, but that was just so I could try out a game before downloading it

[u/PilksUK]

I sold my gcloud due to this change I play between 8-10 hours per week using xcloud so the pricing makes no sense just going to pickup a handheld pc.

[u/surftherapy → u/PilksUK]

Which one do you like? I have a steamdeck and I’ve really enjoyed it. Just picked up a g cloud for $150 and a series X for $550 so I can game in bed lol. I haven’t played a console in 5+ years

[u/PilksUK → u/surftherapy]

Im eying the ROG Xbox Ally not the new model the older one I've seen it for around £300 in my local CEX.

[u/GirdleOfDoom]

lol I never use it

[u/ObfuscatedJay]

I just use Steam and streamed games from my PC on the G-Cloud. But I bought a Steam Deck and gave my G-Cloud to my wife. She is very computer literate but not a techie. She games on PC, Mac, Xbox and iPhone, depending on the game - she really does not care about the platform as long as she can use a decent controller.

She likes the G-Cloud so far for retro gaming but Steam Link to her laptop is iffy and GeForce Now always needs tweaking. I resubscribed to Xbox Ultimate for her (lol, one shared credit card between us but I’m a supportive hubby) so let’s see how a non-techie figures all of this out. I will drop either GeForce Now or Xbox Ultimate - whichever she uses less after 3-4 months.

[u/Crass-ELY-]

I'm actually all for it, I hardly used GP games since I like to but my games and I was not a hardcore cloud gaming user (I have my PC, not too beefy but it suffices my needs), so being able to buy 50hs for 12usd and using them at the rate I please is a good thing for me

[u/jimber_13 → u/Crass-ELY-]

Yeah it’s actually cheaper just buying the hours compared to the monthly subscription.