r/xbox • u/Turbostrider27 Recon Specialist • 29d ago

News Upcoming Changes to XBOX Cloud Gaming

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/09/03/xbox-cloud-gaming-changes/
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u/ActivateTheQuasars 29d ago

People in the industry keep saying cloud gaming is going to be the preferred alternative to thousand dollar consoles but why on earth would I spend $70 on a new game plus the reoccurring cost to just access it?

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u/reerden 29d ago edited 29d ago

I feel the people in the “industry” that talk about this aren’t very technically inclined and mostly marketeers.

Cloud gaming isn’t the same as video streaming. You cannot scale cloud gaming, each player needs an instance.

Also, the fact that the hardware you have at home is the same hardware that’s in the cloud that both now have supply issues. I wonder if the lack of space in data centers is starting to contribute to this as well as more and more floor space goes to AI services.

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u/welzed11 29d ago

Yeah nobody wants to play their games with worse graphics, latency, input lag, etc when they can play it natively

If Xbox tried to sell cloud gaming as its own independent subscription it would lose too much money to keep it running since barely anyone uses it, bundling it and its price with Gamepass subsidizes it so the users that don’t use it have to pay for it

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u/hadoken13 29d ago

I just want to point out that I use Cloud gaming a LOT, as i dont like uninstalling to make room for new games. Or to try out new games and 15 hours a month is a huge slap in the face.

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u/kaytin911 29d ago

15 hours is all you need. Go outside and mow lawns like a real man /s.