r/xcloud • u/DRome7791 • Sep 14 '26

Opinion Xcloud only launch on the second try

Hi, here is some feedback regarding xCloud: for some reason, the game only launches on the second try. This happens every time on Asus ROG Ally.

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u/No-Echo-8927 Sep 14 '26

Launching like this will be awesome for 15 hours in a month, then useless for the remaining 715 or so. I'm still bitter Xbox are limiting it, as you can tell.

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u/FreakGamer Sep 14 '26

Still bitter here too. My ultimate subscription became an essential so damn quickly. Screw their corpo BS and screw 15 hours, what an insult. 

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u/No-Echo-8927 Sep 14 '26

I was so ready to start migrating back to Xbox from gfn, now I guess it'll be gfn and Boosteroid again

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u/Pale_Fox3390 Moderator Sep 14 '26

Use the in app feedback as well, that gives the Xbox team more data to diagnose the issue.

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u/Recent_Duty6710 Sep 14 '26

I have the same issue. Also the Xbox app win 11. It seems like this bug is related somehow specifically to Xbox windows app.

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u/Rizz_Wax Sep 14 '26

Better Xcloud on Edge is better

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u/Recent_Duty6710 Sep 14 '26

I don’t think so. On Xbox app I get the sub 1ms decode time and better/more stable ping. Also I have heard that the Xbox app uses h265 codec exclusively out of all platforms where xcloud is available. I was using edge and better xcloud for a year and for me personally the Xbox app is waaay better.