Xbox proclaims cloud-gaming worth hike

Microsoft is enshittifying its newly launched cloud gaming subscription at an astonishing charge. Less than a 12 months after opening up Xbox’s limitless cloud gaming, beforehand solely obtainable by an Ultimate Game Pass subscription, it’s already putting heavy screen-time restrictions. Per a recent blog post (via The Verge), underneath the brand new mannequin, Game Pass Ultimate subscribers get 15 hours of recreation time, Premium subscribers get 10 hours, and Essential must make do with 5. To sweeten the deal for Microsoft shareholders, Ultimate players who need greater than 15 hours should purchase extra time through the Xbox Store. Tellingly, the corporate didn’t supply bottom-line particulars on how a lot it will value or precisely when in November this variation will start.