Apparently I'm one of the 4% Microsoft says this change will affect. I pay £16.99/month for Ultimate primarily for cloud gaming, NOT the Game Pass catalogue. I own a Legion Go and use it to stream Xbox games I've actually PURCHASED. So cutting that to 15 hours a month basically removes my reason for subscribing. I'll cancel Ultimate. Depending on what Xbox charges for extra cloud hours, I'll either buy those separately or put the £203.88/year I'm saving towards GeForce NOW. And here's the bit Xbox should probably care about: if GeForce NOW becomes my main way of gaming on my handheld, I'll naturally start buying more games on PC/Steam instead of Xbox. So that's potentially a lost Ultimate subscription AND lost future Xbox game sales. Microsoft says only 4% of subscribers will be affected. Fine I'm one of them. But Xbox spent years telling us that cloud gaming meant we could play anywhere. Some of us actually listened.
I use cloud gaming all the time on my logitech g cloud which IS the perfect xbox handheld device period! Just need to make it like Stadia was ie if I buy a game for my console then I can stream it via cloud gaming. Remote play is nice but not enough. I need my whole library of purchased games to be able to stream via cloud gaming. Then I wouldn't even need a console. PERFECT
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Re: Xbox Is Officially Putting Time Limits On Cloud Gaming For Game Pass Members
Apparently I'm one of the 4% Microsoft says this change will affect.
I pay £16.99/month for Ultimate primarily for cloud gaming, NOT the Game Pass catalogue. I own a Legion Go and use it to stream Xbox games I've actually PURCHASED.
So cutting that to 15 hours a month basically removes my reason for subscribing.
I'll cancel Ultimate. Depending on what Xbox charges for extra cloud hours, I'll either buy those separately or put the £203.88/year I'm saving towards GeForce NOW.
And here's the bit Xbox should probably care about: if GeForce NOW becomes my main way of gaming on my handheld, I'll naturally start buying more games on PC/Steam instead of Xbox.
So that's potentially a lost Ultimate subscription AND lost future Xbox game sales.
Microsoft says only 4% of subscribers will be affected. Fine I'm one of them. But Xbox spent years telling us that cloud gaming meant we could play anywhere. Some of us actually listened.
Re: Talking Point: What Would Convince You To Use Xbox Cloud Gaming More Often?
I use cloud gaming all the time on my logitech g cloud which IS the perfect xbox handheld device period! Just need to make it like Stadia was ie if I buy a game for my console then I can stream it via cloud gaming. Remote play is nice but not enough. I need my whole library of purchased games to be able to stream via cloud gaming. Then I wouldn't even need a console. PERFECT