ryujin470@fedia.io to Gaming@beehaw.org · 2 days agoAs Game Pass prices get laughably high, Microsoft is reportedly spinning up a free version of Xbox Cloud Gaming—but of course you'll have to sit through adswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkAs Game Pass prices get laughably high, Microsoft is reportedly spinning up a free version of Xbox Cloud Gaming—but of course you'll have to sit through adswww.pcgamer.comryujin470@fedia.io to Gaming@beehaw.org · 2 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareSpecial Wall@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 days agoI was wondering how they would be able to run such an expensive service based on just one person’s ad revenue: Microsoft is also currently testing a limit of one hour for sessions, with up to five hours free a month I just don’t understand how Microsoft thinks someone is going to sit through minutes of ads and be okay with only 5 hours per month in return.
minus-squareSavvyWolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoWhen I was a kid my parents would only let me play games for half an hour a day. That works out at, using the monthly times, three times as much as Microsoft is letting people use. Microsoft, is it an ad supported tier or a limited trial. Pick one.
I was wondering how they would be able to run such an expensive service based on just one person’s ad revenue:
I just don’t understand how Microsoft thinks someone is going to sit through minutes of ads and be okay with only 5 hours per month in return.
When I was a kid my parents would only let me play games for half an hour a day. That works out at, using the monthly times, three times as much as Microsoft is letting people use.
Microsoft, is it an ad supported tier or a limited trial. Pick one.