eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoXbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought: Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square151linkfedilinkarrow-up1691arrow-down111
arrow-up1680arrow-down1external-linkXbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought: Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves.arstechnica.comeicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square151linkfedilink
minus-squarevision@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoLike, I don’t hate the pricing if it were not IN ADDITION to already paying for Gamepass, where I feel this all goes wrong is the fact you’d now effectively be paying to pause the game for a bathroom break or whatever and that just feels wrong.
minus-squareMBech@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoAlso paying to wait for the game to start. Would also be a hell of an incentive for games to fill games with useless filler bullshit that takes time, just because.
minus-squaremctoasterson@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoPrepare for more 20 minute unskippable cutscenes.
Like, I don’t hate the pricing if it were not IN ADDITION to already paying for Gamepass, where I feel this all goes wrong is the fact you’d now effectively be paying to pause the game for a bathroom break or whatever and that just feels wrong.
Also paying to wait for the game to start.
Would also be a hell of an incentive for games to fill games with useless filler bullshit that takes time, just because.
Prepare for more 20 minute unskippable cutscenes.