Xbox Cloud Gaming wholesale limits and pricing rollout

What happened

Windows Central reports that for those on Xbox Game Pass, these are the current limits you get with Xbox Cloud Gaming. Windows Central reports 15 hours per month, with 400+ games, and day-one Xbox titles. Windows Central reports that Tom Warren at The Verge reported that Microsoft has landed Xbox Cloud Gaming rights for Grand Theft Auto 6, although it led to a very curiously worded denial from Xbox. Windows Central reports the Xbox One console range can stream Xbox Cloud titles, and there are still hundreds of thousands of users on the previous-gen console platform, given that games like Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft, and others are still fully updated on PS4 and Xbox One. Windows Central reports Follow on X.com/JezCorden and tune in to the XB2 Podcast, all about, you guessed it, Xbox! Windows Central reports 1 Microsoft reveals its new hourly Xbox Cloud Gaming playtime pass prices — Xbox Insiders can test now ahead of the November launch Windows Central reports 5 Xbox just brought the legendary Xbox 360 Blades dashboard back to life, but will it ever come to your console?

Why it matters

• Impact

  The rollout of limits and pay-as-you-go pricing shapes how players access cloud gaming under Game Pass and beyond.

What we know

The Verge reports Microsoft is opening up Xbox Cloud Gaming to anyone in November. Insiders can access “introductory” launch pricing bundles: All of these cloud hours will include ad-free cloud gaming, shorter wait times, and higher-quality streaming. These aren’t monthly bundles of hours either, so once you purchased a pack it remains available until the hours are used. The pay-as-you-go Xbox Cloud Gaming option arrives just in time for Grand Theft Auto VI . Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball revealed on X that Microsoft won’t be streaming Grand Theft Auto VI to PCs, suggesting that the web browsers and apps that can usually access Xbox Cloud Gaming will not be able to stream Grand Theft Auto VI . Microsoft also continues to test free, ad-supported cloud gaming for Xbox Insiders, offering up another way to stream games without Game Pass. In September, Microsoft confirmed that Xbox Cloud Gaming through Game Pass would start enacting limits on how much time players could spend in cloud gaming per month. Now , Microsoft is testing out the new costs with “Insiders” ahead of a broader rollout next month, with “introductory pricing” confirmed as follows: For the lowest purchase amount, that comes out to just about 40¢ per hour, dropping to about 24¢ for the 50-hour purchase. This is for ad-free streaming, with Microsoft pointing out that it will also allow players to stream games for free with ads , though they also put up with longer wait times and lower-quality streaming. Xbox Game Pass will get a Google TV app ‘in the coming months,’ likely only for TCL. Googlebooks will get full GeForce Now support ‘later this year’.