eicker comments on Xbox 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.

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[–] eicker@lemmy.world [S] 63 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Microsoft has reinvented the arcade, except this time you buy the game first and then feed the machine quarters to play it. Next up: a premium tier that lets you pause without the meter running. At this rate, Xbox’s most profitable game will be watching customers try to escape the billing screen.

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[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 35 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Next up: You get a free hour if you watch this AI slop ad. And since we've now required eye tracking to be enabled, if you look away from the ad for even a moment, then pay up.

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