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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. (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 222 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

And it's this kind of shit that has ruined my love for tech. It's all soulless dystopian slop they want you paying for monthly for the rest of your life. Fuck all these techno dweebs. It's a shame all the normies will go along with this...

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  • [–] 52 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    They'll average $1700/year to play the fucking games they already spent $100 to borrow indefinitely? Fuck, gaming sounds so stupid now.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    $1700/yr is 12 hours of gaming each day at $0.40/hr, which is more than the $0.24 you'd actually be paying. Nobody gaming that much would otherwise be spending $100/yr on games in any case.

    This is a very stupid thing for the industry, but your numbers are hyperbolic and anti-useful.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Tech is still great but you have to know where to look and invest. Sony/MS have lost the plot that's for sure, but the pc gaming ecosystem is vibrant, and there are amazing foss solutions to just about everything, including streaming.

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