Soulphite 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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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 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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[–] Ava@piefed.blahaj.zone 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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[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 8 points 3 weeks ago

ah but what about the hardware rental fees

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