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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)
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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 54 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] Ava@piefed.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 week ago (3 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.

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 week ago

ah but what about the hardware rental fees

[–] Axolotl_cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Let's say you play a game that costs 40c to stream, and it's every day for a year; it will be ~400$

[–] RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

For 2-3 hours per day is what you mean I guess?

Because 400 is pretty close to the amount of days in a year, meaning you would have a bit more than a buck per day.

[–] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, and the shit is that it is 0.24 to 0.40, not just 0.24

[–] Ava@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

If you refer to the article, it's price tiering. You would be consistently paying $0.24.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Indefinitely", huh? They can just rent it forever? Sounds like a missed opportunity for shareholders, I bet we can get that line even higher

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Indefinitely just means unspecified. Could be 3000 years, could be 15 minutes; it implies "until further notice" depending on the whims of the noticer. See "suspended indefinitely" in crime drama shows, where they're back on payroll by the end of the episode

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Well yes. Hence the joke