🎮 Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting a hard cap

Starting in November, Xbox Cloud Gaming will no longer be unlimited. Ultimate subscribers get 15 hours per month, Premium gets 10, and Essential gets 5. Additional hours can be purchased in bundles through the Xbox Store — pricing hasn't been announced yet — and unused hours will carry over to the next month.

Unlimited cloud access was introduced across all Game Pass tiers less than a year ago. Microsoft says the change is driven by the rising cost of cloud infrastructure as usage grows, and expects it to affect roughly 4% of subscribers.

At the same time, the company is extending cloud gaming access to users without a Game Pass subscription, who will be able to buy hour bundles and stream games they already own, according to The Verge.