Xbox Cloud Gaming Introduces 1-Hour Limit for Free Sessions

Xbox has implemented a one-hour session limit for free Fortnite players on Xbox Cloud Gaming, sparking questions about its strategy.

[error13]

And so it begins.

[Eonjay]

So the obvious issue here is that Fortnite is free so...why would you pay a sub to play it?

[spicelicka]

The game is free and you are free to downloand and play it for free. The sub is to be able to cloud stream it. It would be great to be able to stream it for free for people that want to, but it makes sense from a business perspective. It costs them money to host streaming servers.

[Eonjay]

We yes, of course it make sense for the business. I was speaking from the consumer perspective.

[grashopper]

That’s like saying why do I need to stay at the hotel to get the free breakfast? The breakfast is free I shouldn’t have to stay in a room.
I’m amazed they ever did it for free.

[Profchaos]

The problem isn't the game itself it's that it is incredibly expensive to operate these cloud workloads so I'm actually surprised they offer anything for free in this realm let alone having a cap on the time.

Also I'm not the biggest fortnite fan but I was under the impression it already ran on everything from phone to switch to console wonder why you'd chose to stream the game when you can play it natively

[Eonjay]

Actually there is a real practical reason for offering a free trail and that is to allow users to test their connection and latency. Yeah I have reservations about streaming anything competive.

[gold_drake]

isnt fortnite free to play? lol

[DivineHand125]

I would love it if they made xCloud available in the Caribbean.

[N8GO]

They just removed time limit and now is pay only 😭