{"id":91794,"date":"2026-10-21T15:10:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T19:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=91794"},"modified":"2026-10-21T15:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T19:39:58","slug":"xbox-cloud-gaming-hourly-prices-revealed-for-non-game-pass-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=91794","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Cloud Gaming Hourly Prices Revealed For Non-Game Pass Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/10\/21\/cloud-playtime-now-available-to-test-with-xbox-insiders\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2026\/10\/21\/cloud-playtime-now-available-to-test-with-xbox-insiders\/\">revealed<\/a> how much it will charge people for using the Xbox Cloud Gaming service without a Game Pass membership. Right now, this is available only to Xbox Insiders, but that&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.xbox.com\/en-US\/help\/account-profile\/manage-account\/xbox-insider-program\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/support.xbox.com\/en-US\/help\/account-profile\/manage-account\/xbox-insider-program\">free program that anyone can join<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also notable is that the prices below are described as &#8220;introductory launch pricing,&#8221; and that wording suggests the prices may change in the future. Microsoft is calling these &#8220;cloud playtime packs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Cloud playtime packs pricing:  10 hours for $4 25 hours for $8 50 hours for $12  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone who buys these cloud playtime packs will get access to cloud gaming without ads and with perks like shorter wait times and higher-quality streaming. These packs will be available to more people starting in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A version of Xbox cloud gaming <em>with <\/em>ads is also available to Xbox Insiders without a Game Pass membership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for those who <em>do <\/em>have a Game Pass membership, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/game-pass-is-getting-worse-and-more-expensive\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/game-pass-is-getting-worse-and-more-expensive\/\">changes are coming to cloud gaming in November<\/a>. Microsoft will put limits on how many hours per month people can use the service, and then allow people to pay more to unlock more time. Below is a breakdown of how many hours you\u2019ll get included with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has revealed how much it will charge people for using the Xbox Cloud Gaming service without a Game Pass membership. Right now, this is available only to Xbox Insiders, but that&#8217;s a free program that anyone can join. Also notable is that the prices below are described as &#8220;introductory launch pricing,&#8221; and that wording&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":91796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91794"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91797,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91794\/revisions\/91797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}