Xbox tests free ad-supported cloud gaming with Insiders
XBOX Insiders - "Today, we’re starting to test an ad-supported way to stream select games from your library for a limited time, available to XBOX Insiders." Players will have one hour session limits across supported devices and regions. news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
QuarterRican53Trying to stay a gamer during the never ending enshittification hurricane
Legion Gaming Podcast23Physical games going away was the kick to the left nut, ad-supported gaming is a kick to the right nut. How awful
Cisco19Stream with ads for games I already “own”?
Ajay Kundlas9You had one baby win, and you smothered it immediately. Come onnnnnnnnnnnnn
Warframe Herzog7I am not directing this at Wario64, but: what is the fucking point of this
keithbmore.bsky.social7Not a fan of bringing ads to games but my biggest issue with this is honestly the demo length. 1 hr was a decent chunk of game in like the 90's, but in a modern game? Your'e probably still in the tutorial learning basic controls.
lex luddy63This is the exact kind of "the numbers tell us this where things are going but no one will like or use because your rushing enshitification" move I'd greenlight if I was the CEO who hired the most annoying business analyst in the industry to dictate my multi-billion dollar business strategy.
Dead Game Connoisseur16Making it so you have to deal with ads to stream games you already own after your competitor said they're gonna kill off physical games in favor of digital purchases while we're in the midst of a ridiculous data storage price hike feels so maliciously intentional for where all this is going
ⓓⓔⓔⓑ definitive edition nintendo switch 2 edition16Stream games YOU OWN “for free with ads” lol what
GigaBob13This sure reads like something that isn't supposed to be customer facing. But companies don't even care about that now they just go ahead and make their press release aimed at investors.
anna, journalist, get woke or DEI trying13i told you people to never trust microsoft back when the first xbox came out
UFO Citybusters11if i'm going to be fed ads in games at least let it be through billboards while i'm crosschecking skiiers off of grind rails to OK Go
Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight9This is to stream games on the cloud for free for those too stupid to understand, which is normally only available through their subscription plans. They’re not making you watch ads to play games you own on your console. Only if you want to play on the cloud without a subscription.
Dead Game Connoisseur6It's insane how frequently the gaming industry shows it's all just a dogfight to the bottom the winner is whoever has the most foot left after running out of bullets
Brian Pickett3I can confirm to all of these companies that an ad has never added value
Valerian blah blah3Angry. Even if Microsoft was owned and ran by the lady with the biggest and best ass (And therefor the most ethical person on the planet), how would this... work well? Like either ads delay/interrupt your gaming or they get plastered over the screen and obscure game elements. who wants this.
Well... Xbox insider can now stream games they own for free via an "Ad- supported Game Streaming Test & Learn" program. They show ads before the sessions beginn, gameplay stays unchanged. news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
Zioman5I fucking hate this timeline.
Tim4So kind of them to let us use their hardware power to play our games after they actively worked towards us filthy mortals never being able to afford our own computing power ever again 🥰🥰
Azi1Hyped to get my Colgate ad before playing Forza for 15 minutes and then getting hit with another ad 😊
