CarrieForle

You’re talking about two different things though: game subscription and cloud gaming. Game subscription is what allows you to access tons of games by paying fees monthly/yearly. Cloud gaming on the other hand, is playing games without them installed so you don’t need to download them. Xbox Game Pass just happened to include both of these in their plans.

Theoretically, you could find a subscription plan that does not include cloud gaming, so you would have access to the library, but you need to download the games to play.

I’m writing this because while you obviously need to pay for a subscription, you could actually set up your own cloud for free (check out Moonlight and Steam Link). You download the game on the PC, start the streaming software and you can play those games on your other devices, like a laptop or even a phone!

The only reason you should ever cloud gaming is building your own cloud, e.g., with Moonlight, Steam Link.

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