Xbox's new Cloud Playtime packs put streaming at about 24 cents an hour, but neither Microsoft nor Rockstar has confirmed GTA 6 on cloud.
Sources tweaktown.com
What would it cost to play GTA 6 by streaming on Xbox? TweakTown ran the numbers on the Cloud Playtime packs Microsoft unveiled on 21 October: roughly $24 for 100 hours. The maths holds. The premise does not yet, because nobody has said GTA 6 will be playable in the cloud.
According to TweakTown, Xbox is testing playtime packs with Insiders at what it calls "introductory launch pricing": 10 hours for $3.99, 25 for $7.99 and 50 for $11.99. Two 50-hour packs come to $23.98, about 24 cents an hour. Xbox says purchased hours stay available until used.
These are US dollars in an Insider-only test. No euro price has been given, so we won't guess one for France.
Nobody has settled that. TweakTown recalls a report from The Verge about an exclusive streaming deal between Microsoft and Rockstar or Take-Two. Xbox strategy chief Matthew Ball corrected it: GTA "will not be streaming exclusively or to PC". We covered that line in our piece on the PC version.
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Read literally, it rules out an exclusive deal and the PC app, but says nothing definite about cloud availability. TweakTown notes Xbox never wrote that GTA 6 would be on Xbox Cloud Gaming. You would also need to own the game, at €79.99 for the standard edition; the pack covers streaming time, not the licence. See our price page.
For now, almost nothing. GTA 6 launches on 19 November on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and that is where Rockstar set the date. Cloud could suit players without a Series X, but without confirmation it is all hypothetical. If Microsoft or Rockstar say more, we will report it here.
Sources tweaktown.com
By Lara Rivolet · GTAVIFRANCE newsroom
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