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Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought: Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves. (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] edgesmash@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I honestly wasn't aware of other platforms that stream games for free. A quick web search tells me that Sony offers cloud streaming as part of Playstation Plus Premium, Steam lets you stream from your PC to other devices. I couldn't findany other cloud game streaming services that don't require a charge or subscription; would you point me in the right direction please?

[โ€“] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

On pc you use third party software to stream, i use Apollo which is a fork of sunshine and Moonlight. As for PlayStation on the PS4 you just used the companion app, I can't remember if you needed plus or not but I wouldn't be surprised if you did. PS5 sells a whole peripheral for it but I think you can still use the app. Not sure, PS4 was hostile enough for me to abandon console gaming and return to pc where it's better and cheaper.