Xbox tests purchasing time packs for cloud gaming without Game Pass

Xbox has begun testing the new service that allows buy cloud playtime packages without having to have a Game Pass subscription, with prices starting at $3.99 for ten hours.

Access to Xbox Cloud Gaming is available separately from Game Pass in the Insider program, where participants can purchase time packages: ten hours for $3.99, 25 hours for $7.99, and 50 hours for $11.99.

These packages provide access to cloud gaming without ads, with shorter wait times and high-quality transitions, Xbox said in a statement. Besides, ‘insiders’ also have available a free cloud gaming mode, with ads.

The company intends to collect the experiences of the test participants to, with their comments, “create the future of Xbox.”

On the other hand, in a recent interview with Fortune, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has shared new details about the launch of new hardware under the Project Helix initiative, which will feature a new portable gaming device planned to launch in the holiday season of 2027 yuon the dessert console which will arrive in the same period of 2028.

Additionally, as part of that Xbox future, the company has plans to restructure your Game Pass service, under the idea of ​​including more customizable subscriptions, as well as add-ons for console, cloud and multiplayer games.

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