Microsoft Xbox Cloud Gaming service to get ad-supported free plan: Report

Microsoft is reportedly planning to bring an ad-supported free tier for Xbox Game Pass. According to a report by The Verge, Microsoft Gaming CFO Tim Stuart hinted that the company might soon introduce a new tier on its Xbox Cloud Gaming service that supports ads for markets that are not “console-first”.

Recently in an Interview during a Wells Fargo TMT Summit, Stuart said, ““For models like Africa, or India, Southeast Asia, maybe places that aren’t console-first, you can say, “hey, do you want to watch 30 seconds of an ad and then get two hours of game streaming?”