Xbox Cloud Gaming “up 45%” — but it’s not just about gaming

This past summer marked Xbox Cloud Gaming shedding its beta tag finally, hitting version “1.0.” With that came a barrage of changes.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate notoriously picked up a huge price increase around this time, leaping 50% — eliminating years of good will overnight. The price increase overshadowed the fairly major Xbox Cloud Gaming news, which saw access expand beyond Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. If you’re a cloud-first user, this equated to a price decrease potentially, as cloud gaming was only…