Because the model is diverged from the existing model Microsoft established via Game Pass, which made game streaming part of the licensing, not an add-on to purchasing.

Feels bad to buy an expensive piece of hardware, a $60+ game, and then be asked to pony up another hourly fee to play it on your tablet.

Of course, free game streaming was never a viable business model, so this isn't unexpected, but people aren't going to love the change either way.

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paxy 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Streaming games from your own Xbox is free. This service is for people who don't have that "expensive piece of hardware".

	▲	swiftcoder an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> This service is for people who don't have that "expensive piece of hardware". Right, but those people also don't own Xbox games. So this goes from "add-on fee to play the games your already own conveniently", to "buy a $60 game and then pay $/hour to actually play it" Are you saving money in the second scenario vs buying a console? Almost certainly. But it doesn't feel that way to the person paying a big whack upfront and then also stacks of game time.