According to reporting from io9, Xbox executives are bracing for a significant shift in the gaming industry: as memory and storage costs climb, home consoles could price themselves beyond reach for mainstream players. The company's proposed answer is cloud-based gaming powered by advertisements rather than expensive upfront hardware—betting that consumers would rather subscribe and stream than buy costly boxes.

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