How is a 45 minute wait for Cloud Gaming even remotely acceptable?

I'm afraid that is how it works, there is an Xbox console at the end of every single connection

And no they can't just make 100,002 units appear out of nowhere, they have to be planned for, hardware is allocated. Even if you call up Dell they couldn't fill a gigantic order for new server blades like that

I'm afraid Network gaming is extremely complicated, before you add into it the fact that you're playing via streaming over the Internet

It's not always just a matter of adding servers, I would refer you to the Friday the 13th game that had to spend two months rewriting their network stack to support the number of players they got

wait I have a question, once cloud gaming is not in Beta anymore, will they start charging to use it even if its to play a free game ?

The service is still in beta, and each and every player requires an Xbox series X on the other end for them to play on. you can't just phone a vendor and tell them you need 100,000 units overnight

Starfield is one of the biggest launches an Xbox history, many Xbox players are incapable of playing the game any other way until they upgrade

I have just waited 45 mins for it to not work then tell me there is a 75 min wait, bloody ridiculous.

"The service is still in beta, and each and every player requires an Xbox series X on the other end for them to play on. you can't just phone a vendor and tell them you need 100,000 units overnight"

Lol, mate thats not how it works.

Regardless, what you're saying is they've over subscribed and haven't planned for an influx of new players...I agree.