Game Pass increase incoming

[Skyhawke]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/10/01/xbox-game-pass-ultimate-premium-essential-plans/

[Lunar Ronin]

At this point, I am half convinced that Microsoft wants out of the Xbox business.

 

I decided last week to buy a Xbox Series X, but they're mostly out of stock with the exception of the $730 2 TB SSD version, and have been pulled entirely from.Costco and Target.

[Skyhawke]

Yet, they're talking about making the next Xbox even more powerful than the PS6 is supposed to be (how they know how powerful is beyond me). Me, personally, I think they've either lost their minds or pulling the old "let's see how far we can push before we have to back off" thing. Really getting tired of the gaming industry just seeing how much they can jerk consumers around. 

[Krimson]

6 minutes ago, Skyhawke said:

Yet, they're talking about making the next Xbox even more powerful than the PS6 is supposed to be (how they know how powerful is beyond me). Me, personally, I think they've either lost their minds or pulling the old "let's see how far we can push before we have to back off" thing. Really getting tired of the gaming industry just seeing how much they can jerk consumers around. 

They're probably going to start making AI boxes. 

[Skyhawke]

Oof. It's being reported that so many people went to cancel their subscription that it crashed the site. 

 

https://gamerant.com/xbox-game-pass-cancel-subscription-website-crashing/

[Skyhawke]

I can confirm it, went to cancel mine aaaaaaand: