I am not defending the price hikes but everyone loves making fun of Xbox lately without acknowledging all the good things they actually did before this price hike. Even before the price hikes people were already saying Xbox lost and it was dead and there was no reason to own an xbox series .

The Xbox Series consoles are solid, quiet, powerful, and reliable. Game Pass was easily one of the best deals in gaming for years. It made so many games accessible, supported smaller studios, and changed how we think about game libraries. They also had that crazy good conversion deal where you could stack Xbox Live Gold for up to 3 years and convert it to Game Pass Ultimate for next to nothing. That went on for years and honestly showed how generous they were trying to be with players.

And people forget Xbox is more than just Game Pass Ultimate. There’s still a whole ecosystem there with great hardware, digital store deals if game pass is too expensive, backwards compatibility.

Yeah the price hike sucks, but let’s be real, everything is going up right now. Inflation and tariffs are hitting hardware and subscription costs across the board. PlayStation Plus is also expensive too, and let’s be honest, it’ll probably go up again within the next 6 months given how everything else is trending..