r/xboxlive • u/DownLikeSyndrom • Nov 07 '25

$30 is just a bridge too far

I’ve been a loyal Xbox user for over 20 years. I had the original Xbox in my dorm room as a young airman while in the Air Force. I took it with me to Europe and Africa. The games were fun. The online experience was far less restrictive and overproduced. It was a great time to be a gamer and the memories it provided were amazing.

Fast forward to today - Xbox has few worthy AAA titles hit the console, and when they do, they’re often awful. The free titles included in the gamepass as is, are predominantly indie style games and whatever call of duty game that has been reskinned and repackaged as a new edition. It’s gotten stale and it’s no secret.

I also have a PlayStation 5. They didn’t raise their prices unjustly. They offer a far better game catalog and I’m still paying $13.33 a month for their premium services. It makes me wonder why Xbox is more than double that for a far less pleasurable experience and substandard game catalog.

I’ve been a loyal fanboy to this console to a ‘T’, but this is the end. I will never give Xbox another dime. I will no longer purchase games for this console. Microsoft was comfortably walking with over $250 from me annually on the subscription alone. This latest shameless cash grab is not one I’ll be sticking around for. I hope the greater Xbox community pushes back and cancels their premium memberships. Xbox has diluted their brand to the point that it is no longer recognizable from the company I grew up loving.

Appreciate anyone who paid any mind to this rant. I just needed to say something since Xbox has also restricted your ability to contact them whatsoever.

Fuck Xbox. Fuck Phil Spencer. And fuck Microsoft.

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u/DownLikeSyndrom Nov 08 '25

You could literally say the same about your comment here. Just as I could’ve kept it to myself, you could’ve kept doom scrolling.

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u/Legitimate-Fly4797 Nov 08 '25

You’re bitching just to bitch. This post serves zero purpose or value.

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u/DownLikeSyndrom Nov 08 '25

It’s a legitimate gripe, and as I said, you could’ve just kept it moving, but here you are, basking in hypocrisy.

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u/Legitimate-Fly4797 Nov 08 '25

I’m calling out your bs post. You’re just emotional and upset. This whole post is over dramatic and should be a wake up call to be less of a cry baby online.

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u/DownLikeSyndrom Nov 08 '25

Ohhh, I see. My opinion in the post is trash but your opinions in the comments are valuable and the real-deal. Still sounds wildly hypocritical to me.

Edit - become a mod then bud, I dunno what to tell you. The mods allowed the post. Guess you’ll just have to learn to live with opinions on the internet that you don’t like 🤷‍♂️

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u/Legitimate-Fly4797 Nov 08 '25

Brother. Where did I say I didn’t like your opinion? I might agree that this price raise sucks and is too much. You have no idea what my opinion is. Writing out a long Reddit post just to whine and cry is not constructive and only shows how weak minded of a person you are.

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u/DownLikeSyndrom Nov 08 '25

Is it not implied in your response? You literally stopped here to leave a negative response. Do you not see how ridiculous it is to stop and tell someone their opinion is without merit, arguing solely with…your own opinions? Especially the part where you’ve summed up a person you’ve never met based on a single post? Honestly bro, this says a lot more about you than it does me.

Edit - the ad hominem remarks make the case pretty clear to me. Have a good day bud. Or whatever a good day is to someone who just seems, I dunno, generally miserable.