Towards the end of the summer, Microsoft dropped a nuclear bomb on the Xbox Game Pass faithful, revealing a steep, 50% price gouging. The internet reacted quite poorly, as you might imagine.
Almost everything seems to be getting more expensive, whether it’s electricity bills or basic groceries; the elites running the mega corps seem hellbent on vacuuming up every cent. After Xbox’s recent financials, revealing a continued downward trajectory, it offers a hint as to why.

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