"Xbox Is Dead": Penguinz0 Slams 50% Game Pass Price Hike, Calls It A "Catastrophic Disaster"
"Xbox is dead," declares YouTuber penguinz0, slamming the 50% Game Pass Ultimate price hike as a "catastrophic disaster" that has ruined the platform's last saving grace.
The console wars may be over, and according to YouTube sensation penguinz0 (Cr1TiKaL), Xbox has officially lost. In a scathing new video, the popular streamer unleashes a brutal takedown of Xbox’s latest move: a staggering 50% price increase for Game Pass Ultimate, declaring the platform is “dead” and in a “disastrous state” that could lead to its ultimate demise.
The Xbox Game Pass price increase is a “doozy,” according to penguinz0. The Game Pass Ultimate tier has jumped to $30 a month, a move he calls “revolting.” This price hike, he argues, has effectively ruined what was once Xbox’s “golden goose”—the one compelling reason to stick with the platform.
“I used to love Xbox, man. What happened to the game I used to love,” penguinz0 laments, his voice dripping with disappointment. “What it has become is just embarrassing. Every step of the way, they’re finding new lows to hit.”
The Golden Goose Gets Cooked: Value Proposition Destroyed
penguinz0’s core argument is that at $30 a month, the value proposition of Game Pass Ultimate $30 is simply “not there.” He questions who would pay such a hefty subscription fee when they could just buy individual games, especially with the Xbox catalog being a “magic carp” (i.e., extremely weak) over the last few years.
He highlights the tone-deaf marketing from Xbox, which released a “delusional video” celebrating these Game Pass changes as an “upgrade” without even mentioning the price increase. “It’s so out of touch and tonedeaf,” he states, calling the omission “scummy.”
The Fall From Grace: A History of Missteps
penguinz0, a self-proclaimed former Xbox loyalist, fondly remembers the Xbox and Xbox 360 as his “favorite gaming experiences,” calling them “the most important pieces of gaming hardware ever made.” But he asserts that “once the Xbox One came out, that’s when it all went tits up and it is not recovered.”
His criticism extends to Xbox head Phil Spencer, whom he mocks for constantly throwing “pity parties on every podcast… about how they’ve lost the console wars.” Yet, despite recognizing their failures, penguinz0 argues that Xbox does nothing to course correct, taking “20 steps back” for every one step forward.
“Xbox Is Dead”: A Dire Prediction
The penguinz0 Xbox takedown culminates in a dire prediction for the platform’s future. “I really don’t know how much longer Xbox is even going to be around before they just pull the plug on it,” he states, painting a picture of a platform in a “disastrous state” with “so many things under their umbrella, but yet have so little to show for it.”
For penguinz0, the 50% price hike is not just an increase; it’s a “dagger in Game Pass” and a “catastrophic disaster” that will lead to a mass exodus of subscribers. He believes the value is simply no longer there, and the community’s response, with widespread cancellations, confirms his fears.
Do you agree with penguinz0’s brutal assessment? Is Xbox truly on its last legs, or can it still turn things around? Let us know in the comments!
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