"Just the other day, Microsoft made a rather ballsy and probably stupid move when it announced that Game Pass Ultimate would be getting a 50% price increase amidst other changes to the subscription. Well, it looks like people were not too chuffed, and the surge of folk trying to cancel resulted in the website facing some technical problems."
"Shortly after Xbox made its announcement, Google Trends showed searches for "cancel Game Pass " spiked from around 20 points on September 30, to 90 by October 2. Then across social media, people began reporting that the page for cancelling their subscription was running slowly, crashing and failing to respond. Multiple websites corroborated the issues, also reporting they were encountering slow service, crashes and more."
Microsoft increased the Game Pass Ultimate price by 50% alongside other subscription changes. Search interest in "cancel Game Pass" spiked sharply, and many users reported the cancellation page running slowly, crashing, or failing to respond. Multiple websites corroborated slow service and crashes, suggesting high cancellation volume may have caused the issues. The timing implies but does not prove a correlation between the announcement and technical problems. Some subscribers plan to cancel, while others might subscribe intermittently since the service can still be cheaper than buying new titles. There is limited hope that cancellations could prompt a rollback of the price increase.
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