Fans Are Cancelling Game Pass To Boycott Xbox Amid Recent Disaster

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  • Xbox is under fire for recently cutting 9,000 jobs, resulting in the cancellation of some highly anticipated games. 
  • Fans are now boycotting the company by cancelling their Game Pass subscription.
  • The fandom is even moving on from Windows to Linux, as they don’t want anything to do with companies like Microsoft.  

Xbox has been on a spree of laying off its employees recently. The gaming giant first laid off 4,000 employees a few weeks ago and has since cut an additional 9,000 jobs, affecting many ongoing projects. 

Some highly anticipated titles like Perfect Dark have been cancelled, which was a massive blow to the fandom. Many studios were affected, which would ultimately hinder the game development process. Due to this harsh act by Xbox, fans have decided to boycott the company by cancelling their Game Pass subscription

Why it matters: Day by day, Xbox is becoming more of a subscription-based company, which is precisely what the upper echelon wants it to be. Therefore, fans boycotting this service would cause significant harm. 

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On Resetera, one of the most renowned gaming forums, the latest news is shared, and fans share their opinions on various industry developments. One particular thread in the forum advises cancelling the Game Pass membership

Well said. Been banging this from for a while. Also stop using Windows products if you can. There are several nice threads here on setting up Linux.

My sub is ending on 30th Octorber and I don’t have intention of resubbing, shame I’ll lost access to my GWG games, but that’s life.

-Fans

The fandom is actually concerned about what the company is doing and is serious about boycotting this time. While, of course, not everyone would go out of their way to cancel their subscription, many are willing to do that, and it shows. 

Microsoft’s decision to lay off 9,000 people is absolutely horrendous and shows that the industry is in peril. However, despite such things happening, there are gems like CDPR, which have offered jobs to those who have been laid off to work on The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2077

It is also being reported that Xbox did the massive layoffs mainly because it wants to invest more in AI, which angers the fandom even more. That said, over 40 titles are still in development at Xbox, but a reliable insider has revealed that more layoffs are expected soon, so those games may also be affected. 

What do you think about fans boycotting Xbox by cancelling their Game Pass subscription? Do you think this will affect the gaming giant? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below, or join the official Tech4Gamers forums for discussion.

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