Yeah the whole thing was just strange....like folks wouldn't realize they were doing it to just push people over to GPU with it being a much better value proposition ($120/yr vs $180). I saw through it the moment I saw the news...kind of didn't phase me so much as I have had GPU for a while now but yeah huge d-bag move by MS here. I'm glad they quickly realized the negative PR and also finally pulled the Gold required for F2P games as well. I thought they would have removed that a while ago as it's been at the top of the criticism heap for a while (them being the only console that required sub for F2P).
At any rate, it was a bad move and a quick recovery by MS. Fact is, without bad PR, most companies would try to get away with anything they possibly could and only the public backlash rights the wrong. This has been probably the best thing about social media....the lightning fast spread of public shaming. Should never have happened and MS may feel some sting from this....just when you thought they had gained most of the goodwill back that they lost at XBO launch and studio closures, they go and c*** it up again....lol.