1 Microsoft’s Xbox logo is seen during the worldwide release of the Xbox Series X gaming console at an electronics store in Tokyo on November 10, 2020. Photo: Charly Triballeau / AFP (Getty Images) On Friday, Microsoft announced that it was going to raise prices for Xbox Live Gold during a pandemic, a statement that rightfully ignited anger among Xbox fans. Just a few hours later, Microsoft furiously backtracked and said it had “messed up.” No price hikes would be coming at this time, the company said. It addition, it was throwing in free multiplayer for free-to-play games, too. Advertisement In the late ‘90s, a group of Microsoft engineers started tinkering with old Dell laptops in the…Read more