Today, Microsoft launched Xbox Crocs. Yes, Crocs. The announcement was made by The Game Awards account and it triggered the gaming community and the reactions are…very interesting to say the least. This is the most recent absurdity in a long list of Xbox merchandise that has not been very desirable but has definitely attracted the public’s attention.
A user named MBG quickly recognized the pattern and said, ‘First came the Xbox body wash, then the Xbox Series S toaster…and now the Xbox Crocs.’ Indeed, Xbox has lately expanded its product range into some very odd categories. I mean, who gets out of bed one day and thinks their gaming setup really needs a toaster that simply burns the Xbox logo on their bread? Now those absurdities have reached the level of shoes. Because what could be funnier than a plastic-clog-wearing ‘serious gamer’ with a green logo?
The design is being judged from all angles. METROkyle was not enthusiastic, saying, ‘It’s the 360’s 20th anniversary ffs at least make them 360 themed.’ That is a very fair point indeed. The Xbox 360 is currently celebrating a significant anniversary but the only thing we get is…plain green Crocs? Couldn’t at least the theme of the red ring of death be used or something similar? A great opportunity lost.
Simultaneously, some gamers have started to refer to them as ‘XCrocs’ or even ‘Xcrotch’, which is a rather unflattering way of putting it. David Luddy was the first to say ‘The XCrox?’ and then ViceAGM came in with ‘The Xcrotch’ accompanied by a laughing emoji. The choices of names are endless and mostly horrible.
The general reaction of the players is one of confusion mixed with disappointment. Archaeses put it very bluntly: ‘People who have been with this franchise for so long should just feel insulted at this point. I’m glad I saw the writing on the wall a while back and switched over to PC + PS5 Pro. The 360 was the golden era.’ Ouch! That is some serious nostalgia for the time when Xbox was releasing great games instead of… footwear.
The hate is still there – not all of it, though. Some people are really excited?? Revived just said, ‘Crocs meta goes crazy’ and that… is a point of view. Kiika was motivating their friend Uzdonis to ‘cop these bro!’ and Uzdonis was like, ‘I’m the cart rn!!!’ So, there are some players who are willing to sport these things in public and that is quite a daring decision.
The main question on everyone’s lips now is… why? Why do these things exist? Reschiie put it nicely when saying, ‘I don’t know if Xbox is trying to compete for Laughing Stock Company of 2025 or what, but they are definitely on the right track to win that title currently.’ It seems that Microsoft is telling to throw everything they can imagine at the wall to see which one sticks.
And then the classic gamer comeback from Samantha J. Foster Composer arrived: ‘I wonder if someone will manage to get Doom to run on a pair.’ Because it was only a matter of time before someone mentioned running Doom on strange hardware. This is how the internet behaves in the present day. If something has a processor (or in this case, probably does not), someone will try to run Doom on it.
There are also various social impacts, and Lautaro was very direct: ‘No thanks, I don’t want to get beaten up on the street.’ Which is only fair. Wearing a pair of bright green gaming Crocs may not be the best fashion move, it would hardly make you smile or nod at the grocery store. And soul__hunter666 shared a photo of a certain…kind of guy…who would order these, implying that they are not exactly the type of people who are very fashionable.
At the same time, yalocalhousecat confronted us with the bitter truth: ‘When Xbox sells more shoes than consoles 😭’ Which, given the current console sales…might not be that far from the truth? That one hurts a little bit.
Yet through all the zingers, there is one gamer who is happy just by being in the gaming situation. Tremendous64 firmly stated, ‘Gaming is saved.’ So, I guess, mission accomplished, Microsoft? You have saved gaming with plastic shoes.
The whole thing seems to indicate that Microsoft is just doing…stuff. Like they have this list of random products that they will just slap the Xbox logo on and are simply going through the list. Body wash? Check. Toaster? Check. Crocs? Check. What do you think the next one will be? Xbox-branded toilet paper? Xbox-scented candles? Actually, don’t give them any ideas.
