Crocs get the Xbox treatment with sole-crushing price of $80
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2025/11/26/microsoft_xbox_crocs/
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Standard [1]black Crocs cost under $50, but for $30 more you get added [2]thumbsticks and buttons .
Spend another $20 and you can decorate the backstrap with [3]Jibbitz charms , including the Doom and Sea of Thieves logos.
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Good heavens
The release comes hot on the heels of the [5]Windows XP-themed Crocs and coincides with the 20th anniversary of the US debut of the Xbox 360.
The Xbox account on X (formerly Twitter) [6]posted : "Finally, a controller for your feet." The Reg feels it necessary to point out that, despite the Xbox branding, the Crocs won't connect to a console and are unlikely to improve a user's prowess in any game in the console's library.
[7]Microsoft confirms it found a way to make Crocs even uglier – with Windows XP and Clippy
[8]Microsoft hoping to knock users' socks off with Windows XP Crocs
[9]Samsung Galaxy S25 is so smart it wears Crocs, allegedly resists quantum decryption
[10]Behold Big Tech's mightiest new innovations: Minecraft Crocs, recycled cubicles
RAM shortages - in part caused by the AI datacenter revolution that Microsoft is fueling - means the price of the Xbox might be going up again. The Xbox Crocs don't require electricity or a television, although it might not be what your little darling wrote on their wishlist for Santa.
With the Xbox and XP Crocs under its belt, we wonder what other Crocs collaboration Microsoft might have in mind. Copilot Crocs, which come with two left feet but confidently insist one is right? Crocs 365 that require the owner to pay $25 a month to wear, or else a pair of burly security guards turn up to extract them from their feet?
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How about Solitaire Crocs, which are large enough to hide in, so nobody can find you when you should be working? Or Windows 11 Crocs that might explode unexpectedly once a month.
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[1] https://www.crocs.com/p/classic-clog/10001.html?cgid=classic-clogs&cid=001
[2] https://www.crocs.com/p/xbox-classic-clog/211439.html?cgid=xbox&cid=001
[3] https://www.crocs.com/p/xbox-5-pack-jibbitz-charms/10016884.html?cgid=xbox&cid=001
[4] https://regmedia.co.uk/2025/11/26/xboxcrocs.jpg
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/microsoft_reportedly_about_to_unleash/
[6] https://x.com/Xbox/status/1993364090287264231
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/microsoft_crocs_confirmed/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/microsoft_reportedly_about_to_unleash/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/samsung_galaxy_s25/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/21/meta_cubicles_minecraft_crocs_innovation/
[11] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2aScyKJKtlylGDLC1lGIxKAAAAMA&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
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[13] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
They say that ....
.... there is one born every minute. Unfortunately that equates to about 2.5% of the population.
Re: Only 2.5%??
You are being far, far too generous.
Re: A fool ...
You could get three pairs of these for the price of a single iPhone Pocket sock thing though. Arguably brilliant value.
Re: A fool ...
I spy a market, Croc iCrap cases
The problem
with Crocs is that in their simplest, they are comfortable, robust and practical. I am coming to the end of the lie of mine (20+ years old I think and inherited from my Dad) - I have already done my best to keep them going but there are only so many times you can recut treads in the soles.
The problem Croc have is that they do last. And so they need to persuade people to buy new ones with no good reason for doing so.
Re: The problem
I hope your dad had better foot-health than mine, I wouldn't wear anything from someone with athletes foot.
Re: The problem
The over-commodification of everything is driving me insane a little bit. Crocs are collectors' items when just a few years ago they were more protective flip-flops bought when you forgot yours on vacation. Stanley water bottles are collectors' items, when they're famously supposed to be the last water bottle you'll ever buy. Labubu.
It truly drives me nuts, who's asking for this, and when it comes out, why tf are people buying it? Consumerism for the sake of consumerism. I'm not going to pretend I'm not a hypocrite; I've got an ALF figurine playing the guitar on my desk right now as I slack off at work, but like come on.
Re: The problem
I have a pair of Teva sandals I got when I was a teenager. I'm in my 40s. They've been on a number of hiking trips (as bathing or creekstomping shoes), campouts, and plenty of use around the house. Would I buy another pair? Sure, if they're a similar quality - once these finally wear out. (The velcro has definitely seen better days.)
XBox crocs
The very definition of first-world waste.
Seriously?
I assumed this was a joke article with an AI-generated image...
But no, apparently this is real.. And it doesn't even function as a controller
Well done for the "sole-crushing" headline though. Made me groan.
Polite reminder
Your dignity leaks out of those holes.
Re: Polite reminder
If your dignity depends on what you wear, you need to develop new dignity.
A fool ...
...and his/her/their money...