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*User Privacy: Collects user data, including [insert examples here],<!-- I would recommend reading through their data collection practices --> to sell to advertisers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=October 2025 |title=Microsoft Privacy Statement |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement |access-date=Nov 7, 2025 |website=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref>

Since the Xbox 360's 3rd major dashboard redesign, the dashboards featured advertisements for various products to the user,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gach |first=Ethan |date=26 Jul 2023 |title=New Xbox Dashboard Looks Great, Still Has Too Many Ads |url=https://kotaku.com/xbox-series-x-s-dashboard-update-game-pass-ui-1850679127 |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[Kotaku]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Micheals |first=Steve |date=22 Jan 2024 |title=Xbox Gamers Not Happy About Full-Screen Ads |url=https://gamerant.com/xbox-full-screen-ads/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |website=[[GameRant]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Xbox One Dashboard Ads |url=https://ar.inspiredpencil.com/pictures-2023/xbox-one-dashboard-ads |access-date=Nov 7, 2025 |website=inspiredpencil}}</ref><!-- Ref 4 - May need a higher-quality archive! --> regardless of if they were paying for a subscription on the console. The Xbox 360 dashboard received an update on June 2025, which added advertisements for the Xbox Series models.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Xbox |first=Pure |date=Jun 25, 2025 |title=Xbox 360 Dashboard Gets Significant Update For First Time In Ages |url=https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/06/xbox-360-dashboard-gets-significant-update-for-first-time-in-ages |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |website=Pure Xbox |language=en-US}}</ref><gallery>

When the Xbox One line initially released on November 22, 2013, it came with a Kinect model that is only compatible with the Xbox One due to using an archaic custom cable standard. The device was additionally mandatory on older OS versions for the console.<ref name="kotaku.com">{{cite web |last=Schreier |first=Jason |date=Aug 12, 2013 |title=Kinect No Longer Mandatory For Xbox One (But Will Still Come With It) [UPDATE] |url=http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-wont-actually-need-kinect-plugged-in-microso-1113142909 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906231830/http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-wont-actually-need-kinect-plugged-in-microso-1113142909 |archive-date=Sep 6, 2013 |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |work=[[Kotaku]] |publisher=[[Univision Communications]]}}</ref><ref name="ext-onekinect">{{cite news |last=Anthony |first=Sebastian |date=Aug 13, 2013 |title=Xbox One no longer requires Kinect, but it'll still come in the box, and you'll still pay $500 |url=http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/163796-xbox-one-no-longer-requires-kinect-but-itll-still-come-in-the-box-and-youll-still-pay-500 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910080625/http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/163796-xbox-one-no-longer-requires-kinect-but-itll-still-come-in-the-box-and-youll-still-pay-500 |archive-date=Sep 10, 2013 |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |work=[[ExtremeTech]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]}}</ref> Due to a lack of support from 3rd-party developers, coupled with a lack of viable homebrew development for the hardware, [[Microsoft]] deprecated the Xbox One Kinect in 2016.<ref name="poly rise fall">{{cite web |last=Hester |first=Blake |date=Jan 14, 2020 |title=All the money in the world couldn't make Kinect happen |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/14/21064608/microsoft-kinect-history-rise-and-fall |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115234540/https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/14/21064608/microsoft-kinect-history-rise-and-fall |archive-date=Jan 15, 2020 |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]}}</ref> The company would provide users with an adapter for the Kinect for roughly 2 years after the device stopped production, which would allow the end user to connect the Kinect to their Xbox One S<ref>{{cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Samit |date=Jun 13, 2016 |title=Xbox One S console has no Kinect port, requires USB adapter |url=https://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/13/11927140/xbox-one-s-console-kinect-adapter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115144744/https://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/13/11927140/xbox-one-s-console-kinect-adapter |archive-date=Jan 15, 2020 |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]}}</ref> and X<ref name="kinect adapter terminated">{{cite web |last=Gartenberg |first=Chaim |date=Jan 2, 2018 |title=Microsoft has discontinued the Kinect Adapter for newer Xbox One consoles |url=https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/1/2/16842738/microsoft-kinect-adapter-xbox-one-x-s-discontinued |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114173823/https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/1/2/16842738/microsoft-kinect-adapter-xbox-one-x-s-discontinued |archive-date=Nov 14, 2019 |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> models, however, later models such as the Series X/S would be unable to interface with the Kinect regardless of the USB-A adapter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Connect a Kinect sensor to an Xbox One S or Xbox One X console |url=https://support.xbox.com/en-CA/help/hardware-network/kinect/set-up-and-use-kinect-sensor-with-adapter#:~:text=The%20Kinect%20sensor%20and%20Kinect,Xbox%20Series%20X%7CS%20consoles |access-date=Aug 8, 2025 |website=Xbox Support}}</ref><!-- The Wikipedia article I am referencing is lacking info on whether or not the Xbox One Kinect could still be used on Windows 10. Please find info on this, even if it is expected that the Kinect got the same treatment as the death of WMR in Win 11.

Initially when the Xbox One released, it was designed to support standard TV features, and for an additional charge, users could purchase a TV tuner peripheral to access free cable channels. In 2021, with the removal of OneGuide TV, this peripheral became incompatible with all Xbox One and Series consoles.<ref>{{Cite news |last=White |first=Lewis |date=Mar 11, 2021 |title=Xbox abandons TV for good with OneGuide death |url=https://stealthoptional.com/article/xbox-abandons-tv-for-good-with-oneguide-death |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |work=Stealth Optional}}</ref>

On November 12, 2023, [[Microsoft]] disabled support for 3rd-party accessories on Xbox One and Series consoles.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Peterson |first=Jake |date=Oct 30, 2023 |title=These Accessories Will No Longer Work on Your Xbox Next Month |url=https://lifehacker.com/these-accessories-will-no-longer-work-on-your-xbox-next-1850972910?test_uuid=02DN02BmbRCcASIX6xMQtY9&test_variant=B |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |work=LifeHacker}}</ref> Any accessories not deemed "authorized" by Microsoft when plugged into the console will give the user the following error message on their screen:<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Error 0x82d60002 occurs when you connect an unauthorized accessory to your Xbox console |url=https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/errors/error-code-0x82d60002 |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |website=Xbox Support}}</ref><blockquote>A connected accessory is not authorized. Using unauthorized accessories compromises your gaming experience. For this reason, the unauthorized accessory will be blocked from use on 11/12/2023.

. (0x82d60002).</blockquote>The intent of this ban was to stop individuals using 3rd-party peripherals which would allow users to cheat in games,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Orland |first=Kyle |date=Oct 30, 2023 |title=Microsoft issues system-level ban for “unauthorized” Xbox accessories |url=https://lifehacker.com/these-accessories-will-no-longer-work-on-your-xbox-next-1850972910?test_uuid=02DN02BmbRCcASIX6xMQtY9&test_variant=B |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |work=Ars Technica}}</ref> however this blanket ban has resulted in legitimate consumer peripherals breaking for the console,<ref>{{Cite web |date=Oct 20, 2023 |title=Tweet from Brook Gaming |url=https://xcancel.com/brookgamingfans/status/1715337068401021284 |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |website=X (Formerly [[Twitter]])}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mallick |first=Abhishek |date=Oct 30, 2023 |title=Xbox looking to nuke third-party accessories spells doom for the FGC, even if it becomes the “most uncheatable” device |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/xbox-looking-nuke-third-party-accessories-spells-doom-fgc-even-becomes-most-uncheatable-device |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |work=Sportskeeda}}</ref> as well as limiting peripheral competition on the Xbox One/Series models to the companies willing to pay [[Microsoft]] to have their hardware approved for the platform. Users of accessibility peripherals have notably shown backlash,<ref>{{Cite web |last=u/SightlessKombat |date=Oct 30, 2023 |title=Xbox's new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error '0x82d60002' |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/17jf35p/comment/k72lc8t/?context=3 |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] - r/Games}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=u/CustodialApathy |date=Oct 30, 2023 |title=Xbox's new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error '0x82d60002' |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/17jf35p/comment/k72tt77/?context=3 |access-date=Nov 8, 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] - r/Games}}</ref> since this change locks down accessibility controller options solely to the Xbox Adaptive Controller.

Users expecting to expand the storage on Xbox Series X/S models have only 2 options; an external hard drive connected via USB3.2 or a proprietary storage expansion card.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Co |first=Alex |date=Mar 17, 2020 |title=Xbox Series X Expandable Storage Requires Proprietary Cards for Series X Games |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-series-x-requires-proprietary-cards-to-expand/1100-6474802/ |access-date=Nov 15, 2025 |work=MP1st}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Digital Foundry |date=Mar 16, 2020 |title=DF Direct: Hands-On With Xbox Series X + Impressions + Xbox One X Size Comparisons! |url=https://youtu.be/4cmclCjS5jg |access-date=Nov 15, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Games for Xbox One and Xbox 360 can be run on the external hard drives for Series X/S, but any game meant for Xbox Series X can only be stored on external hard drives and cannot be run without being transferred to internal storage or an expansion card.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />