Xbox: Difference between revisions - Consumer Rights Wiki

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|Website=https://www.xbox.com

|Description=Xbox is a gaming company created in 2001 by Microsoft for a line of gaming consoles.

}}'''Xbox''' is a series of gaming consoles, created by [[Microsoft]] since November 15th, 2001. ~~Every major revision of the Xbox has its own unique hardware and operating system. <!-- Mention variant of Windows used as OS?~~

}}'''Xbox''' is a series of gaming consoles created by [[Microsoft]] since November 15th, 2001.

~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_system_software~~

~~As a reminder, Wikipedia is NOT a source to reference, but data you read from it is! -->~~

==Consumer-impact summary==

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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Mandatory part pairing===

===Advertisements===

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====Advertising in subsidiary products====

~~[Stub~~ section ~~- to be written later!]~~

===Deprecating hardware===

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====Storage hardware lock-in====

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" />

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=":ge4" />

It is to be expected that due to the blocking of 3rd-party accessories,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> any affordable alternatives will not release on the market.

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 |Website=https://www.xbox.com
 |Description=Xbox is a gaming company created in 2001 by Microsoft for a line of gaming consoles.
-}}'''Xbox''' is a series of gaming consoles, created by [[Microsoft]] since November 15th, 2001. Every major revision of the Xbox has its own unique hardware and operating system. <!-- Mention variant of Windows used as OS?
+}}'''Xbox''' is a series of gaming consoles created by [[Microsoft]] since November 15th, 2001.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_system_software
-As a reminder, Wikipedia is NOT a source to reference, but data you read from it is! -->
 ==Consumer-impact summary==
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 This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
 ===Mandatory part pairing<!-- HEY! THIS ARTICLE IS NOT YET WRITTEN! IT IS ONLY BLUELINKED SO I COULD GET THE DISCUSSION TAB MADE! -->===
-{{Main| Xbox mandatory part pairing}}
+{{Main|Xbox mandatory part pairing}}
 ===Advertisements===
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 ====Advertising in subsidiary products====
-[Stub section - to be written later!]
+{{Incomplete section}}
 ===Deprecating hardware===
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 ====Storage hardware lock-in<!-- Hardware lock-in for storage too??? https://www.sportskeeda.com/gaming-tech/a-list-licensed-authorized-third-party-xbox-controllers-accessories -->====
-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" />
+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=":ge4" />
 It is to be expected that due to the blocking of 3rd-party accessories,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> any affordable alternatives will not release on the market.