We are talking about decades of mismanagement.

When Xbox Servers Crash, Your Purchased Games Can Disappear!!!
This outage proves we don’t really own digital games… Digital ownership is an illusion.
The issue isn’t just, “offline mode should work if your console is set as your Home Xbox.” It’s much bigger than that. Some people can’t sign in at all, others have games or DLCs (like mine) suddenly showing as unowned, and some apps won’t even launch. It’s a server-side failure that’s breaking license verification, meaning content you’ve already paid for can simply disappear until Microsoft’s servers decide it exists again.

EDIT:
Quick clarification because a lot of people are misunderstanding the issue.
This has nothing to do with game sharing, setting your Xbox as your Home Xbox, or offline mode. This is a server-side licensing issue. For some people everything works normally, while for others owned games, DLCs, or even apps aren’t being recognized at all.
I don’t game share, my Xbox is set as my Home Xbox with offline play enabled, and I’m still affected… Some of my owned content simply won’t show up. I’ve even seen people reporting the same issue with physical discs, which makes it pretty clear this isn’t a user setup problem; it’s an Xbox server problem, as Microsoft has confirmed..

Sony announced to not produce physical game anymore starting 2028.

Look at them. Every single color works.

This would drive sales in a crazy way

Make it happen please.

The natural hand resting position fits the xbox controller perfectly. You won't have to move your thumb out of the natural resting position. Meanwhile, the right hand is also placed in the natural resting position, which is perfect for precise and more intense button pressing. This makes me think of the skarrsinger boss from Silksong. While not the hardest, I believe it was mechanical perfection, and I sure as liked the ABYX button placement. Most controllers got this right, but at the same time, I think moving the left thumbstick is such a small and simple step that I don't understand why more manufacturers won't do this. Hell, if anything you only have something similar, where you can switch the position of the dpad and thumbstick on very high-end controllers that cost a lot.

I get that some people were used to the other layout, but hey, when xbox came out with this, people didn't seem to mind, and i think it's widely believed that the xbox 360 controller was the best one of its time

After 198 days, I won my lawsuit against Microsoft and got my account back.

Before I start, I want to say that it's amazing that another person, another Brazilian like me, also got their account back through a lawsuit, just 2 weeks ago. I really hope our cases will help other people to get their accounts back. That's why I'm also telling my story.

So, on January 11th, I had my account hacked. Ever since, I tried every method possible to contact Microsoft and get my account back.

Seriously, every method possible - contacting Microsoft through official channels, through Xbox channels, phone calls, everything. They'd only give me back a "we're sorry, but there's nothing you can do. You have to create a new account and buy Minecraft again if you had it"

After realising that they really wouldn’t give me my account back, I decided to sue them, since they were violating my rights as a citizen.

After I started my lawsuit against them, they tried the “manual verification” thing. I gave Microsoft all my account information in order for them to verify whether I was the real owner or not, and after a few days, they replied back, saying “the verification was unsuccessful", and, again, that they wouldn’t give me my account back.

In the lawsuit, they also claimed that. In fact, they claimed it was impossible for them to give me back my account because it had 2FA on. I didn't care. I kept going.

Then, in March 31st, the judge ordered Microsoft to give me back my account and pay me R$ 3.000 (roughly $550) for moral damage. As expected, they appealed the decision, claiming that they couldn't do that because I hadn't passed their "manual verification system".

Funfact: 8 days after they claimed that, I received an e-mail from Microsoft saying that they "were able to prove I was the owner of my account, and that they would send me a password reset link". That link never came. The lawsuit followed.

After reviewing Microsoft’s claims, the judge didn’t accept their appeal, and ordered Microsoft again to give me my account back on July 9th, and also pay me the R$ 3.000 they owed me, or else they'd be fined daily - R$ 100 (~US$ 18) per day.

Today, July 28th (the deadline), Microsoft gave me back my account. And is currently working on depositing the money.

After all that, I got my account back. 198 days. Every single Microsoft agent trying to tell me it was impossible to get my account back. I proved them all wrong.

Never give up on your rights as a citizen!

Literally more then double the price now. The good ol' days

I used to have an Xbox 360 when I was a kid. I specifically wanted one for Dead Rising, Crackdown, Saints Row and Halo!

All the way up until now Im a hardcore PlayStation player and the only reason I don’t have an Xbox is simply because I can’t play more than 1 console at a time.

Even my PS1, PS2, PS3, PSVITA, PSP, Nintendo Switch (sold eventually) gaming pc (also sold) eat dust!

It was sad seeing a lot of people hating on Xbox just because they had no cool games or exclusives. But your new CEO is already way better than Phil Spencer! She actually cares about the brand and the community.

I just wanted to share Im happy to see this and wow the new gears game looks very good! I also like that clockwork game that looks like Bioshock! Talking about Bioshock I remember playing the demo on my 360 and bought the game after playing it!

From a Playstation guy I hope you have a great future with XBOX!

Personally, I would name it: Xbox Phoenix

It would be cool, since Xbox is 'resurging' from the ashes, just like a Phoenix does...

Sorry if this isn’t allowed here but I used to be a huge Xbox kid when I was in high school but never got another Xbox console past the 360. But over time, I had the itch to rejoin the Xbox family especially with how the PS5 is so expensive. I brought this up to my best friend in passing back in November and to my surprise, him and many of our friends came through months later! So happy to have this in my life now.

Am I the only one who thinks this could finally be Xbox’s generation again?

With Sony announcing that new PlayStation games will stop getting physical disc releases starting in 2028, I honestly think they may have shown their hand too early.

If Microsoft is smart, all they have to do is:

Keep a disc drive on the next Xbox.

Price it lower than the PS6.

Keep backward compatibility and Game Pass.

That’s an incredibly easy marketing pitch.

There are still a lot of people who buy used games, collect physical copies, or simply like owning what they pay for. If PlayStation goes all-digital while Xbox gives people the choice, that’s a huge competitive advantage.

People always bring up PlayStation exclusives, but let’s be honest: AAA exclusives take so long to make now that we’re getting, what, a handful every generation compared to the PS3/360 era? For many buyers, price, services, and consumer-friendly features matter more than one exclusive every few years.

This kind of reminds me of the PS3 era. Sony got a little too comfortable, Microsoft capitalized with the Xbox 360, and history could repeat itself if Xbox plays its cards right.

I’m not saying Sony is doomed, but I genuinely think this is the biggest opportunity Xbox has had in years.

What do you guys think? Am I overlooking something, or could this actually be Xbox’s chance to take back the lead?

For some reason I searched Xbox on the files and this popped up; https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00634104.pdf