Xbox announced several more sustainability efforts, including an expansion of its repairability program. You can buy official spare parts for Xbox Series X/S systems on the website And so you can repair the console yourself, even if it is no longer under warranty. Until now, Microsoft only had through our own store, but now you can buy components for both Series S and both and Series X versions with disc drives. Along with various parts and step-by-step repair guides, iFixit also offers an Xbox tool kit for sale.
Meanwhile, Asurion's uBreakiFix will become the first authorized Xbox service provider starting January 20th. It will repair consoles at nearly 700 participating locations in the United States. Previously, authorized personal Xbox repairs were only available through the Microsoft Store, so gamers will have many more places to go to get their console repaired without voiding their warranty.
These are positive steps forward for the right to repair movement. They should help reduce the number of game consoles ending up in landfills.
“By expanding the number of ways gamers can get support and repairs for their Xbox consoles, we are also helping to extend the life of Xbox devices, reduce waste, promote reuse and ultimately reduce our environmental impact,” Trista Patterson, director of gaming sustainability. in Xbox, wrote in . Additionally, with the switch to 100% paper and fiber materials, Xbox Series X/S packaging no longer contains single-use plastic.
On the sustainability front, Microsoft says that thanks to recent improvements in the efficiency of processing video content, the Xbox Series S has achieved an average reduction in power consumption of 10 percent when using multimedia applications. As for the company's game studios, Microsoft says they are using the Xbox Sustainability Toolkit to create more energy-efficient games.
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