Xbox has announced some more maintenance efforts, including expanding its repair program. You can purchase official replacement parts for Xbox Series X/S systems from and so you can repair your console yourself, even if it's out of warranty. Until now, Microsoft only had through its own store, but you can now buy parts for the S Series and both at and disc drive editions of the Series X. Along with various parts and step-by-step repair guides, iFixit also has an Xbox toolkit for sale.
Meanwhile, starting January 20, Asurion's uBreakiFix will be the first Xbox Authorized Service Provider. It will repair the consoles at nearly 700 participating locations in the US. Previously, authorized in-person Xbox repairs were only available at the Microsoft Store, so gamers will now have more places to go to get their console fixed without voiding the warranty.
These are positive steps forward for the right-to-repair movement. They should help reduce the number of game consoles consigned to the scrapheap.
“By expanding the number of ways gamers can get support and repair for their Xbox consoles, we're also helping to extend the longevity of Xbox devices, reduce waste, promote reuse and reduce our impact on the environment,” Trista Patterson, director of gaming sustainability at Xbox, wrote in a . In addition, there will no longer be any single-use plastic in the Xbox Series X/S packaging following the switch to entirely paper and fiber-based materials.
Elsewhere on the sustainability front, Microsoft says that, through recent improvements in how the Xbox Series S handles video content, there has been an average power reduction of 10 percent while using media apps. As for the company's game studios, they use the Xbox Sustainability Toolkit to make games more energy-efficient, Microsoft said.
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