It's been a torrid couple of weeks for Xbox with another round of layoffs, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:studio closures and several game cancellations. A less consequential, but still notable, change has just been implemented: users will no longer be a๊ble to purchase movies or television shows from the Xbox or Micr🥂osoft storefronts.
As of today, these digital storefronꩵts have been shuttered (thanks, ). Users will still be able to access their library of previously purchased content, but the ability to purchase new media has been removed. You'll also have to continue using൲ the app to access this content, as you can't simply export it elsewhere.
Users Won't Be Able To Buy New Content
The original iteration of the service was launched in 2006, before it became the "Movies & TV" app in 2015. After another decade, Microsoft is finally pulling the plug on the service. There are a myriad of other entertainment libraries available on both Xbox and Windows, so Mic𓄧rosoft is likely just relying on more popular services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and others to satiate users' entertainment needs.
This isn't too surprising. Although the Xbox (and other consoles) was at one time envisioned as the entertainment centrepiece of the living room, the advent of smart televisions ultimately eroded the usefulness of the Xbox's non-gaming♌ features.
Microsoft and Xbox appear to be on a spree of cuttingꦚ back the so-called bloat in the company, having initiated four rounds of layoffs in the last year-and-a-half, despite Microsoft recording a profit of $171 billion last year.
This has been especially controversial within gaming circles, where project cancellations have left a lot of people in the lurch. Rare's Everwild 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:has been in development since 2014; Perfect Dark's cancellation deprived Alix Wilton Reagan, Joanna Dark's voice actor, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:of steady work, and the cancellation of ZeniMax Online's upcoming MMO 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:was a massive shock to the 200+ people working on the project.
Exactly how Xbox will𒀰 look in the future is up in the air, with observers predicting that the company may be exiting the console busine꧋ss in favour of becoming exclusively a game publisher and holding company.
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