Xbox has announced some more maintenance efforts, including expanding its repair program. You can buy 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. So far, Microsoft has only through its own store, but now you can buy components for Series S and both 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, on January 20, Asurion’s uBreakiFix will be the first Xbox Authorized Service Provider. It will repair consoles at nearly 700 participating locations in the US. In the past, authorized in-person Xbox repairs were only available at the Microsoft Store, so players had multiple places to go to get their console repaired without voiding the warranty.

These are positive steps forward for the rights to healing movement. They should help reduce the number of game consoles that are 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 lifespan of Xbox devices, reduce waste, improve usability -also and ultimately reduce our impact on the environment,” Trista Patterson, director of gaming sustainability. on Xbox, wrote a . In addition, there is no longer any single-use plastic in the Xbox Series X/S packaging after a switch to completely paper- and fiber-based materials.

Elsewhere on the continuum, Microsoft says that, through recent improvements in how the Xbox Series S handles video content, there is 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 create more energy-efficient games, Microsoft said.

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