At Xbox, we’re persevering with to enhance how we design, construct, distribute, and use our merchandise to scale back our environmental affect and assist us attain Microsoft’s aim of being a zero waste, carbon unfavorable, and water constructive firm by 2030. Discovering methods to scale back the environmental footprint of gaming not solely helps the surroundings but in addition creates advantages for our collective neighborhood of gamers.
We’ve heard from gamers that they need extra choices for assist when their Xbox consoles want restore. Immediately, we’re increasing our repairability program, giving gamers much more choices to get their Xbox Sequence X|S console choices – the Xbox Sequence S – 1TB in Robotic White, Xbox Sequence X – 1TB Digital Version in Robotic White, and Xbox Sequence X – 2TB Galaxy Black Particular Version – mounted ought to they ever must, whereas additionally decreasing and stopping waste.
Increasing Repairability, Updating Console Packaging and Lowering Plastic Waste
Gamers will quickly have extra choices for assist when contemplating in-person repairs for the three Xbox Sequence X|S console choices. On January 20, uBreakiFix by Asurion will develop into the primary Xbox Licensed Service Supplier to restore Xbox consoles at its practically 700 collaborating retailer areas throughout the U.S. In-person Xbox console repairs had been beforehand solely attainable via the Microsoft Retailer, which implies gamers will now have much more methods to restore their consoles, separate from Microsoft’s personal assist channels. Gamers ought to test with their native uBreakiFix by Asurion retailer to verify participation on this repairability program.
Moreover, substitute parts for the three Xbox Sequence X|S console choices are actually accessible for buy by way of the Microsoft Retailer and substitute console elements are additionally now accessible for buy on-line by way of the Microsoft Restore Hub on iFixit. With the acquisition of substitute parts beforehand restricted to controller elements and solely accessible via the Microsoft Retailer, these further restore choices enable gamers to decide on the repairability resolution that works finest for them, even when their console is out-of-warranty.
By increasing the variety of methods gamers can get assist and restore for his or her Xbox consoles, we additionally assist lengthen the longevity of Xbox units, scale back waste, promote re-use, and finally scale back our environmental affect.
Offering extra choices for restore isn’t the one means Xbox is decreasing plastic waste. At Microsoft, our aim is to get rid of single-use plastics from our packaging by 2025. Packaging for the three Xbox Sequence X|S console choices are actually absolutely paper and fiber-based, eliminating all single-use plastics.
Lowering Carbon Impression via Vitality Updates
We just lately introduced that, in simply three years (FY20-FY23), Xbox has contributed to Microsoft’s aim of turning into a zero waste, carbon unfavorable, and water constructive firm by 2030 with interventions to scale back power from console utilization which have prevented over 1.2 million metric tons of CO2e (Carbon Dioxide equal) in comparison with utilization with out interventions. In response to US EPA estimates, this discount prevents emissions equal to greater than 3 billion automobile miles (pushed by a mean gasoline-powered passenger automobile) being launched into the environment.
By latest system updates to Xbox consoles, we’ve got additionally made important developments in how Xbox Sequence S handles video content material. Up to now, these enhancements have led to an common discount approaching 10% in energy consumption throughout all media apps on Xbox Sequence S, contributing in direction of decreasing Microsoft’s usage-based carbon footprint and doubtlessly permitting gamers to avoid wasting on their month-to-month electrical payments. Making Xbox consoles extra power environment friendly via system updates and participant adoption of power saving options just like the Shutdown (power saving) energy choice, which don’t compromise gameplay, media app, or console efficiency, have been the first methods Xbox and our neighborhood have contributed to those power and emissions financial savings.
To make sure you’re profiting from the newest power effectivity options on console, go to Settings > Basic > Energy choices and make sure that Shutdown (power saving) is lively.
Collaboration Between Sport Studios
The work in direction of constructing a extra sustainable future for gaming is rarely full, and at Xbox we’re dedicated to constantly enhancing sustainability in gaming by implementing modern options to scale back our environmental affect that protect the gameplay experiences our gamers love. Attaining these targets is just attainable via collaboration with others within the trade, and we’re proud to see recreation creators not solely leverage the Xbox Sustainability Toolkit, which helps them create extra energy-efficient video games, to implement power financial savings by way of their very own video games but in addition take these learnings and proceed their very own work of figuring out new methods of decreasing affect on the surroundings.
Gaming brings pleasure to gamers, however we acknowledge it additionally has an affect on the environment. Our dedication to our gamers and the trade is to work to reduce that affect. We have now set bold targets at Microsoft and it gained’t be a straight path to 2030, however we’re dedicated to attaining these targets by empowering recreation creators, designers, and manufacturing groups with the cutting-edge analytic instruments, bespoke toolkits, and cross-team options that may enable everybody to proceed to a construct a extra sustainable gaming future.
To study extra about our efforts to enhance our environmental affect, go to xbox.com/sustainability.
