At Xbox, we’re persevering with to enhance how we design, construct, distribute, and use our merchandise to scale back our environmental impression and assist us attain Microsoft’s objective of being a zero waste, carbon unfavourable, and water optimistic firm by 2030. Discovering methods to scale back the environmental footprint of gaming not solely helps the atmosphere but additionally creates advantages for our collective group of gamers.
We’ve heard from gamers that they need extra choices for assist when their Xbox consoles want restore. At present, we’re increasing our repairability program, giving gamers much more choices to get their Xbox Collection X|S console choices – the Xbox Collection S – 1TB in Robotic White, Xbox Collection X – 1TB Digital Version in Robotic White, and Xbox Collection X – 2TB Galaxy Black Particular Version – fastened ought to they ever have to, whereas additionally lowering 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 Collection X|S console choices. On January 20, uBreakiFix by Asurion will change into the primary Xbox Approved Service Supplier to restore Xbox consoles at its almost 700 collaborating retailer areas throughout the U.S. In-person Xbox console repairs had been beforehand solely doable by the Microsoft Retailer, which suggests gamers will now have much more methods to restore their consoles, separate from Microsoft’s personal assist channels. Gamers ought to examine with their native uBreakiFix by Asurion retailer to verify participation on this repairability program.
Moreover, alternative elements for the three Xbox Collection X|S console choices at the moment are obtainable for buy by way of the Microsoft Retailer and alternative console elements are additionally now obtainable for buy on-line by way of the Microsoft Restore Hub on iFixit. With the acquisition of alternative elements beforehand restricted to controller elements and solely obtainable by the Microsoft Retailer, these further restore choices enable gamers to decide on the repairability resolution that works greatest 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, cut back waste, promote re-use, and finally cut back our environmental impression.
Offering extra choices for restore isn’t the one method Xbox is lowering plastic waste. At Microsoft, our objective is to remove single-use plastics from our packaging by 2025. Packaging for the three Xbox Collection X|S console choices at the moment are totally paper and fiber-based, eliminating all single-use plastics.
Lowering Carbon Impression by Vitality Updates
We not too long ago introduced that, in simply three years (FY20-FY23), Xbox has contributed to Microsoft’s objective of changing into a zero waste, carbon unfavourable, and water optimistic firm by 2030 with interventions to scale back vitality from console utilization which have prevented over 1.2 million metric tons of CO2e (Carbon Dioxide equal) in comparison with utilization with out interventions. Based on US EPA estimates, this discount prevents emissions equal to greater than 3 billion automobile miles (pushed by a median gasoline-powered passenger automobile) being launched into the environment.
By way of latest system updates to Xbox consoles, we’ve additionally made important developments in how Xbox Collection S handles video content material. To this point, these enhancements have led to an common discount approaching 10% in energy consumption throughout all media apps on Xbox Collection S, contributing in direction of reducing Microsoft’s usage-based carbon footprint and doubtlessly permitting gamers to save lots of on their month-to-month electrical payments. Making Xbox consoles extra vitality environment friendly by system updates and participant adoption of vitality saving options just like the Shutdown (vitality saving) energy choice, which don’t compromise gameplay, media app, or console efficiency, have been the first methods Xbox and our group have contributed to those vitality and emissions financial savings.
To make sure you’re profiting from the newest vitality effectivity options on console, go to Settings > Basic > Energy choices and ensure that Shutdown (vitality saving) is lively.
Collaboration Between Recreation 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 revolutionary options to scale back our environmental impression that protect the gameplay experiences our gamers love. Attaining these targets is simply doable by collaboration with others within the trade, and we’re proud to see sport creators not solely leverage the Xbox Sustainability Toolkit, which helps them create extra energy-efficient video games, to implement vitality financial savings by way of their very own video games but additionally take these learnings and proceed their very own work of figuring out new methods of lowering impression on the atmosphere.
Gaming brings pleasure to gamers, however we acknowledge it additionally has an impression on our surroundings. Our dedication to our gamers and the trade is to work to reduce that impression. Now we have set formidable targets at Microsoft and it received’t be a straight path to 2030, however we’re dedicated to reaching these targets by empowering sport 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 impression, go to xbox.com/sustainability.
