Xbox introduces default remote shut down in consoles to fight climate change - We not only hold ourselves accountable to the carbon emissions... but to the emissions created with the use of our products in the homes of our fans

[mindlessobserver]

In order to save the planet, Microsoft has decided XBOX owners are too fucking retarded to know how to power off their own consoles. Thankfully, the average XBOX owner does not need to think for themselves as Daddy Gates is there with a hard coded remote shut down that can tell your console to turn off.

BTW, if you accepted the recent software update on your Xbox you agreed to the new TOS that gives Microsoft an exclusive right to shut your console down remotely without any further consent from you.

Critics slam new ‘carbon aware’ Xbox console: ‘The woke brigade has come for video games’

Modern Xbox consoles will soon have a new default setting that regulates the video game systems’ power usage to protect the environment.

nypost.com

 

[Mojo Thief]

Chris-Chan was right about something, if for the wrong reason

 

[BlueSpark]

They couldn't care less about the environment, this is just about normalizing more invasive control over their customers' hardware.

 

[zionlion1488]

So if I'm understanding this right, I could be playing Xbox one day and then it just turns off for no reason, and that's a feature not a bug? Makes me pissed that I bought an Xbox and not a PlayStation a few years ago.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

This achieves nothing. Hope you saved your game before the remote shutdown.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

So if I'm understanding this right, I could be playing Xbox one day and then it just turns off for no reason, and that's a feature not a bug? Makes me pissed that I bought an Xbox and not a PlayStation a few years ago.

Nah it just means they enabled deep sleep for all of them I think - where if there is no controller input for ten minutes (and it’s not playing a movie) it turns off.

 

[mindlessobserver]

So if I'm understanding this right, I could be playing Xbox one day and then it just turns off for no reason, and that's a feature not a bug? Makes me pissed that I bought an Xbox and not a PlayStation a few years ago.

Yep. Say you live in California, and a "energy emergency" declared. The governor could just shut off the power generally. Or he could run to Microsoft and tell them to just shut off their video game consoles.

It's more good idea fairy dust from the micro managers at big tech. It seems like a good idea until you actually dig into what it actually means.

Nah it just means they enabled deep sleep for all of them I think - where if there is no controller input for ten minutes (and it’s not playing a movie) it turns off.

Oh no. It's a remote access kill switch. It CAN be used to remotely turn off a console that has been left on. But as has been stated it can also be used to turn it off mid play.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

How the fuck does turning Xbox consoles off help carbon emissions? This is just going to increase the number of people that fly to Microsoft to shit in front of their front door.

 

[TheDarknessGrows]

This after years of intentionally making sure people did not shut down their consoles so the company could spy on everything you did.

 

[zionlion1488]

Nah it just means they enabled deep sleep for all of them I think - where if there is no controller input for ten minutes (and it’s not playing a movie) it turns off.

If that's what it actually is I'm fine with it, but I thought Xbox did that already.

 

[The Foxtrot]

Looks like it is time to sell my Xbox One (which I barely play anyway) and keep my Xbox 360 and PC in service.

 

[GamerGateSurvivor]

Oh boy! Harry Potter Legacy just finished downloading. Now let me just fire it up and... WHADDAYA MEAN MY CONSOLE'S BEEN FLAGGED FOR CONSOLE EMISSIONS?! HOW MANY FUCKING TROONS WORK AT MICROSHAFT?!

 

[William Tyndale]

Yay please govern me harder internet overlord daddies.

 

[Chaos Theorist]

Whats going on consolesisters?

 

[Catgirls are Love]

The journalists who aren't entirely retarded are mentioning this "feature" is still in testing (and can currently be reverted to prior sleep/shutdown behavior), so probably coming to Windows 10/11 as well in the near future.

 

[Miller]

They couldn't care less about the environment, this is just about normalizing more invasive control over their customers' hardware.

I agree. This feels similar to what China did when they wanted to limit the children's time spent on gaming. Microsoft is just using "muh Climate Change" to manufacture the consent.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

The journalists who aren't entirely retarded are mentioning this "feature" is still in testing (and can currently be reverted to prior sleep/shutdown behavior), so probably coming to Windows 10/11 as well in the near future.

I swear to god, if this comes to windows, I will rip apart the registry and whatever else I need to disable this.

 

[AnOminous]

So if I'm understanding this right, I could be playing Xbox one day and then it just turns off for no reason, and that's a feature not a bug? Makes me pissed that I bought an Xbox and not a PlayStation a few years ago.

Should have listened to @Marissa Moira and worshipped Soyny.

Just kidding. You shouldn't have been a console peasant in the first place.

 

[RonPaul2008]

Imagine using the climate as an excuse to take away owners rights to everything and it works on some plebs.

 

[byuu]

To be fair, most Xbox users are probably too retarded to power their console off.