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Summary

Xbox is a gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. The Xbox gaming console has been around since 2001 and since then, the brand has grown into a massive ecosystem of devices (link), games (link), accessories (link), and services (link).

Best Practices

This section includes tips and how-tos that have been used throughout different gaming programs. The following are only best practices and can be modified to best fit your programs needs and restrictions.

Policies & Procedures

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Sanitizing

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Account Settings & Management

Microsoft accounts (external MA link) grant users access to all of Microsoft's products, including Xbox, with one login. To play on Xbox, users must have a Microsoft account. The account can be created using an existing email address (ie @gmail.com, @yahoo.com, etc.) or creating a new email address using Microsoft's Outlook domain (@outlook.com). Steps on how to create in subsection?

Microsoft Family Safety

For the most control over the security, privacy, and content settings of a Microsoft account, the Microsoft Family Safety app uses "parent" and "child" accounts. These separate accounts are connected in a Family Group so that the "parent" can set restrictions on the "child's" account. Types of restrictions that the parent can enforce include: screen time limits, content rating limits, spending limits, and social permissions.

Services & Subscriptions

Xbox Live Gold

Also commonly known as Xbox Network or Xbox Live, this service launched in 2002 and provided gamers with a way to play games with a network of gamers all over the world on Xbox consoles. The network operates as a subscription service that grants access to online multiplayer games and social communities to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Any local co-op/multiplayer games could still be played on Xbox consoles without Xbox Live Gold memberships. Xbox Live subscribers also receive free games every month ("Games with Gold") that can be downloaded and owned on the player's account indefinitely. Free-to-play games like Fortnite: Battle Royale, require Xbox Live Gold memberships to open the game, let alone play it. Xbox Live Gold memberships are applied to a single Microsoft account and cannot be shared between multiple accounts.

Xbox Game Pass

Xbox Game Pass launched in 2017 as a service that offers gamers a catalog of hundreds of games for one monthly price. Today, it has grown to host even more games and benefits in different ways for different kinds of gamers. Think: the "Netflix" of Xbox games. Very few games are removed from the catalog each month, but you do receive a members-only discount on games from Game Pass that you want to buy and keep forever. It's a great, cost-efficient way to try out new games or widen the offering of game options to players of all backgrounds and experience. This service requires internet access to operate. It does not require an Xbox Live Gold membership, unless you're looking to play an online title from the catalog. Xbox Game Pass memberships are applied to a single Microsoft account and cannot be shared between multiple accounts.

Xbox Game Pass for Console

This tier of Game Pass provides Xbox-only players with a catalog of hundreds of games. Any game on Xbox Game Pass can be played on Xbox consoles (Xbox One & newer) for however long the title is available in the catalog. Not every title that is on Xbox Game Pass for Console is available on Xbox Game Pass for PC, and vice versa.

Xbox Game Pass for PC

This tier of Game Pass provides PC-only players with a catalog of hundreds of games. Any game on Xbox Game Pass can be played on PC (should the PC meet minimum system requirements) for however long the title is available in the catalog. Not every title that is on Xbox Game Pass for Console is available on Xbox Game Pass for PC, and vice versa. Xbox Game Pass for PC also includes access to EA Play, a subscription service from developers, EA, that features popular EA games at no additional cost.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

This tier of Xbox Game Pass combines the benefits of Xbox Game Pass (Console and PC versions), Xbox Live Gold, and EA Play. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate also enables access to games via Xbox Cloud Gaming. It is the all-in-one tier for all Xbox Gaming services.

Types of consoles

The generations of Xbox consoles that remain widely used across gaming programs are the Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X (links to all subsections). Previous generations that you may encounter less often are the Xbox (original) and Xbox 360.

Additional Resources

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Compatible Accessories

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Adaptive & Inclusive options

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