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Players are being warned today that they could be at risk of losing game captures.
A message from Xbox reads: “Back up your best gaming moments. Game captures on the Xbox Network will be deleted after 90 days.
“Deletions start 30/5/24. Be sure to backup captures you want to save on OneDrive or on an external hard drive. To get started, select Learn More below.”
How to manage your captures on your Xbox console
Xbox support has a handy guide to help you manage your captures. To bulk-delete, move, and manage where you store your captures on your Xbox, click the Xbox button, before heading to My games & apps > See all > Apps > Capture.
Next, click Manage and select the captures you want to manage.
You then have the following options for the captures that you’ve selected:
- Delete (removes selected captures from your console and the Xbox network)
- Upload to OneDrive (adds selected captures to your OneDrive account but does not delete them from the console or Xbox network)
- Copy to external drive (copies selected captures to your desired external drive but does not delete them from your console or Xbox network)
Microsoft recently reported that Xbox console sales are down by 30 per cent, after they were already down 30 per cent in April. This is despite Call of Duty and Diablo boosting gaming revenues. And Xbox breaking records for game streaming hours, usage of its consoles and the monthly active devices playing its games.
The company's overall revenues were up 17 per cent to $61.9 billion (£53 billion), mostly due to growth in Microsoft Cloud which saw revenues rise 23 per cent to $35.1 billion (£30 billion).
