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The Xbox One Is Now an Ex-Box (kotaku.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on from the Xbox-Gone dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: As of today you cannot buy a new Xbox One from Microsoft. Manufacturing of the original version of the console ceased a few months back, but today marks the day it became officially unavailable. Until today you could order an original Xbox One from Microsoft's online store but, now, you'll be met with an out of stock notice. That's in the UK store -- go to the US store and you'll find they've just removed the Xbox One page entirely, like it never happened. Obviously you'll still find the odd survivor in stores but, essentially, that's it for the original Xbox One.

68 comments

  1. Totally idiotic by bigman2003 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sure, the Original Xbox One isn't available.

    But the Xbox One S is.

    Nothing lost (except for Kinect) but a LOT gained.

    The article makes it seem like Xbox One is not a going concern. No...they just replaced the bigger/bulkier model with something better.

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    1. Re:Totally idiotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      This is why. Slashdot loves any article that paints Microsoft in a bad light.

    2. Re:Totally idiotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      I didn't realize there were Indians working the production line at Flextronics in Zhuhai, China...

    3. Re:Totally idiotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      All foreigners look the same to him.

    4. Re: Totally idiotic by Z00L00K · · Score: 0

      And how important is this news actually?

      Gaming consoles are pretty useless.

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    5. Re: Totally idiotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm not 100% sure, but I think they're pretty useful for playing games on.

    6. Re:Totally idiotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Also to note that the Xbox One X will soon be added to the line up. So Xbox One S is just taking the place of the original and the X will be the higher powered version.

    7. Re: Totally idiotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I regret ever buying one. The reason the interface is so laggy is probably due to the massive amounts of telemetry data the box is sending back to MS, and the downloading of ads. Every time I turn the damn thing on the interface has changed. And seriously, whose going to rent movies on the thing.

    8. Re: Totally idiotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Cool story bro.

      Also, I rent movies on Xbox sometimes, it's often cheaper than alternatives for new releases.

    9. Re: Totally idiotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I've been playing games since the Atari 2600, then once the 8 bits computers appeared, I didn't buy consoles (although I developed games from the NES to the PS3 and Xbox 360).
      At one time I got an Xbox 360 for free and since them I never played on a PC again; I eventually got a xbox one.

      yes, graphics are behind, the interface sucks you can't play fps with a gamepad, etc.
      but I realized that I just didn't care at all; I like the convenience of the living room couch, large tv, a shop that shows me what I can buy and while it's not well designed, it's less clunky than steam.

      there is nothing wrong with being a few generations behind in tech, the wii worked very well while being underpowered for its time for example.

      The cutting edge you like represents a tiny fraction of geeks; they drove game sales for a long time, but today they're irrelevant to the market.

  2. boned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    :-)

  3. Who named them? by used2win32 · · Score: 2

    First we had the "Xbox".
    Second came not the "Xbox 2", but the "Xbox 360"
    Third, not first, came the "Xbox One"
    Now we have the "Xbox One X"

    So is this not the "ex Xbox 1", but an "ex Xbox One"?

    Ouch, my head hurts now.

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    1. Re:Who named them? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They envisioned people calling it "The One"... yes this is real.

    2. Re:Who named them? by ls671 · · Score: 0

      They even had a song made for it:

      https://www.azlyrics.com/lyric...

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    3. Re:Who named them? by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 1

      So is this not the "ex Xbox 1", but an "ex Xbox One"?

      "Ex Xbox One" is an upcoming movie sequel about a gaming console that tricks its human owner, gets naked, kills everyone and escapes.

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    4. Re:Who named them? by joemck · · Score: 1

      We already know Microsoft can't count properly.
      1, 2, 3, 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10.
      1, 360, One, One S.

    5. Re:Who named them? by pots · · Score: 1

      When I saw the story title, this is what I was expecting: Microsoft had finally come to their senses and renamed the Xbone. "Ex-Box" is a little weird for a new name, I thought to myself, it's still confusing when you say it out load, but at least it works in writing. That's a step up. Obviously, I'm not sufficiently jaded.

    6. Re:Who named them? by freeze128 · · Score: 1

      The joke is on them. We all call it the X-Bone.

    7. Re:Who named them? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      First we had the "Xbox".

      Second came not the "Xbox 2", but the "Xbox 360"

      Third, not first, came the "Xbox One"

      Now we have the "Xbox One X"

      To avoid confusion when talking about it, I refer to the Xbox from the early 2000's as "Xbox Classic" and then Xbox 360 and then Xbox One. Like Classic coke Xbox one was pretty much a mistake and waste of effort, time and money on Microsoft's part.

      So is this not the "ex Xbox 1", but an "ex Xbox One"?

      Ouch, my head hurts now.

    8. Re:Who named them? by UnknowingFool · · Score: 1

      Well it came from the same people that held a funeral for the iPhone because they believed their Windows Phone 7 was going to take the market and destroy Apple. You know that product line that doesn't exist anymore.

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    9. Re:Who named them? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yup. Xbox One X, it's like we've come full circle.

  4. slownewsday by intellitech · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It must be a slow day when the release of a new product iteration that knocks its predecessor off the shelves is considered news.

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    1. Re:slownewsday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Eat the pus out of the bumps on my scrotum.

    2. Re: slownewsday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Theres an app for that

    3. Re: slownewsday by Pseudonym · · Score: 1

      Only for Surface, though.

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    4. Re:slownewsday by mwvdlee · · Score: 1

      Mind you; on the official online store only. It's still available on actual, physical shelves.

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    5. Re:slownewsday by Barlo_Mung_42 · · Score: 1

      Or is this a kind of ad paid for by MS to remind people who don't like MS that they do also have new game system that is good even though it's MS?

  5. My Xbox 360 Gathers Dust by craXORjack · · Score: 1

    Xbox has been a an Ex-box for me for a long time. The way Microsoft nickel and dimes you for everything on that platform really turned me off to it. I like Steam and PC Gaming.

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    1. Re:My Xbox 360 Gathers Dust by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sell it to Gamestop, they'll give you $20 for it.

    2. Re:My Xbox 360 Gathers Dust by aliquis · · Score: 1

      Since I just play on PC:

      The way Microsoft nickel and dimes you for everything on that platform really turned me off to it.

      What you mean with this? Playing for online game access?

    3. Re:My Xbox 360 Gathers Dust by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo make bugger all from the hardware so they make it back on the games and extra services and DLC. Really no different to PC market, just in PC you pay a lot more up front for the hardware, then steam nickel and dimes the fuck out of you.

    4. Re:My Xbox 360 Gathers Dust by tepples · · Score: 1

      The difference is that with a PC,* you can buy games from Itch or GOG or wherever, not just one single store.

      * Excluding Windows RT and Windows 10 S

  6. Emulation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    Now that the system isn't for sale anymore, rather than let all those games essentially die (146 exclusives, 1045 total games), I'd think it would be decent of Microsoft to release documentation to at least someday help those games be playable in the future through emulation.

    Heck Metal Wolf Chaos alone would be worth the effort!

    1. Re:Emulation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      or you could just get the newer Xbox One S and play all those games. The article is misleading.

    2. Re:Emulation? by aliquis · · Score: 1

      Xbox One.
      Not Xbox.

  7. Didn't it come out like last year or so? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Didn't the Xbox one come out just last year, or the year before?
    What the fuck did they replace it with?

    1. Re: Didn't it come out like last year or so? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      A smaller X box one

  8. Why the fuck is this news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Seriously, who is the dipshit that thought this was a good article. The Xbox One is not gone. Sure, the original model of the Xbox One is gone, but saying the Xbox One is gone is like saying the Toyota Camry is gone.

  9. Huh by SCVonSteroids · · Score: 1

    What are these consoles you speak of?

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  10. One more... by meglon · · Score: 1

    One more X, and we can see if it'll hold the 1.8 petabytes of porn from this other thread.... https://hardware.slashdot.org/...

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  11. Two down, one to go by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This Widows desktop thing is all that remains of the dead-for-good game and phone things. All hail TRUMP! He is the one that killed the beast.

  12. I'm confused... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0

    Amazon has the Xbox One in stock. Or is that something else?

    1. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      > Obviously you'll still find the odd survivor in stores but, essentially, that's it for the original Xbox One.

      No, you just can't read very well.

    2. Re:I'm confused... by SeaFox · · Score: 1

      You're confused why a news blurb looking at nothing but Microsoft's online store is not mentioning Amazon at all?
      There's something slow here, and I'm not talking about the news day like an earlier commenter.

    3. Re:I'm confused... by ls671 · · Score: 1

      I'm confused

      Slow news day...

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    4. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      But that doesn't mean everyone else has to be confused!

      Direct Amazon link!

      Don't feed Moby Trick, it has to learn to hunt on its own!

    5. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You should stop breathing ASAP.

    6. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm not sure what's worse- your constant attention whoring and self-promotional shilling for your own website full of tedious anecdotes, the fact that you whine about trolls yet gloat about the apparent fact they drive traffic to your website (earning you an extra $1.33 a month in advertising clicks) or the fact you put on the facade that this is something to be proud of (when in fact it shows you to be pathetically desparate for attention and money).

      Or whether it's the fact that every second thing you post- like the one above- seems little more than an excuse to spam affiliate links to Amazon.

      Personally, I couldn't give a toss whether you're allegedly fat or not, only the fact that you're a tedious combination of troll, attention whore and spammer.

    7. Re:I'm confused... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      I'm not sure what's worse- your constant attention whoring and self-promotional shilling for your own website full of tedious anecdotes, the fact that you whine about trolls yet gloat about the apparent fact they drive traffic to your website (earning you an extra $1.33 a month in advertising clicks) or the fact you put on the facade that this is something to be proud of (when in fact it shows you to be pathetically desparate for attention and money).

      1) I don't need attention. 2) I don't need money. 3) You're low balling the money I do get from Slashdot traffic.

      Or whether it's the fact that every second thing you post- like the one above- seems little more than an excuse to spam affiliate links to Amazon.

      You can blame your fellow ACs. If only they have left me alone six months ago, I would have moved on. But, no, they had to convince me that Slashdot was still relevant to the world at large. So I'm here to stay.

      Personally, I couldn't give a toss whether you're allegedly fat or not, only the fact that you're a tedious combination of troll, attention whore and spammer.

      Again, blame your fellow ACs. Prior to 2017, I've posted ~7,000 comments over ten years. This year I've posted ~4,000 comments.

    8. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      1) I don't need attention. 2) I don't need money.

      Evidence suggests otherwise.

      3) You're low balling the money I do get from Slashdot traffic.

      Yes, it may even be as much as $2.47. But sarcasm aside, you admit that you're making money from spamming, and- as I said- seem to think you're doing well and proud of it, when in fact you're an utterly mediocre wannabe.

      You can blame your fellow ACs

      They're not my "fellow" ACs. I'm an established Slashdot user- with a lower ID than yourself- tired of your attention-whoring, spamming, off-topic bullshit, posting as an AC because I don't want my account tainted with this low-rent drama crap.

      no, they had to convince me that Slashdot was still relevant to the world at large. So I'm here to stay. [..] blame your fellow ACs

      Self-rationalising, self-justifying bullshit. Utter, utter bullshit. You're a grown adult. You're responsible for your own tedious behaviour and spamming here.

      Except that you're not- you're clearly a self-centred manchild only interested in spamming your own mediocre site and using Slashdot as a forum for the drama you claim to dislike from trolls, but do everything you can to continue.

    9. Re:I'm confused... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      You're responsible for your own tedious behaviour and spamming here.

      My "behavior" justifies the false accusations that I threaten to shoot other people, creating fake accounts to mock me that Slashdot management deleted, and posting dick pics with my contact info on Russian websites? Uh, no. This type of campaign by your fellow ACs has been driving people away from Slashdot for years now. If you're not willing to stand up to them, then there won't be a Slashdot.

    10. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      My "behavior" justifies the false accusations that I threaten to shoot other people, creating fake accounts to mock me that Slashdot management deleted, and posting dick pics with my contact info on Russian websites? Uh, no. This type of campaign by your fellow ACs has been driving people away from Slashdot for years now.

      Oh, please. Fuck right off with your attempts to put words in my mouth like that. And fuck right off with your attempt to associate the trolls with me ("fellow ACs") simply because we both post while not logged in.

      I never said any of that was justified. I said (in effect) that you were as much the problem and as bad as they were because you enabled them by responding to and amplifying the drama for your own tedious ends.

      And- more importantly- how does any of that explain or justify your spamming of affiliate links? Oh, wait- it doesn't. Fuck off.

      If you're not willing to stand up to them, then there won't be a Slashdot.

      You lost any claim to legitimacy or righteousness when you started using Slashdot as an excuse to shovel in Amazon and Dreamhost affiliate links (on top of your own mediocre website). You *are* the problem with Slashdot, not the solution. I'd have banned you months ago personally.

    11. Re:I'm confused... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      I'd have banned you months ago personally.

      What I'm doing does not violate the Slashdot TOS. If you got a problem with that, take it up with management.

    12. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What I'm doing does not violate the Slashdot TOS. If you got a problem with that, take it up with management.

      Oh, looky looky. After you got called out on all that self-righteousness, you're not even trying to defend being a spammer any more. But since you mention it...

      "Slashdot Media may terminate a user’s account in Slashdot Media’s absolute discretion and for any reason."

      They could- if they wanted to- quite happily ban you for degrading the user experience more than you add to it (and- as indicated- I'd have done so myself). But it's up to them how they run their site; I already visit way, *way* less than I used to and if they want to let people like yourself ruin it further, I've better things to do than waste time persuading them otherwise.

    13. Re:I'm confused... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1

      But it's up to them how they run their site; I already visit way, *way* less than I used to and if they want to let people like yourself ruin it further, I've better things to do than waste time persuading them otherwise.

      How does your bitching in the comments change anything?

    14. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Which doesn't violate the Slashdot TOS. If you got a problem with that, take it up with management.

    15. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How does your bitching in the comments change anything?

    16. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Which doesn't violate the Slashdot TOS. If you got a problem with that, take it up with management.

      Should make clear the AC who made this comment isn't me (the main AC who started this sub-thread here). Regardless, a nice bit of throwing back his own last resort "it's within the rules" excuse in his face.

      Live by "it's within the rules", die by "it's within the rules"...

  13. Guess what else you can't buy new from Microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Original Xbox, and Xbox 360.

    Kotaku need to think outside the Xbox.

  14. suprised by gravewax · · Score: 1

    actually surprised they were still making the original, would have thought they would have ditched production of it a while back and just been pushing through old stock once the S model was established and not significantly different in price. Even more surprised that replacing an older model with a newer iteration would even rate a mention as an article here.

  15. Um No by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

    The difference is, I'm allowed to play with the Xbox One

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  16. Just like that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    they killed the xbox?

  17. Frontpage by gamehersgarden · · Score: 1

    Wtf?

  18. Replaced by... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The Xbox TWO?

  19. Well it might just.... by Jahta · · Score: 1

    ....be pining for the fjords?

  20. No it's not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It's just asleep.

  21. Box? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Does it ship in a box? If so I'd have one Xbox One X box.