Xbox Live download

If for some reason you don't have access to an Xbox 360 but you want to view your Xbox Live download history, you can do so using the Windows Live website. This site is useful because it allows you to view the complete transaction history for that Live account (including transactions conducted online without using an Xbox 360) and to see which purchases were made by credit card and which were done with Microsoft Points. It also shows your current Microsoft Point balance.

Although Microsoft has stated that they were removing many of the restrictions originally announced for the Xbox One, I felt that we should look at what was the real cause of their downfall. I believe it was a larger issue than policies they planned on enforcing with the release of the Xbox One. During the announcement of the Xbox One fans were met with some frightening changes, big changes and because of how much change was introduced all at once, I think that is what resulted in the often negative response to the new console. These doubts were made worse with Microsoft’s failure to communicate what these changes will mean for certain aspects of our gaming experience. Always on, DRM (Digital Rights Management), 24 hour check in, the Kinect requirement, no more used games and a strong emphasis on television are just some of the issues that gave gamers doubt about the future of Xbox. In doing research on these topics I found many articles surrounding the topic of Xbox One dislikes, but I will limit this to the main five that I see mentioned the most.

Down the road, making the Ps2 in 2000 along with the competition of the first Xbox, Nintendo, and along with Sega, Sony was in the making. It seems to me that Sony is kicking Microsoft's butt in making and releasing consoles. Sony has the original PlayStation, PS one, PlayStation 2, PSP, Ps3 and now the Ps4 which will be coming out in November this year! Holy Cow! Sure the Xbox has come a long way too but Microsoft hasn't made as many consoles. What they haven't made in consoles they made in extras for their consoles like Xbox Live Gold. With just three consoles out ( original Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 S) Microsoft did really well keeping up. Now with the new Xbox One just around the corner, what will happen? What kind of extras will Microsoft and Sony come out with? I hope you all are ready for some cool gadgets coming out in the near feature for these new consoles.
This issue from what I have read, seen, and heard was one of Microsoft’s greatest downfalls. Finding the initial rumor or source of all these “functionalities” can be hard to find. On one hand it was stated that you had to check in every 24 hours and have internet on at all times, then some articles read that it was going to work exactly the same as the Xbox 360 and finally as seen here (http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/21/4353538/xbox-one-perform-recurring-online-checks-even-for-offline-play) Microsoft said in this interview that these were just “potential scenarios”. Microsoft threw around so many different responses for several different interviews that fans became confused and once again thrown further into doubt. The region lock was another cause for concern and another source of confusion. One interview gave the impression that the Xbox One console would flat out not be sold in specific regions but then as seen here (http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/05/27/the-five-biggest-problems-with-the-xbox-one/) it was restated that it just means certain regions won’t have access to every game released. But it seems that there could be a lot more going on behind this decision than it just being made randomly.