History Platform / XboxOne

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** ''Grand Theft Auto: The Definitive Edition'':

** ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}''

** ''[[VideoGame/Yakuza1 Yakuza Kiwami]]''
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** ''VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin''

** ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Grand Theft Auto [=V=] Expanded and Enhanced Edition]]''

After widespread ridicule from all sides (including a couple of scathing burns from Sony during its [=E3=] 2013 presentation), [[http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update Microsoft eventually reversed its policy on DRM]]. The system no longer requires daily check-ins, used game fees, or [[UsefulNotes/RegionCoding region coding]] -- but [[http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-drm-reversal-cuts-features-requires-one-time-514419715 only after downloading a patch to disable those "features"]], which requires an Internet connection when setting the system up for the first time (everyone without Internet access or with slow Internet speeds gets shafted). The backtrack forced Microsoft to drop several features that its original DRM scheme would've enabled, such as loading games installed to the hard drive without the disc inserted and the ability to loan out digital copies of games.[[note]]Details are fuzzy on how it would've worked.[[/note]] On August 12, 2013, Microsoft also [[http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-wont-actually-need-kinect-plugged-in-microso-1113142909 retracted the "always-plugged-in" requirement for the Kinect]]. Furthermore, on May 13, 2014, Microsoft announced that it was introducing a Kinect-less SKU for $399, €399, or £349, matching the [=PlayStation=] 4, though the Kinect bundle was still sold at $499.

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While the Xbox One wasn't a failure, it caused Microsoft to lose a lot of the market share and popularity they earned during the heyday of the Xbox 360 and vastly underperformed compared to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. Microsoft stopped releasing sales numbers in 2015, but it's believed that all versions of the console sold about 50 million units combined by the end of 2019. The [=PS4=] sold more than twice that amount while the Xbox 360 sold 84 million units. The system's lower sales are frequently attributed to the disastrous prerelease PR and lack of strong first-party exclusives. To address the lack of first-party titles, by the end of the generation Microsoft began snapping up third parties developers such as Creator/{{Bethesda}}, Creator/DoubleFine, Creator/InXileEntertainment, Creator/ObsidianEntertainment, and an offer to acquire Creator/ActivisionBlizzard[[note]]Still pending FTC approval as of April 2023[[/note]], and made sure games are their primary focus in terms of marketing.

Production of the Xbox One consoles ceased shortly after they were succeeded by the UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS. Microsoft plans to continue supporting both the Xbox One and the Series X|S consoles simultaneously for now, though they announced in June 2023 that they had ceased development of new first-party games for the system.

Another challenge facing Xbox during this generation was a lack of notable first-party games. Unlike Sony and Nintendo, who had numerous in-house development teams that could produce a steady stream of {{Killer App}}s for their systems, Microsoft launched the One with relatively few first-party studios, having closed or sold off many former first parties like Creator/{{Bungie}}, Creator/EnsembleStudios, and Creator/LionheadStudios. In the past, Microsoft had mostly secured exclusives through agreements with third-party developers and publishers; however, these sorts of arrangements became harder to make during the 8th generation. Due to both an increase in the overall cost of game development and the decrease in difficulty of MultiPlatform development, 3rd party developers and publishers came to see them as a bad deal. Not helping matters is that Sony managed to snatch away the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' marketing deal that Microsoft previously had, ensuring that the [=PS4=] receive preferential treatment when it comes to marketing and DLC. While the Xbox One did see several well received first party titles like ''VideoGame/{{Forza}} Horizon 3'', ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar 4'', and ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'', many of them technically weren't even exclusives, as they were also on Microsoft's own PC storefront and also tended to be made available via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. Some of Microsoft's policies during the One's early life also initially scared away developers of the increasingly growing indie scene, giving the [=PS4=] a larger library of indie titles during the first couple years of the generation. As with the system's other perceived shortcomings, Microsoft took steps to rectify this during the later part of Xbox One's lifecycle by acquiring numerous previously-independent game developers and publishers in order to bolster their first-party portfolio, and changing their policies to make their platforms more welcoming to indie developers.

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* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''

* ''[[VideoGame/OperationWolf Operation Wolf Returns: First Mission]]''

* ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline''

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** ''VideoGame/KameoElementsOfPower''
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* ''Rare Replay''

** ''VideoGame/SaGaScarletGrace: Ambitions''
* ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRowIV Saints Row IV: Re-Elected]]''
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** ''[[VideoGame/LegoTheLordOfTheRings LEGO The Hobbit]]''

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** ''Mega Man Legacy Collection 2''
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX Collection''

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* ''VideoGame/{{Overcooked}}''

* ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Master Collection''
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** ''[[UpdatedRerelease Mass Effect Legendary Edition]]''