Inside Xbox in Canada, US and Australia discontinued

Microsoft has discontinued its service of Inside Xbox in the US, Canada and Australiasia, with European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) service unsure of its future.

The announcement of the closure of the service, which streams to Xbox consoles through the dashboard, has been met with disappointment from fans. Shows such as Major's Minute, Featured Videos and Insider Moves will all be dropped.

As for the EMEA regions, Microsoft has said that "Xbox LIVE in EMEA is currently looking at its operating model for Inside Xbox. This could potentially result in some changes, but we have no news here to share yet. Xbox LIVE in Mexico and Japan will continue to produce first-party content for its members via other media outside of the Inside Xbox brand."

Microsoft has also said it will continue to provide video content from outside sources and "leveraging third-party news and video content available through a variety of existing and future partners, and supplementing this content with select first-party offerings," meaning there will be some content coming from Microsoft.

So no more Xbox Inside, but we have a feeling that this is just a rebranding exercise from Microsoft, especially since there will be "select first-party offerings".

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