Xbox To Require Sign In Every 5 Years To Maintain Gamertag

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Microsoft is updating its Services Agreement, and of the most notable changes is that an obligatory sign in once in a 5 year period is now required to maintain your gamertag.

'in the Microsoft Account or Skype Account section, we’ve added a requirement that you must sign into the Xbox Services at least once in a 5-year period to keep the Xbox gamertag associated with your Microsoft account. We’ve also added that if your account is compromised, we may be required to disable access to certain content..

If a user fails to do so, he or she might lose access to the gamertag associated with the Microsoft account, and that gamertag may become available for use by other XBL users.



At the moment of writing, the obligatory sign in only applies to a user’s Microsoft or Skype account.

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Source: http://wccftech.com/microsoft-changes-services-agreement-xbox-now-requires-sign-every-5-years-maintain-gamertag/

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KixaPosted:

Love it! Should of been added a long time ago in my opinion.

ProJimmyRustlerPosted:

SuperNerdgasm It's better than the always online variant they tried back in 2013. This I can agree to.


These two things have nothing to do with each other. One was a form of DRM, the other is to free up the gamertags that no one uses anymore. Did you make it past the title?

SuperNerdgasmPosted:

It's better than the always online variant they tried back in 2013. This I can agree to.

ReflectingPosted:

This is awesome! Maybe I can finally get a nice OG gamertag. But I wonder if the 5 years starts now or if it will take into account the years already inactive.

OhVegetablesPosted:

nipls That kind of sucks but it makes sense so I guess it's a good idea.


How does this suck in anyway shape or form?

HaloPosted:

Awesome news to hear! Can't wait to see which new tags become available.

CubansPosted:

This would of been way better if it was done YEARS ago.

JahhPosted:

Curious why they didn't do this sooner.

niplsPosted:

That kind of sucks but it makes sense so I guess it's a good idea.

TaylorPosted:

Maybe they'll be releasing some more then? After this is in effect.