Xbox One: How to access the Developer settings menu

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A few months ago, Microsoft announced their ID@Xbox program, designed to offer small game developers a way to self-publish on the Xbox One. At the time, Microsoft said that plans were in the works that would allow anyone with a retail Xbox One unit to turn it into a development hardware kit but details were not announced.

Now a YouTube video on the GameTuts channel has revealed a way to go ahead and turn any Xbox One into a development kit right now; the YouTube video below has the full procedure.

Having said that, a post on Reddit from an unnamed but confirmed developer of Xbox One games says that the method in the video really shouldn't be used, stating, "Please don't mess with anything here for the time being, especially the sandbox ID. You risk putting your box into a boot loop."

The same developer later posted that he had no idea when Microsoft would officially enable development kits from Xbox One units, stating, "There are many concerns such as privacy, security, stability etc.., that need to be sorted out before we can allow anyone and everyone to simply sideload an app onto their box."

So there you have it. If you really want to, you can turn your new Xbox One into a development kit just for fun, but you run the risk of bricking it. If you really want to make games and self-publish them on the console, your best bet is to sign up for Microsoft's official ID@Xbox program.




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Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/secret-code-can-turn-your-xbox-one-into-a-dev-kit-should-be-avoided-for-now

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ssshenkiePosted:

This is won't help you mod games, it's pure for debugging code.. I'm not getting the Xbox, but this is a pretty good feature for developers. Now they can debug from every console they want with their sandbox ID.

Online multiplayer hacking should be in the past aswell since all servers are hosted on the cloud.

DreamsPosted:

B98 Also this will allow everyone to run unsigned code and it will turn into a GIANT modding scene once every knows about this, it will also probably get patched soon


xbox one would be ruined for good

iModLikeBerniePosted:

Also this will allow everyone to run unsigned code and it will turn into a GIANT modding scene once every knows about this, it will also probably get patched soon

iModLikeBerniePosted:

Either this was intended to be in here, so people would find it or Microsoft really has no brain

DissPosted:

I wouldn't try it just because I'd be the one who gets the boot loop. I always have the worst luck :s

Mafia6kPosted:

This Should Help a lot of people to Hack the Xbox one :D

kudzuPosted:

yeah its not worth even trying for a chump like me bc I don't know what any of the stuff means.

XBL-ABPosted:

Urf
doges I'd like to try this but i know id get console banned


You won't get console banned. The stupidity of some of these kids.


haha ikr. They obviously had the button combo for a reason..

Thugg15Posted:

ext Just saying accessing the dev settings could be pretty dangerous, what I have heard you could actually get banned from it.


Yea you can get banned for pretty much anything these days so i wouldn't doubt it.

EstablishedGamingPosted:

Just great makes it easier to run unsigned code for games that have already been created...


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