As of July 18, 2025, Microsoft no longer offers movies or TV shows for purchase or rent

This ISN'T an Xbox:

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Sony closed their music subscription service on ps3, they also closed their movie service on ps4 and then made a new one on ps5.

I'm not sure why they think we should be paying for these digital files if they're just going to eliminate the drm players later.
 
I never understood the fascination with watching movies on your game console. Yes I'm one of those that use my game console to play games and have never used them to watch movies / Youtube / Twitch or other nonsense on them. Yes I'm that guy.
 
Skyfox said:
Sony closed their music subscription service on ps3, they also closed their movie service on ps4 and then made a new one on ps5.

I'm not sure why they think we should be paying for these digital files if they're just going to eliminate the drm players later.
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I could be way off base, but I feel most people use Apple/Amazon to buy movies and then use the apps to stream movies and shows.

No one I know uses either console to buy a movie.
 
Thank Christ. The Xbox store here was plastered with anime and other shows that always resulted in an error when you actually opened the pages because they were US-only yet still appeared outside that region.
 
If they actually made one aggregated interface that has access to all your subs and kept the snap feature. It would have been awesome. I hate having to use Apple TV search to find out what service something is on.
 
Gamer_By_Proxy said:
They're gonna shut it all down piece by piece and in a few years it'll be, "you can still play your Xbox library on your current xbox consoles"
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It'll be, "there's a way to play your legacy media, it's called our line of legacy hardware and it's for those who still want to engage with us."
 
phant0m said:
MS looking at Google for the past decade and said "wait….we can just stop supporting stuff and kill it randomly?"
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Well, Nintendo did something even worse with WiiU and 3DS and no one really complained (I'm taking about the whole digital store).

Which means, digitally speaks... noone gives a damm if 'only you' uses something.
 
Even Walmart, the largest retail company in the world, couldn't figure out how to make digital movies and TV profitable.
 
PJX said:
I never understood the fascination with watching movies on your game console. Yes I'm one of those that use my game console to play games and have never used them to watch movies / Youtube / Twitch or other nonsense on them. Yes I'm that guy.
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How are people playing physical media like Blu-ray and DVDs?

I use my console, but are people still buying individual players? What's the point when your console does it
 
Their movie prices are usually higher than Apple's prices and their sales aren't as good so no wonder it's getting shut down. They refused to compete. I also don't think they've got an easily accessible app that you can download on any streaming box.
 
Heh. still, I never used their ecosystem for tha.

I buy my digital films generally from Google these days since they play on Youtube which is available on virtually any device under the sun, and also playable right on Youtube TV.
 
Not sure why anyone would buy/rent stuff off their console. Are these files even readable on other platforms or OS?

If not and you're a digital consumer for TV/movies and want to buy/rent you might as well do it through a bigger platform you can use with more flexibility like Google or Apple downloads and use it on those devices.
 
I collect VHS tapes said:
How are people playing physical media like Blu-ray and DVDs?

I use my console, but are people still buying individual players? What's the point when your console does it
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I use my console for movie discs, but some people will keep their old DVD/BR set up for ages. Especially true if they want to watch an old disc in other rooms as most people have one console. So keep a media player in those rooms. Or have an old console that runs discs there.
 
I collect VHS tapes said:
How are people playing physical media like Blu-ray and DVDs?

I use my console, but are people still buying individual players? What's the point when your console does it
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Yes, people still buy dedicated players. The big downside with the consoles is that, I don't think they support DV or HDR10+ for discs.
 
Never understood why people "buy" movies and TV shows through any walled garden service. That goes for Xbox, PlayStation, any of the storefront streaming apps like Amazon Prime, Google Play, etc. it's all a form of shitty DRM and they could yank what you "bought" at practically any time.

If the only option is buying a show from a single walled garden, I'd rather turn into Captain Jack Sparrow.
 
Pulling the store is one thing, but not allowing customers to move content to other services, and not offering refunds to help customers rebuild their library on another service is very poor form.

It's examples like this that push people away from digital ownership.
 
IDKFA said:
Pulling the store is one thing, but not allowing customers to move content to other services, and not offering refunds to help customers rebuild their library on another service is very poor form.

It's examples like this that push people away from digital ownership.
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RetroGamingUK said:
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But is it good? Physical media for films are great, but there are some films I can't get on physical. Not to mention I'd need a device that plays the discs.

What we need is the option to transfer your library from one service to another. That would be a good start.

I'd also like to see a dedicated digital store that has almost every TV show and film available for purchase. Like the Steam equivalent of films. I don't want to start building a library on Prime, then find out another film I want is only on Google TV. Give me a one stop shop.
 
Not shocked, none of the console makers that sold other media in their digital stores I imagine do great volume.

You can just use apps from the other major services you likely already have content purchased through instead, and I'd have more confidence the service keeps going anyway.

Still, blu-ray all the way, buying ala cart digital movies sucks unless I can keep an actual file.
 
I would only buy from a digital store if the movie were dirt cheap. Otherwise buy the blu ray and redeem the digital copy.
 
I actually use my xbox to watch videos all the time despite having a smart TV. Easier to switch from game to app back to game as opposed to shutting down console, going through smart TV and turning back console on. Alot of the movies purchased on these storefronts are also compatible with movies anywhere.
 
PJX said:
I never understood the fascination with watching movies on your game console. Yes I'm one of those that use my game console to play games and have never used them to watch movies / Youtube / Twitch or other nonsense on them. Yes I'm that guy.
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Its really just a convenience thing. I don't use my PS5 as my main streaming device. But I do use it every now and then to watch youtube videos or streams.
 
IDKFA said:
Pulling the store is one thing, but not allowing customers to move content to other services, and not offering refunds to help customers rebuild their library on another service is very poor form.

It's examples like this that push people away from digital ownership.
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Why would MS do all of that? You are still able to download and watch the movies and TV shows you bought.
 
IDKFA said:
Pulling the store is one thing, but not allowing customers to move content to other services, and not offering refunds to help customers rebuild their library on another service is very poor form.
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Can you imagine the number of companies who would have to sign off on this? You know they'd all have their hands out too. The media giants are killing themselves with shit like that. Making it hard and unappealing to build a legal digital library. Even the very best on the market is vast leagues away from offering the same benefits of an SSD and a VPN.

Hollywood needs a Steam or it will continue to die off. I don't think it has a chance. Combination of outright horrible movies and shows, while hitting the customer in the pockets anyway they can when customer tries to access said horrible product.

Anyone that had a thousand dollars worth of TV and movie product on a Microsoft account is going straight to Amazon today to buy a giant external SSD and Nord VPN for a 2 year subscription. Why would they consider going anywhere else? Where would you even confidently send them on the legal side?
 
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Durin said:
Not shocked, none of the console makers that sold other media in their digital stores I imagine do great volume.

You can just use apps from the other major services you likely already have content purchased through instead, and I'd have more confidence the service keeps going anyway.

Still, blu-ray all the way, buying ala cart digital movies sucks unless I can keep an actual file.
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This is what is needed. A GOG equivalent for movies and TV shows.

Anime-Vix said:
Why would MS do all of that? You are still able to download and watch the movies and TV shows you bought.
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Imagine somebody who was building a digital library on Xbox. Now they still have their library, but they can't add to it and have to continue it with another service.

simpatico said:
Can you imagine the number of companies who would have to sign off on this? You know they'd all have their hands out too. The media giants are killing themselves with shit like that. Making it hard and unappealing to build a legal digital library. Even the very best on the market is vast leagues away from offering the same benefits of an SSD and a VPN.

Hollywood needs a Steam or it will continue to die off. I don't think it has a chance. Combination of outright horrible movies and shows, while hitting the customer in the pockets anyway they can when customer tries to access said horrible product.
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Agreed. As stated above, the film industry needs a GOG or Steam equivalent, but the chances of Hollywood studios agreeing to this is probably slim.
 
IDKFA said:
Imagine somebody who was building a digital library on Xbox. Now they still have their library, but they can't add to it and have to continue it with another service.
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Why is this a problem now? There has never been universal cross compatibility between the different storefronts and the limited compatibility that has existed previously before with Ultraviolet and now Movies Anywhere now is completely up to the studio if they want to participate and they have full discretion as to which storefronts they want to allow cross compatibility.

Like I get everyone wants to shit on MS, but they're not doing anything wrong. If another digital storefront gets shut down, the same exact thing is going to happen.
 
BlitzerRadic said:
Why is this a problem now?
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It's always been an issue. I believe the same happened with Sony as well.

If you're going to shut up shop then at least let people move content over to another platform.

BlitzerRadic said:
There has never been universal cross compatibility between the different storefronts and the limited compatibility that has existed previously before with Ultraviolet and now Movies Anywhere now is completely up to the studio if they want to participate and they have full discretion as to which storefronts they want to allow cross compatibility.
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Studios are the biggest road block. They cry about piracy, but they make it very hard for people to build up digital libraries.

Movies Anywhere is sort of an option, but it doesn't fix the problem totally. I'm still buying a licence on Amazon or Google that the services can take away at any time. In fact, if Amazon lost a licence for a film I "bought" then I lose access to it forever. That's shit.

I just want an online digital store where I can purchase and download films and TV shows. Why is this so hard for studios to work out?
 
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