The official Xbox support site previously listed just two restrictions regarding uploaded game captures and screenshots. First, users have just 10 GB of Xbox network storage space. Anything beyond that and users have to delete content to upload new content. Second, content has to receive at least one view or it will be deleted in 30 days.
The new rules will force Xbox users to clear out their Xbox network storage space in the next three months and to continue clearing it out regularly going forward. Instead of files being accessible on the Xbox network indefinitely, the updated rules clarify that all files "may" be deleted 90 days after upload. Xbox tells users that any files that players want to keep must be backed up to different devices.
Confirmation of the change is only available via Xbox's support website. As such, there's no official explanation or justification for the change. Xbox appears to have simply decided that users no longer need to indefinitely store their game captures or screenshots on the Xbox network. There's possibly a financial justification for it, with the change allowing Xbox to clear up server space that was overtaken by bloated game capture storage.
The new rules will force Xbox users to clear out their Xbox network storage space in the next three months and to continue clearing it out regularly going forward. Instead of files being accessible on the Xbox network indefinitely, the updated rules clarify that all files "may" be deleted 90 days after upload. Xbox tells users that any files that players want to keep must be backed up to different devices.
Confirmation of the change is only available via Xbox's support website. As such, there's no official explanation or justification for the change. Xbox appears to have simply decided that users no longer need to indefinitely store their game captures or screenshots on the Xbox network. There's possibly a financial justification for it, with the change allowing Xbox to clear up server space that was overtaken by bloated game capture storage.
