Microsoft suddenly kills its movies and TV store on Xbox and Windows

Microsoft has abruptly unopen its movies and TV store connected Xbox consoles and Windows PCs. As of contiguous you tin nary longer acquisition new movies oregon TV shows from the Microsoft Store connected Xbox oregon Windows, but you volition inactive beryllium capable to entree antecedently purchased contented connected devices.

“Downloads volition proceed to beryllium disposable connected Windows and successful HD max resolution,” says Microsoft, but you’ll person to proceed utilizing the Movies & TV app connected Windows oregon Xbox to play the contented you ain alternatively than entree it from different work — unless your purchased movies are portion of Movies Anywhere successful the US. Microsoft is not offering a refund for purchases, either.

The closure of Microsoft’s movies and TV store has been nervously anticipated by Xbox and Windows users ever since Microsoft shut down its Groove Music service successful 2017. Microsoft primitively launched a movies and TV storefront with the Zune Video Marketplace successful 2006, earlier it was replaced by Xbox Video successful 2012. That past morphed into the Movies & TV app and store successful 2015, and present a decennary aboriginal it’s going away.

Microsoft is present leaving it up to Amazon, Netflix, Apple TV, and the galore different streaming video services to cater for movies and TV contented connected Windows and Xbox. Microsoft volition proceed to supply enactment for immoderate issues playing backmost antecedently purchased content, and owners volition beryllium hoping the institution keeps its servers online for galore years to come.