Xbox Player Voice Week One: Top 25 Requests

Microsoft launched Xbox Player Voice at the start of the week to collect player feedback on an official website. Thousands of users submitted ideas and voted on feature requests, filling the site’s leaderboard within days. Exclusives led the list after the first day and remained No. 1 after seven days, while other items moved up and down the standings.

One request that rose into the top 25 asked Xbox to display console playtime in total hours instead of days. That change was implemented on Friday after the item had been ninth earlier in the week, allowing users to view playtime in hours.

The full top 25 after one week covered system features, service changes and regional requests. Voters called for free online multiplayer access, expanded backwards compatibility, an Xbox Game Pass Family Plan, achievement improvements and support for disc-based games under Project Helix. The list also included a greater focus on Brazil, the return of Xbox Avatars, an HDR dashboard, broader Xbox Play Anywhere support for older titles, reinstating an FPS Boost program, Arabic localization, a reward for 100 percent completion, removal of home-screen ads, a Ukrainian console region, lower console prices, direct streaming to YouTube, Helix disc drive compatibility, dynamic background music, achievements for original Xbox games and a modular Game Pass. Some suggestions asked for cancelling PS5 games or removing age verification.

A news editor cautioned, “There is no guarantee that anything more on this list will be implemented — the Xbox Player Voice system is simply meant to track the biggest requests, regardless of whether or not they’re ever acted upon.”

Microsoft has applied at least one request from the feedback site but has not announced plans to implement the remaining items. Fans can continue to submit ideas and vote on the Xbox Player Voice website while Microsoft evaluates which requests to prioritize.