Xbox Launches ‘Playback’ Recap Experience on the Web and Consoles

Xbox is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Xbox with a limited-time ‘Playback’ experience that’s available on the web and Xbox consoles. Starting today through December 31, Xbox Playback will let gamers revisit their gameplay history and share it with friends or social media.

“Your Playback includes your first XBOX game, total time played, most-played game, top years, longest streak and more. As no two players are the same, everyone’s Playback will be different. Whether you’re an OG who first played using a Duke controller, or you booted up your first console this year, you’ll have a personalized story waiting for you,” the Xbox team said today.

You may remember that the Xbox team didn’t offer a yearly recap experience last year, so the company doubled down for the 25th anniversary of the brand. However, for people who love this kind of data, it’s unfortunate that this Playback experience is only available through the end of the year, and only in 15 countries: The portal is only accessible in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Spain, the UK, and the US.

Today, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma also shared a message she sent to the Xbox team in which she discusses what to expect from Xbox for the next 25 years. Sharma, who previously led Microsoft’s CoreAI group, believes that AI is already profoundly changing how games are being developed.

“A single person will soon be able to wield capabilities that once required entire nations. A small team will be able to build worlds that today demand hundreds of developers and hundreds of millions of dollars. And our largest studios will be able to pursue ambitions as far beyond today’s games as Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is from its first entry in 1982”, Sharma said today.