Subj : Xbox tells players being suspended for uploading their spicy Bald
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Jan 09 2024 10:30:06

Xbox tells players being suspended for uploading their spicy Baldur's Gate 3 
clips to "turn off auto-upload" - on a console that enables it by default

Date:
Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:14:34 +0000

Description:
Xbox players being suspended for auto-uploaded Baldur's Gate 3 clips are 
being told by support to turn the feature off.

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 Baldur's Gate 3 players on Xbox have found themselves caught between a rock 
and a hard place after a wave of account suspensions. 

On Xbox Series X |S, the auto-upload feature (which automatically uploads 
clips to the server upon capture) is ensuring that players' very 
not-safe-for-work romance clips in Baldur's Gate 3 are being shared 
worldwide. This has resulted in said clips being moderated by Xbox Support, 
with account suspensions following. 

The official Xbox Support Twitter account put out an official statement about 
the situation, saying: "Our team evaluates appeals and can reverse 
suspensions if action was taken in error. If this was a first offense, for 
example, we will remove the suspension and let players know why it happened 
and how to avoid future issues (e.g., how to turn off auto-upload when 
sensitive content is being captured)." 

The tweet then prompts players to learn how to turn off the auto-upload 
feature via a link to the relevant page on the Xbox Support website. The 
wider issue, though, as many players have taken to the replies to point out, 
is that auto-upload is enabled on Xbox Series consoles by default. 

"This is from a game you allow to be bought and played on your console, 
correct?" says one user in the Xbox Support tweet's replies. "And you are 
suspending accounts for having auto-uploaded content from a setting that is 
turned on by default?" 

Others are pointing out the flaws in the auto-upload system, such as it not 
disabling the feature for titles with a mature age rating like Baldur's Gate 
3. The general sentiment, though, is that the whole thing could have been 
avoided if auto-upload wasn't enabled by default. If players have simply 
forgotten the feature exists - or are playing Baldur's Gate 3 as their first 
Xbox title - then they may receive a suspension without really knowing why. 

It'll be interesting to see how Microsoft responds to the backlash here in 
the long run. Though, at this point, it may be in the company's best 
interests to turn off the auto-upload feature by default to save future 
players the embarrassment of their gleefully exposed Tavs being any more, 
well, exposed. 

 Grow your game collection by checking out our guides to the best Xbox Series 
X games and the best Xbox Game Pass games .



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/xbox-tells-players-being-suspende
d-for-uploading-their-spicy-baldurs-gate-3-clips-to-turn-off-auto-upload-on-a-
console-that-enables-it-by-default


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