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Version 3.0 - 07/27/2026 All game titles targeting a console generation must support the entire family of devices for that generation. To maintain consistency across console generations, games must:
  • Ensure that saved games work across console types within the generation.
  • Ensure that online players aren’t segmented based on console type within the generation.
  • Ensure that identical game modes are offered across console types within the generation.

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Certification test cases

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130-02 Save game roaming

Tools needed
  • 1 XBOX Series S
  • 1 XBOX Series X
Test steps
  1. Sign into an XBOX profile on device A and launch the title.
  2. Begin gameplay and make save progress (if possible, create a settings save by changing or adding a new setting configuration).
  3. Exit the title.
  4. Sign in on a different device from the same generation with the same profile used in Step 1.
  5. Launch the same title from Step 1 and verify that all saved games and any settings and/or configuration files can be accessed and loaded correctly and they don’t have any dependencies on a specific same generation device.
  6. Repeat all steps above across the same generation of devices.
Expected result
Save games must work in their entirety across all console types within the same generation. Pass examples
  1. A game save made on an XBOX Series S works on an XBOX Series X, and vice versa across the whole family of XBOX Series devices.
Fail examples
  1. A game save made within a generation doesn’t fully load across all device types in that generation.

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130-03 Online segmentation

Tools needed
  • 1 XBOX Series S
  • 1 XBOX Series X
Test steps
  1. Sign into an XBOX profile and launch the title on all device types in the same generation.
  2. Complete an XBOX network multiplayer game session featuring all devices.
  3. Repeat step 2 across all XBOX network multiplayer modes supported by the title.
Expected result
XBOX network players must be able to join other XBOX network players irrespective of which console type is being used from the same generation. Pass examples
  1. All consoles from the same generation of devices are able to play against each other in multiplayer gameplay.
Fail examples
  1. XBOX network players are segmented within the same generation based on their console type.
Tools needed
  • 1 XBOX Series S
  • 1 XBOX Series X
Test steps
  1. Sign into an XBOX profile and launch the title.
  2. Locate and access all featured game modes.
  3. Repeat all steps above across the same generation of devices and ensure all game modes are identical on each device.
Expected result
Identical game modes must be offered across the same generation of devices. Pass examples
  1. All consoles from the same generation of devices provide the same set of identical game modes.
Fail examples
  1. One or more consoles from same generation of devices provides different game modes based on their same generation console type.
Last modified on October 20, 2026