Xbox seemingly minimizing the "Optimized for Xbox Series X" badge on game box art

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Xbox has reporte🎃dly pruned the massive "Optimized for Xbox Series X" badge previously seen on select 🦄next-gen games.

Industry analyst Daniel Ahmad shared an updated version of the Dirt 5 box art on Twitter – 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dirt 5 being one of the games that boasts 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series X optimization – which he edited using upไdated guidelines from Xbox. The original version, which was first shown a few weeks ago, has an optimizat✱ion badge bigger than its ESRB rating. Thankfully, the updated version does not.  

, Ahmad clarified that the Xbox Series X optimization badge itself is gone, but games will still be marked as optimized for the console through a reasonably sized back-of-the-box snippet. He also stressed that while his mock-up is unofficial, it does represent the new template f✨or games that are explicitly optimized for Xbox Seri👍es X.

In a separate , The Verge editor Tom Warren said we'll still see the badge, it will just be on the back of the box. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft has yet to officially communicate its plans for the opt✨imization badge, but it seems that it will no longer be eating a significant percentage of next-gen box art.

Given how hard the company in the past, and how prevalent it is among online listings for Xbox Series X games, I can't imagine it's done with it entirely. However, there's no doubt that Xbox Series X box art will look✱ cleaner without it, so I do hope it's been minimized as the🐓se reports suggest. 

Here's every game confirmed for Xbox Series X optimization and Xbox Smart Delivery. And speaking of box art: here's how PS5 games will look on your shelf. 

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