Definitely, Microsoft does not go with the back of the dead hand in this year 2025 to reduce and optimize its costs. The firm, which has never been so well worn and which nevertheless dismissed in turn, especially in its Xbox branch, comes, after stopping the Skype adventure, brutally decide to close one of its other activities. This ended since Friday July 18, 2025 for the purchase and rental of series and films on PC and Xbox consoles via the Films and TV service.
Microsoft brutally closes its purchasing and rental of videos
After Groove Music in 2017 (who remembers?), So is it the turn of the Films and TV store on Windows and Xbox consoles to bow out. More precisely, if the application is still there, it is no longer possible to rent or buy content there.
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L’applications Films & TV sur Windows 11. © Capture screen the digital
If you have bought content in the past via this service, do not panic, you can always access it and download it. However, it will be necessary to go through the Films and TV application on PC or Xbox console to download its content. No reimbursement seems topical, but Microsoft promises to continue to provide support in the event of a problem.
Launched in 2006 with the Zune Marketplace (always more free nostalgia), then renamed in Xbox Video in 2012, before being renamed as we know it in 2015. The service, which was to accompany the boom of the unloved Xbox One, will therefore have survived 10 years in its current form.
Many alternatives exist
For people who prefer to rent or buy films and series rather than watch them in streaming on Netflix, Disney+ and other HBO Max, several platforms available everywhere also offer this solution, such as Apple TV, YouTube, Canal+ or Prime Video.
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