Xbox has launched its Family Hub on xbox.com.

The Xbox console

The Xbox console

The overarching ambition behind the Family Hub is to help parents better understand the numerous benefits of the Xbox One S, including how to set up an Xbox One S, a list of family-friendly games and an overview of settings on the console.

The hub also features a video from Andy Robertson, the UK family blogger, who has offered gaming enthusiasts handy tips geared towards setting up an Xbox One S this Christmas.

The developers of the Family Hub explained that the tips will enable parents to ensure that their child's able to play the console come Christmas morning.

Andy also explains which of the games is most-suitable for a family audience, as he gives an overview of titles such as 'FIFA 17', 'Minecraft', 'Forza Horizon 3' and 'LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens'.

This comes shortly after Xbox Phil Spencer confirmed that Microsoft will not be releasing a new Xbox console every two years.

Spencer insisted there is no appetite for bi-annual hardware upgrades from the company.

He said: "I don't have this desire to every two years have a new console on the shelf; that's not part of the console business model, and it doesn't actually help us.

"The best customer I have is somebody who buys the original Xbox and just buys all the games. That's the best customer for us in terms of the pure financials of it.

"I don't have a need to get you to go buy the newest console, or I don't have the need to create an artificial loop of, 'Here's a new console every two years', in order to get you to go buy."


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