Xbox Is Already Fixing The Number 1 Complaint With Game Hubs

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Last week, it was announced that Microsoft was introducing a new Xbox Game Hubs feature on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and some Xbox Insiders have been testing out the new addition over the past few days.

Although most people seem to be enjoying the Game Hubs, there was immediate criticism that launching into games would require more button presses than it did in the past - one to access the Game Hub, and then one to start the game.

However, with a new update that rolled out for Xbox Insiders last night, this has been fixed. Now, Microsoft says that when launching a game from your "recently played games lists", you can use the X button to bypass the Game Hubs:

Last week we released game hubs to a random subset of Alpha Skip-Ahead and Alpha users, and today's update includes a change to the experience that we think you'll like.

If you see game hubs when launching games from the recently played games lists, we're adding something new to try. You can now launch games immediately with the X button, or by pressing the Menu button then choosing Play or Resume.

Alternatively, if you have enabled the setting to launch games immediately or if game hubs are not present when launching games from your recently played lists, you can launch the game card the same way. Just press the X button or press the Menu button then choose Game card.

This should ultimately fix the issue for digital games, but it's been noted that disc games use the X button for ejecting them, so a few additional tweaks may still be required. Keep in mind this still only applies to the "recently played games lists" too, so we're not sure whether launching lesser-played titles from your library will offer the same benefit.

Some Xbox Insiders have pointed out they'd rather it was the A button rather than X as well:

https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxinsiders/comments/1jpvbs0/game_hubs_launch_games_immediately

Anyway, the big takeaway here is that Xbox Game Hubs are getting fixes based on Insider feedback, which should mean that when they eventually roll out to the public, they'll be in great shape. And, if you decide that you really don't like them when they show up, there's always the option of just disabling them entirely. It's up to you!