{"id":68263,"date":"2026-07-13T07:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68263"},"modified":"2026-07-13T07:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:09:48","slug":"xbox-gamer-wins-lawsuit-against-microsoft-to-restore-account-and-digital-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=68263","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Gamer Wins Lawsuit Against Microsoft To Restore Account And Digital Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/xbox-gamer-wins-lawsuit-against-microsoft-to-restore-account-and-digital-library\/l-intro-1783880837.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">Microsoft also has to pay roughly $400 in damages to the user.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>A sole Xbox gamer has seemingly won an important judgement against Microsoft, which requires the tech giant to restore the user&#8217;s suspended Xbox account and accompanying video game library. In a post on Reddit, Ordo_Liberal said that a Brazilian court has ordered Microsoft to reverse its decision to revoke access to the user&#8217;s account and library after it was hacked. Engadget has reached out to Microsoft for comment and will update this story if we hear back.<\/p>\n<p>The saga began three months ago according to Ordo_Liberal, who detailed the situation on Reddit, explaining that Microsoft froze their account after there was\u00a0&#8220;unauthorized access&#8221; and said that the &#8220;only option we have is to permanently suspend this account to prevent any further use.&#8221; Instead of making a new account and creating a digital library from scratch, Ordo_Liberal filed a lawsuit against Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>The gamer explained on Reddit that hiring\u00a0a public defendant to sue Microsoft came at no cost thanks to Brazil&#8217;s stance on consumer protection cases. According to the judgement,\u00a0Microsoft has 15 days to restore access to Ordo_Liberal&#8217;s account or it will face a penalty of 150 reais, or about $30, a day, until resolved, with a cap of 1,500 reais (roughly $300). The court also ordered Microsoft to pay 2,000 reais, around $400, to Ordo_Liberal. This case may not have as much monetary impact as similar\u00a0class action lawsuits, but it could offer a glimmer of hope for many consumers who are becoming increasingly concerned about companies switching to digital-only libraries.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2213111\/xbox-gamer-wins-lawsuit-against-microsoft-to-restore-account-and-digital-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft also has to pay roughly $400 in damages to the user. A sole Xbox gamer has seemingly won an important judgement against Microsoft, which&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}