Xbox One consoles purchased from retail shelves can access developer settings, a Reddit user has discovered. Earlier this year, Microsoft revealed that all Xbox Ones would be usable for developers , but this isn't quite the case right now; this discovery does not turn the unit into a development kit. Furthermore, Microsoft advises against users using this feature at all on their home machines.

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"Changing the settings in this menu is only intended for developers for Xbox One, and this alone does not turn the console into a development kit," a Microsoft spokesperson told IGN. If you're thinking about messing with the developer tools in the hidden back end, you might think twice about it.Microsoft said, "We strongly advise consumers against changing these settings as it could result in their Xbox One becoming unusable. Customers who have put their consoles into this developer setting can revert by restoring factory defaults under Settings / System, select Restore Factory Defaults."Furthermore, numerous developers in the Reddit thread, including those at Microsoft and Epic Games, urged against adjusting these settings. "Please don't mess with anything here for the time being, especially the sandbox ID," an Xbox One developer wrote. "You risk putting your box into a boot loop."

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