Xbox availability in the Philippines as of February 1, 2025.

The Microsoft Xbox is a line of video game consoles produced by Microsoft Gaming. It currently has little to no support from Microsoft in the Philippines.

As of February 2025, the Xbox Game Pass is not available in the Philippines, although the PC Game Pass is available.

During the Software Innovations Philippines, an event that was held from May 8 to 10, 2006, at the Shangri-La Hotel in Makati City, the general manager of Microsoft Philippines Antonio "TJ" Javier claimed that the company "definitely [will have] an official Xbox 360 launch in the Philippines". He stated that the company's new Home and Entertainment Division (HED), under which the Xbox falls, would be launching in July of that year, and that a formal launch of the Xbox 360 would be held afterwards. He could not confirm if the online service Xbox Live would also launch. Xbox was one of the featured products during the event.^[1] The console did not launch in July 2006.

In November 2006, Microsoft Philippines marketing director Karrie Ilagan stated that there was no definite date for the Xbox 360 launch in the country, and all of the efforts were being poured into the February 2007 worldwide launch of Microsoft Vista. She also stated that the HED, where Xbox 360 would supposedly be handled, had been renamed to the "entertainment device division".^[2] The console was never launched.

In early 2008, the blog "Third World Gamer" was chosen by Xbox Singapore as part of its "Friends of Xbox" promo, where bloggers who share their experiences with Xbox are featured. The blog's owners, husband and wife Philip and Joanne Ortiz, who are also moderators of the PinoyXbox forums, referred the PinoyXbox community to the event organizers. PinoyXbox is an online forum that was founded in 2002.^[3]

Sometime in 2007-2008, Filipino PC gaming advocate Adrian Rodriguez was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) for the Xbox category. The MVP is a recognition given to the best Microsoft professionals and advocates.^[4] He would later earn more awards under the MVP program, including awards not related to Xbox.^[5]

In June 2008, the couple Philip and Joanne Ortiz were also named Xbox MVPs for their work in PinoyXbox. Philippines Technology Specialist Jojo Ayson said the Ortizes were recognized as people who made significant contributions to the promotion of the Xbox gaming platform.^[4]

1. Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 launch in RP. May 9, 2006 at 10:26 AM. GMA News author. GMA News. Retrieved on 2025-02-01.
2. No definite date for Xbox 360 launch in RP -- Microsoft exec. November 11, 2006 at 9:02 PM. Erwin Oliva. INQUIRER.net. Retrieved on 2025-02-01.
3. Pinoy blogger recognized by Xbox.com. February 7, 2008. Relly Carpio. Hackenslash. Retrieved on 2025-02-01.
4. Microsoft awards Filipino Xbox forum members. July 25, 2008 at 4:50 PM. Alexander Villafania. Hackenslash. Retrieved on 2025-02-01.
5. Most Valuable Professional - Adrian Rodriguez. Around 2010. Microsoft team. Microsoft website. Retrieved on 2025-02-01.