Didn't we just say this?
Hot on the heels of a PlayStation Network outage that made it hard to use a discless PS5, the Xbox network went down overnight and is a perfect argument against an Xbox Series S.
The Xbox network outage was a tad shorter than this week’s PlayStation one, first kicking off around 9.00 pm AEST last night and lasting until about 11.30 pm AEST.
“We are aware users are experiencing issues with sign-in, launching games, and joining parties,” Xbox said at the time.
The problems meant those using Xbox Series S that weren’t designated as their home console — more on that here — would likely not have been able to launch and play any digital games. Those on Xbox Series X — provided it had a disc drive — would have been able to play single-player titles offline during this time.
While we’ve been bashing Sony for trying to tell a $1,200 AUD PS5 Pro without a disc drive attached, we also need to name and shame Microsoft at this point. Xbox is trying to sell players a $700 AUD discless Xbox Series X, and in the face of network problems like the one overnight, that’s a tough sell.
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