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The Xbox network went down for hours earlier today, and meant that customers couldn’t play any games, be they physical or digital. Today’s issues mirror those encountered over on PlayStation over the last weekend.
The network looked to go down around 2.00 pm AEST yesterday, 27 July, and only look to have come right within the last hour or so.
When things were at their worst, the Xbox service status page told consumers that they “may not be able to sign-in to [their] Xbox profile, may be disconnected while signed in, or have other related problems,” adding that “features that require sign-in like most games, apps and social activity won’t be available.”
Another section on that status page said, “you may have problems playing your digital games right now.”
The Xbox Support Twitter account also advised that “some users are encountering errors when attempting to sign in, see your game library, or launch games.”
While those who could log in may have been able to play physical or digital games, those locked out before that point obviously could not. Needless to say, the inability to play owned titles angered consumers.
“This is straight [@$$],” said Specific-Yam550 on Reddit. “Pay $x a month and $$$ for games to not be able to [p]lay them is a blast.”
Reclining9694 asked, “can someone please explain why a SERVER outage means I can’t play ANY of my games LOCALLY OFFLINE?”
Close to twenty-four hours after the issue first popped up, Microsoft said it’s now corrected and under control.
“Good news — the earlier Xbox issue should now be mitigated,” the Xbox Support Twitter account wrote. “You should once again be able to launch games, sign in, and complete purchases. Thanks for sticking with us through a long one. Let us know if anything still looks off.”
With two incidents happening so close to one another, and after Sony’s stated intent to do away with physical game discs altogether, an all-digital future isn’t looking too bright.
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