Now Xbox Is Down for Some, Microsoft Says It's Working to Fix a Major Outage Affecting Library, Sign-In, and Game Launch

If you’re having occupation with logging into Xbox, you’re not alone: it’s suffering a large outage that’s affecting relationship and illustration sign-in, viewing games connected the store, and playing games.

In a station connected societal media, Microsoft acknowledged the issue, which began earlier today, July 27, and said its teams were moving connected it.

“Just checking successful connected the crippled library, sign-in, and crippled motorboat issue,” reads a tweet issued conscionable earlier 1pm UK time. “We cognize this has been going connected a portion and admit your patience portion our teams support moving connected it.”

Microsoft volition privation to benignant this outage retired sooner alternatively than later, with Halo: Campaign Evolved acceptable to motorboat due connected July 28 aft 3 days of aboriginal entree for Premium Edition owners.

The Xbox outage comes little than a week aft Sony’s PlayStation Network went down successful akin fashion. The timing couldn’t person been worse for Sony, which is operating amid a backlash to its determination to termination carnal discs for caller PlayStation games successful 2028. Critics said not being capable to play immoderate owned games due to the fact that of online services going down was yet different crushed wherefore an all-digital aboriginal is unwelcome. Indeed, gamers are readying a week-long boycott of PlayStation adjacent period successful protest.

While Microsoft has yet to marque immoderate announcement astir video crippled disc accumulation for Xbox, it is reportedly acceptable to merchandise the next-gen Xbox without a disc drive, suggesting a akin semipermanent program for its gaming business. "You whitethorn person problems playing disc-based games close now," Microsoft's Xbox enactment website reads.

Microsoft’s Xbox enactment leafage presently lists a solution for the existent issues arsenic “pending.” Hopefully they volition beryllium resolved soon. We'll support an oculus retired an update this communicative with immoderate further developments.

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