Xbox has resolved a widespread outage that prevented gamers from connecting to Xbox Reside, enjoying on-line video games, downloading video games, or utilizing different companies for a number of hours. “Customers ought to now not be encountering points signing in to Xbox Reside and companies,” Xbox says in a put up on X. “Thanks to your endurance, recreation on!”
Points with Xbox Reside appeared to have began round 2PM ET, with Downdetector reviews starting to rise round that point. At round 3PM ET, Xbox stated it was “conscious that some customers have been disconnected from Xbox Reside” and that the corporate began “investigating.”
In the meantime, its standing web page stated Xbox’s account and profile companies suffered a significant outage. “You could not be capable of sign-in to your Xbox profile, could also be disconnected whereas signed in, or produce other associated issues,” the discover learn. “Options that require sign-in like most video games, apps and social exercise received’t be accessible.”
At round 4:10PM ET, Xbox stated its investigation was “taking longer than anticipated” and didn’t resolve the difficulty till round 9PM ET. It’s nonetheless not clear what induced the hours-long outage. The Verge reached out to Microsoft with a request for extra data however didn’t instantly hear again.
Replace, July 2nd: Added an replace from Xbox.
