Xbox users hoping to enjoy some solid playtime over the weekend were thwarted on Saturday, following an outage that lasted about nine hours. Microsoft issued a tweet around 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, acknowledging that some users were unable to purchase and launch games or participate in Cloud Gaming sessions. Service error set also logged in The number of bug reports spiked during that period.
Players could have switched to physical discs (if they own a console that even has a disc slot) or, in theory, they could play offline. But like The Verge Reportedly, even playing offline doesn’t work for some users.
Microsoft posted an update around 1 a.m. ET on Sunday, saying that users should no longer experience those issues, although Downdetector notes that some new complaints have continued into the morning. Sunday.
Adding to the frustration of players, this is in fact the second Xbox Network outage so far this weekend. Xbox also experienced a similar outage starting Friday afternoon and lasting through Saturday morning, after which Microsoft also warned of problems launching and purchasing games and starting Cloud Gaming sessions. In addition, Microsoft also acknowledged, some users also experienced difficulties during previous outages when accessing streaming apps like Netflix and Disney+.
Microsoft only claimed to have fully resolved the outage at 1pm on Friday, about three hours before user complaints started to spike again.
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