It’s been a few days since Xbox gamers have been dealing with disruptions to Microsoft services. For example, a major Xbox Live outage could cause players to launch games in the cloud, play games in digital versions, and even shop in-store.
The official Xbox Support page was providing regular updates throughout the weekend. While Microsoft has announced that most issues have been resolved, some players kept reporting problems while playing digital and cloud games.
” We’ve seen a significant improvement in the issue that prevented some users from purchasing and launching games “Xbox Support reassured users in a recent tweet. ” We expect a full throttling with the rollout of a new update in the next few days. “.
These malfunctions helped a particularly large Xbox issue arise. Indeed, some players wondered why.online connection required to launch video games in digital versionsbut while they are being downloaded to the hard disk.
That’s why the Xbox Series S was the hardest hit, as it’s a 100% digital console without a disc drive. So the owners never played. Microsoft also wants to go further than the Xbox Series S with a Chromecast-style switch for streaming games to the TV. It is hoped that these concerns will prompt Microsoft to make changes to the way digital games work on Xbox.
We’ve seen a significant improvement in the issue that was preventing some users from purchasing and launching games. We expect a full throttling with the rollout of a new update in the coming days.
—Xbox Support (@XboxSupport) May 9, 2022
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