… We'll do better." Sony was also on the receiving end of a major PlayStation Network outage last week affecting its games and accounts, though the company has not yet elaborated on what caused that issue. Microsoft Xbox Gaming Xbox services Xbox live Outage Report a problem with this article
… As outages continue to disrupt premium services, users online are already pointing out the problem with the all-digital future that these major companies are promising to bring about. Microsoft Xbox Xbox services Xbox live Gaming Outage Report a problem with this article
… Nonetheless, this is an unacceptable situation, and… https://t.co/3y9TjxzKls — Scott Van Vliet @scottvanvliet July 28, 2026 “We’ll do better” Van Vliet added that while the issue had now been resolved, he’s more interested in why it happened in the first place and how Xbox’s tech can be restructure… …
… The Xbox support team resolved the issues on July 28 , and Xbox Live services appear to be working normally at the time of writing. However, many fans were concerned that the outage also left physical copies of offline games unplayable. …
… While Van Vliet doesn't mention it in his statement, it took around 12 hours for this service outage to be resolved for all Xbox users around the globe . The Xbox CTO's official statement concludes with what the company is doing now in the aftermath of the service outage. …
Xbox explains what caused this week's 'unacceptable' major outage An executive pinned the blame on "a licensing service that sits outside of Xbox." By Kris Holt July 28, 2026 11:55 am EST Many Xbox users were unable to play games on their consoles for a large chunk of Monday . …
… Xbox confirmed the issues had been resolved on Monday evening. In an update on X yesterday, Van Vliet blamed the outage on an external licensing service, but didn’t explain why disc-based games were impacted at the time. …
… Services returned in phases, with some regions recovering several hours before others. Xbox says the outage has now been resolved worldwide. …
… As I previously wrote, an underlying service required for XBOX Home Console sharing and Game Pass purchased… https://t.co/hqC8ebV4oy — Scott Van Vliet @scottvanvliet August 10, 2026 According to Van Vliet, the issue has now been addressed, with a firmware update rolling out this week to Xbox users.… …
… An outage started affecting several Xbox services on Sunday evening, including accounts, the digital storefront, apps and games across Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and Xbox 360. Xbox resolved the issue on Monday afternoon. …