Devices · 1h ago
Microsoft: Xbox outage wrongly blocked disc games, fix coming
Microsoft confirmed that physical disc games should have worked during the Xbox outage. The issue stemmed from entitlement checks that failed to load licenses correctly. A software update is being prepared to restore intended offline functionality.
Meridian48 take
The incident highlights how even disc-based gaming increasingly depends on online license verification, blurring the line between physical and digital ownership.
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Microsoft says physical discs should not have stopped working during the Xbox outage — clarifies issue with entitlement checks that failed to read licenses correctly, update on the way →
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