Xbox outage shouldn’t have affected games on disc, Microsoft confirms

Microsoft has confirmed that the recent Xbox outage should not have prevented players from accessing offline disc-based games. According to Xbox technology chief Scott Van Vliet, disc-based games are subject to licensing inspections, but this should not have blocked access during the outage. Microsoft is investigating reports that some players were unable to access disc-based games as expected during the service interruption. The company aims to reassure users that they can still play physical games even when the Xbox service is offline.

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