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

The Verge
By Jess WeatherbedJul 29, 2026, 6:58 am128 ptsTrending
After the recent Xbox outage even blocked people from playing offline disc-based console games, Microsoft is trying to soothe concerns that you don't truly own anything under Xbox's license system. In a statement to The Verge, Xbox technology chief Scott Van Vliet says that while physical game discs are subject…

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