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Microsoft explains what caused the Xbox outage and how it plans to prevent it from happening again

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Bleak Future: A few hours after recovering from the "great Xbox outage" of July 2026, Microsoft is now trying to assure customers that these kinds of systemic issues will not happen again in the future. Transparency is great, but people are questioning why Redmond isn't removing online requirements for single-player, disc-based games.

Earlier this week, the Xbox network became unavailable to a majority of players. Users were unable to launch their purchased games, sign in, or complete new purchases, with even offline games and disc-based releases being affected by the outage. Most of the issues should now be resolved, although the Xbox team is still investigating the incident in preparation for a full post-incident review.

While the investigation is ongoing, Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet has shared a few crucial details about the...

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