Xbox CTO explains what caused the Xbox outage, apologises to players, and outlines what's being done going forward
Xbox experienced a major server outage on Monday, impacting game purchases, downloads, and offline play due to a failure in an external licensing service. Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet apologized and explained that the issue has been resolved, with the company initiating a full review to prevent future occurrences and improve transparency with the community.
- Entities
- Company: Microsoft
- Platform: Xbox
- Platform: PlayStation
- Person: Scott Van Vliet
- Topic: Digital Rights Management
- Topic: Service Outage
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