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Microsoft still doesn't know why the Xbox outage stopped some physical games from working
Jul 30, 2026
TechSpot

Microsoft still doesn't know why the Xbox outage stopped some physical games from working

Microsoft is still investigating why the Xbox network outage on July 26 stopped some physical games from working. Xbox technology chief Scott Van Vliet said, "Disc-based entitlement checks should not prevent players from accessing their games and this is by design." The company plans to fix this fault in an update.