Xbox Acknowledges 'Major Outage' as Sign-In Issues Hit PC and Consoles
Key Points:
- Microsoft has confirmed a major outage affecting account sign-in across multiple platforms including Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Xbox on Windows, Android, iPhone, Cloud, and web services.
- Users are experiencing difficulties logging into their Xbox profiles, being disconnected, and losing access to features requiring sign-in such as games, apps, and social activities.
- The issue was first acknowledged by Microsoft at 5:09 AM ET and remains unresolved after several hours, with no official explanation provided for the cause of the outage.
- Xbox Support has communicated the problem publicly, indicating ongoing efforts to restore normal service.