Xbox suffered a widespread outage on Monday morning, leaving many players unable to access their accounts, games and other services. The disruption affects core functions including Account and Profile, Store and Subscriptions, Games and Gaming, and Apps and Mobile, meaning some users cannot even launch games they own outright and would normally play offline. Microsoft has acknowledged the problem and says it is working on a fix, though no resolution time has been given.

The outage comes just days after a similar widespread failure hit Sony's PlayStation Network, highlighting the fragility of the "always-online" model that increasingly underpins modern gaming. Xbox Support confirmed via social media that it is aware of ongoing issues with game library access, sign-in and game launches, and pointed users to its official status page for updates. The company thanked players for their patience while engineers continue working on the issue.