It’s a pretty overrun story at this point—that 2024 has been a pretty tough year for Xbox so far, with issues that go beyond just a lack of exclusives. From the closure of promising studios to its subscription service slowly becoming unsustainable, you name a modern game development problem; Xbox has it.
But there’s one problem about the platform that, while equally big, hasn’t yet received a similar level of attention, despite driving the community crazy over it and causing immense frustration to people who are simply trying to play their games.
Xbox’s Server Outages Are leaving Players Fed Up with the platform
Of course, we’re talking about Xbox’s recurring server issues – what else could it be, after all? Let’s take it from the start, though. Back in July, Xbox Live had an outage that left players unable to access their games for over six hours.
This led to plenty of complaints about the console’s “always online” model, which constantly requires license checks to play digital games. While the server issues were “fixed” back then, a similar outage happened again earlier this month. Now, Xbox services are down once again – yikes.
We are aware of the users experiencing sign-in issues. While our teams are currently looking into this, please stay tuned here and on our status page https://t.co/PzAdjUXo7T
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport) October 16, 2024
Although it’s only causing issues with signing in this time around and the servers seem to be back up now after about an hour of outage, it’s still the second time that people are having difficulty playing their games. So, they are justifiably pissed at Microsoft.
Constantly getting this even though network settings confirms connection???? pic.twitter.com/8rUDWJY1zD
— Rich Scott (@DutchSamuels) October 16, 2024
Players trying to log into their accounts are receiving error messages, which are preventing them from playing multiplayer titles or accessing their Game Pass libraries.
Bruh as soon as I try to grind in the early morning the Xbox live servers r down 😭😭 yall trolling me rn
— Jojo (@Juan97693113) October 16, 2024
Xbox has acknowledged the problem and is working on fixes, but that’s not doing much to calm down the growing frustration now, is it?
This whole company is one big joke, how much do you bet that active GamePass subscriptions will be more expensive again after 2025? Why support them? because I can’t play before work because their servers are down AGAIN for the 5th time this week?
— kris (@kris85622537071) October 16, 2024
It’s gotten to the point that many are now seriously considering switching to another platform, like PlayStation, PC, or even the Switch, to avoid dealing with these server issues repeatedly.
I’m about to switch consoles y’all can’t run basic servers 🤣
— White Eagle (@rexspecks1992) October 16, 2024
The sentiment makes sense, too. The whole point of a console is to make gaming a little more convenient for people, so if it’s stopping people from playing games that they own due to unnecessary constraints and instability, what’s the point?
PlayStation and Switch Aren’t Without Issues, But They’re More Reliable
It’s worth noting that PlayStation isn’t perfect either. Recently, the PlayStation Network experienced a major outage, and fans have had complaints about in-game advertisements and the PS5 Pro. But despite these problems, and at the very least, PlayStation’s network is much more stable compared to Xbox’s frequent server meltdowns.
The same goes for the Nintendo Switch, which has had little to no significant reports of server-related issues. For most Switch players, getting into a game is as simple as turning the console on, unlike Team Green, whose members cannot spend their free time playing the games they want.
All that is to say, it’s clear that Xbox needs some serious reinforcement on its server backend. It’s not even about the lack of exclusive games anymore or the fact that most of its so-called “exclusives” are going multi-platform.
Players just want the basic functionality of being able to log in and play the games they paid for. If you’re going to deal with frequent server issues, you might as well stick to the PC Master Race to sidestep the problem altogether.
But, with all that said, what are your thoughts on this second outage? Do you think there’s some flaw in Xbox’s server architecture that’s causing these disruptions so frequently? Let us know in the comments below!
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