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XBOX OUTAGE CAUSED BY EXTERNAL LICENSING SERVICE
Xbox experienced a major outage this week that prevented users from playing games, including disc-based titles. An Xbox executive attributed the failure to a third-party licensing service operating outside Xbox's systems.
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Xbox is down, and users are even having trouble playing disc-based games.
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An Xbox executive said yesterday's outage was due to "a licensing service that sits outside of Xbox."
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After the recent Xbox outage even blocked people from playing offline disc-based console games, Microsoft is trying to s…
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Xbox is having yet another tough quarter, as revenue from content and services like its Game Pass subscription dipped 10…