For those who've tried to make use of Xbox Cloud Streaming and skilled points loading video games or surprising disconnects, you're not alone. Microsoft's sport streaming companies has been experiencing points since Thursday and continues to be not completely again on-line 24 hours later.
Customers on r/xcloud, the subreddit dedicated to Xbox Cloud Gaming, have reported unusually lengthy wait occasions to get a sport to load, stretching a course of that's purported to be instantaneous right into a 50 minute or longer wait. On Microsoft's standing web page, the corporate says "you might have hassle beginning cloud video games or be unexpectedly disconnected from a sport after it begins."
We’re conscious customers could also be experiencing points launching Cloud Gaming titles. We admire your persistence, and please watch right here or on our standing web page for updates. https://t.co/kQKp1MgssY
— Xbox Assist (@XboxSupport) December 26, 2024
Microsoft acknowledged that Xbox Cloud Gaming was having points on Thursday, and followed-up at present by saying that "customers may even see an incorrectly excessive wait time when trying to launch a cloud gaming title," however that the corporate expects everybody to have the ability to join quicker than that. It's not clear if meaning the difficulty is fastened, within the means of being resolved or what the issue was within the first place, however Engadget has contacted the corporate for info and can replace if we be taught extra.
Xbox Cloud Gaming has skilled outages prior to now, however any form of hiccup with the service hits more durable in mild of Microsoft's "That is an Xbox" advertising push, which made the flexibility to stream Xbox video games principally anyplace a core advantage of utilizing the corporate's platform.
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