If you’ve experienced game loading issues or unexpected disconnections when trying to use Xbox cloud streaming, you’re not alone. Microsoft’s game streaming service has been experiencing issues since Thursday and is still not fully back online after 24 hours.
Users on r/xcloud, a subreddit dedicated to Xbox Cloud Gaming, are reporting unusually long wait times for games to load, resulting in over 50 minutes of wait times for what should have been an instant process. . On Microsoft’s status page, the company says, “Cloud games may have issues launching or may unexpectedly disconnect after the game starts.”
We recognize that users may be experiencing issues launching cloud gaming titles. Thank you for your patience. Check here or our status page for the latest information. https://t.co/kQKp1MgssY
— Xbox Support (@XboxSupport) December 26, 2024
Microsoft acknowledged on Thursday that there was an issue with Xbox Cloud Gaming, and followed that up today by saying that “users may see erroneously high latency times when they try to launch a cloud gaming title.” The company said it expects everyone to be able to connect faster than that. It’s unclear whether this means the issue has been fixed, is in the process of being resolved, or what the problem was in the first place, but Engadget has reached out to the company for information and will update when we learn more. is.
Xbox Cloud Gaming has experienced outages in the past, but given Microsoft’s “This is Xbox” marketing efforts, any issues with the service would hurt more. This made the ability to stream Xbox games basically anywhere the main benefit of using the company’s cloud gaming. platform.
