If you’ve tried using Xbox Cloud Streaming and experienced issues loading games or unexpected connection drops, you’re not alone. Microsoft’s game streaming service has been having problems since Thursday and is still not fully back online 24 hours later.
Users on r/xcloud, the subreddit for Xbox cloud gaming, have reported unusually long waits for a game to load, stretching what should have been an instant process to 50 minutes or wait longer. On Microsoft’s Status pageThe company says: “You may have issues launching cloud games or be unexpectedly disconnected from a game after it has started.”
We understand that users may experience issues launching cloud gaming titles. We appreciate your patience and please check here or our status page for updates. https://t.co/kQKp1MgssY
– Xbox Support (@XboxSupport) December 26, 2024
Microsoft recognized that Xbox Cloud Gaming had problems on Thursday, and caught up today by saying that “users may see an incorrectly long wait time when trying to launch a cloud gaming title,” but the company expects everyone to be able to connect faster. It’s not clear if this means the issue is fixed, is being resolved, or what the problem even was, but Engadget has reached out to the company for more information and will update if we learn more.
Xbox cloud gaming There have been failures in the pastbut any kind of hiccup with the service hits harder in Microsoft’s light “It’s an Xbox.” Marketing push that made the ability to stream Xbox games virtually anywhere a key benefit of using the company’s platform.
