# Xbox outage shouldn’t have affected games on disc, Microsoft confirms

> After the recent Xbox outage even blocked people from playing offline disc-based console games, Microsoft is trying to soothe concerns that you don’t truly own anything under Xbox’s license system.

- **Source:** [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/games/972416/xbox-outage-game-disc-entitlement-check-issue?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a69f2d9ac0af9a636c1930d)
- **Published:** 2026-07-29
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #microsoft #xbox
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a69f2d9ac0af9a636c1930d

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