Xbox Live is down again for the second time this week and Microsoft just released an update on the Xbox Live Status website to address the ongoing issues.
Some services are radically failing for a ton of players
The Xbox Live Core services have been working well which includes important things like, creating new accounts on Xbox Live, recovering in a different device and even trying to, manage the accounts created.
Another issue that's been inadequate is the Social and Gaming tabs where users are now unable to join Xbox Live members to play online games. Plus, in the Original Story, servers on the Xbox Live seems to be having a lot of technical difficulties as players on Xbox One have been struggling to access online service worldwide.
The solution is still pending
Xbox has reassured its players that developers and engineers are working through this unfortunate situation as they tell users to stay tuned and thanked them for their patience. It is still unclear when this will be resolved.
There's been a spike of reports that the Online gaming and various Xbox Live functionality have been having issues as well. Though Microsoft has stated on Twitter that, "We are aware that users are experiencing issues with matchmaking, Party Chat, and Looking For Groups. Our engineers are working on fixing this now. We will keep you posted here when we have updates!"
We are aware that users are experiencing issues with matchmaking, Party Chat, and Looking For Groups. Our engineers are working on fixing this now. We will keep you posted here when we have updates! — Xbox Support (@XboxSupport) March 20, 2020
On top of this, there have been reports saying that the Down Detector is close to 2000 in just the United Kingdom alone. The outage map also says that the problems are mainly hitting users in the UK.
At the moment, there is still no word on what is actually going on with the Xbox Live online servers right now.
This is the second time this week that Xbox Live went down. According to The Verge, it went through a similar situation on Mar. 16.
Xbox Live went down with issues like players experiencing errors when trying to log in, or matchmaking has been difficult for some users. Plus, the social and gaming part of the platform had some difficulties as well. These issues began to happen on the console around 5:10 PM ET.
Xbox Support on Twitter made an announcement stating that they are well aware of the issues and that "Players should once again be able to sign in and access Xbox Live services normally."
After the said tweet from Xbox Support, Microsoft's Xbox Live status page showed that their services had been restored after being offline for two straight hours on Sunday evening.
