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Xbox Live and PlayStation Network Suffer Major Outages

Xbox Live goes down a day after an eight-hour PlayStation Network outage, disrupting gaming for users worldwide.

  • Xbox Live experienced a significant outage today, with players unable to sign in starting at noon BST.
  • The outage follows an eight-hour disruption of PlayStation Network services that began Monday night and extended into Tuesday morning.
  • Both outages affected a wide range of services, preventing users from accessing both single-player and multiplayer games.
  • Sony remained largely silent on social media during the PlayStation outage, only posting updates on a Japanese support page.
  • Microsoft resolved the Xbox Live outage more swiftly, but some sections of the network still face issues.
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