The prolonged failure of Xbox functionality revives indignation against DRM

The Xbox community has not spent the best weekend, judging by the number of players who have reported the pure and simple impossibility of launching a game on their console due to the technical problems encountered by Microsoft and its DRM policy.

If we understand that a network failure prevents the user from accessing an online service, this kind of major breakdown at Microsoft tends to prevent the console from identifying the user of all games purchased for download. As a result, some unlucky users found themselves unable to play their catalog, even to play solo and offline. The disturbances, which started around the world on Friday, May 6 in the evening, also blocked access to the Xbox Cloud Gaming and games in the Game Pass catalog but also to streaming services like Netflix and Disney+. It is also impossible to go to the shop to buy a game or content.

After recognizing the existence of problems on Friday evening, the Xbox Support account indicated this Monday morning around 2 a.m. that everything returned to order, even if some users still seem to experience connection concerns, as we can see in the Answers. On the page of the status of Xbox Live features, the lights are now all green.

This kind of episode has regardless of the legitimate user detestation again in the face of a DRM system which, in the event of failure, prevents consumers from taking advantage of the products they bought. Gran Turismo 7 owners had recently experienced it during prolonged 24 hours.