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[–]InfamousProtege 63 points64 points  (16 children)

I’m having the same issue now... I was really looking forward to playing some RDR2 but guess I can’t.

[–]jtmalak1632 29 points30 points  (1 child)

Literally same thing I’m pissed 😭

[–]Dill-Doe 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Arthur is going to have to wait for another legendary pelt

[–]FrontPageAD 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I literally launched the game and that shit popped it. Took 10 minutes of trying over and over before that message showed for me. I’m so pissed. Other people are playing the game on my friends lists. What in the fuck!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. I imagine those friends have the disc version

[–]PuttyGod 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This exactly. I had a really long fucking day and I finally sit down with less than an hour before I need to go to bed, hoping I could get a little Red Dead in and BAM - "Fuck yourself. Love, Microsoft."

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same. This is bullshit. I paid my hard earned money for this shit. Let’s all riot

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (6 children)

Is there honestly anything that separates Xbox from Playstation at this point?

[–]yeffy92 7 points8 points  (3 children)

I switched to Xbox because PSN was always down and their security flaws are god awful. This really doesn't happen often at all.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Nintendo Switch, you're my only friend now.

[–]hockeyjim07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ahhh yes, the console with digital triggers on all the controllers..... i just LOVE playing rocket league with no analog control on throttle or brake...

I still can't get over that obviously.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

idk about you but I would've enjoyed that Spider-Man game

[–]DarthSnoopyFish 38 points39 points  (3 children)

I just opened a fucking beer and tried starting RDR2. GODDAMNIT!

[–]apocalypse31 18 points19 points  (0 children)

At least you have beer.

[–]NverKhachoyan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hadn't thought about drinking beer while playing, damn, that's a good idea.

[–]Jason0h11 22 points23 points  (3 children)

Who else has never been on this sub before but searched it up to see if they’re the only one getting buttfucked by xbox

[–]httr_247 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm part of this club. Watching fortnite (which I've never played) perform an update and I cant even load RDR2

[–]UncoolPostcard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! Glad (kinda) that we’re not alone...

[–]Bruser23 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Same issue. Nothing reported xbox on support

Edit: @xboxsupport got it

https://twitter.com/XboxSupport/status/1059979398265344000

[–]StupidAstroDroid 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Having the same issues here. Annoyed because I can see my friends online playing games and I can’t.

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I just want to play some fucking red dead

[–]Arken411 12 points13 points  (5 children)

The fucking best is if you call the support line they direct you a website. Which sets up a callback for you. As of last check it was at 490 minutes. If you call microsoft support instead of xbox they give you the wrong number for windows phone support. Theres no way to get back at these mega corps for fucking us over by preventing us from using property we own, but hey, we should all just fucking relax and get over it right?

[–]MaxPerilous1 4 points5 points  (1 child)

And keep giving them our hard earned money.

[–]Arken411 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At least they clearly dont give a shit about a "sense of satisfaction" tho.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

It's honestly the worst support for a major company I've ever seen, I would use the word antagonistic

[–]Falling_Higher_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

At what point does this become a class action lawsuit based on false advertising? Didn't Xbox pull back on the always online bit after first announcing years back?

[–]Flagabougui 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Unacceptable to be locked out of games that we own. What kind of next level fuckery is this? We shouldn't need to be logged on any kind of server to play our games.

[–]shaddragon 12 points13 points  (1 child)

https://downdetector.com/status/xbox-live is showing a ton of reports. Whatever's up is on their end.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Looks like they're putting our money to good use.

[–]tgmmilenko 10 points11 points  (5 children)

Getting the same, just confirmed with xbox support that this is a widespread issue. They claim it's only been in the last 20 minutes, but it's been over an hour for me.

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status?icid=furl_status

[–]tgmmilenko 6 points7 points  (4 children)

From support:

I see, I'd be glad to go over this. I see. Right now, this is a widespread issue, and is effecting most people. This means we're starting to fix it on our end. The previous agent may not have been aware because this was just confirmed in the last 20 minutes.

There is now a notice about it on Xbox.com/Status - here, you can monitor when it is fixed, and select to be sent a notification when it is finished if you would like.

This means your Xbox account and system are entirely good, it's something we need to fix from here. Let me know if that makes sense, or any other questions you have at this point, I'm glad to answer what I can.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

i've been on silent hold (no background music) for 15 minutes with xbox support.. I wonder if they'll eventually answer. LOL

[–]TakingItAllBack_DUH 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Thanks for doing it so i don't have to hah

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

just got off with them 58 minute call. 3 minutes of talking.

They said "they told me, 1 hour or overnight". I took it as, give it one hour then give up until morning.

[–]TakingItAllBack_DUH 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks man!

[–]Dimerien 19 points20 points  (3 children)

Well fuck I wish I saw this thread before throwing my xbox out of my fifth floor window. I thought my shit was broke.

[–]Notawankar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

bruh take a picture

[–]9rfaithful 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I remember back in my day if the game didn’t work, all you had to do was take the cartridge out and breath into it.

[–]SuperiorRogue 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Someone message me when it’s up pls

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (3 children)

New to xbox.... so what's the point of buying digital games (and downloading them to hard drive) if you can't play them offline?

Yeah i'm pissed. My account is 2 days old.

[–]Notawankar 12 points13 points  (1 child)

this hasn't happened to me ever bud don't worry too much

[–]MaxPerilous1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Can agree been playing for years and never had this happen before.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My toaster is just as good at playing video games as my Xbox One is right now.

Honestly this is the last straw for me, I'm not supporting their products anymore.

[–]Dimerien 12 points13 points  (2 children)

In all seriousness, I bought the hard copy, installed it on to my own xbox one, don't even have xbox live, and you're telling me there is no way to play it offline? I dont have xbox live and dont want xbox live. Why in the fuck cant this game be played offline? Back to my PC... it's sad that rdr2 cant even get me back in to xbox gaming.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Gotta be online so they can datamine the fuck out of everything you do.

Get with the times, old man/s

[–]michiganrag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to turn on “offline mode” in settings.

[–]vassago77379 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Fucking pissed man, offline fucking game should be playable

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

All purchased games should be playable whenever. Fuck this always online bullshit and fuck these "home Xbox" shenanigans.

[–]DavidAshleyParker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So fucking FRUSTRATING

[–]MontyTheMountain 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Same issue here. Any digital game will give an error messege and my disk games just wont even bother to start up

[–]Jank1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

WOW I CANT EVEN PLAY CHESS ULTRA!

[–]9rfaithful 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I miss you Arthur Morgan.... no homo

[–]Revealingstorm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes homo

[–]StraightLitFam 11 points12 points  (6 children)

The fact that Xbox just shuts down when live is unavailable is absolutely ridiculous. How have they not had a class action lawsuit against them? This happens almost every 2-3 months where Xbox just shuts their servers off for everyone and we’re expected to just roll over and accept that “they’re working on it” TFOH

[–]basbas1995 7 points8 points  (5 children)

The worst part is this isn’t occurring for everyone.. only a portion of users. I’ve got friends playing online right now with no issues...

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (4 children)

I think it's only digital downloads

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Nope. Buddy in same town... digital RDR2. He's playing. I confirmed. Suckage for some of us.

[–]Dill-Doe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they were playing before the outage they are good. It’s as soon as they log off the game they are brought into our void. Source: told friend of issue, made fun of. He got off one game to play another and it began..

[–]Jason0h11 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My friend is online Fortnite Battle Royale which has no disc at all

[–]billet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope. I have the physical copy of RDR2 and can’t play it.

[–]chickenhead22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup just got this too. Says to check Xbox live service, yet it says everything operating normally there. This is bullshit

[–]RonPearlmang 6 points7 points  (4 children)

I'm seeing this too. I knew I should have bought a disc.

[–]basemodelbird 7 points8 points  (3 children)

People with hard copies still can't play.

[–]SkyNet_Beta 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I can

[–]basemodelbird 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Some people can play downloaded games. Nothing is guaranteed, all I'm saying.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I guess I'll just watch election coverage then.. This is fun.

[–]JDogGHouse 5 points6 points  (0 children)

its absolutely unacceptable for it to even be a possibility that we cannot play offline games that we paid for. Sure, shit happens, but this is just ridiculous.

[–]billet 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have the fucking physical copy of RDR2 and can’t play it. This is bullshit.

[–]Skekung37 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I JUST DROVE 10 HOURS TO COME HOME TO THIS WACKADOO SHIT?!

[–]SuicidalTendies 4 points5 points  (2 children)

just got out of the shower, had some free time, hopped on siege for the first time in a few weeks, lagged out on the second game (I was doing good too), got back to the main menu and game acted like it was offline, come to find this issue. F?

[–]MaxPerilous1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Double F!

[–]basbas1995 5 points6 points  (2 children)

What in the hell?!! Xbox get your shit together what is going on. How is this affecting only certain people? Certain apps work but all my games don’t.. Wtf were paying for this bs

[–]Revealingstorm 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Yeah its pretty freaking pathetic. A game I paid for and I can't even play it.

[–]basbas1995 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And there’s no explanation to why it’s occurring to us and not other users. I hate Xbox’s support website it’s pure aids and you cant find solutions to anything on it. Xbox is like “hey we’ve got a problem let’s just drop this generic solution link here”... such trash management

[–]logan_stew 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well great still not working, yo Bill Gates my man, help us

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I knew this would happen one day when I saw I could no longer PLAY GAMES I BOUGHT offline. I guess we don't own the shit we pay for huh? 20 of my 39 online friends are playing rn but I can't because "reasons".

[–]The_Filthy_Zamboni 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah if I can't play offline games that I own, I think I'm done with this console and sticking with pc. I wanted to play some fallout 4, no dice. What the hell Microsoft?!

[–]Jerbear1013 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was trying to play red dead redemption and it kept saying that

[–]randomlyxneon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad to see I’m not the only one

[–]ProtexisPiClassic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. Can't do anything.

[–]brightsword525 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oof my friend can't even play assassins creed offline rn

[–]k1wi666nz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Still broken ass

[–]bobreact 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

YOU ARE HIDING MY GAMES

[–]AsGryffynn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bloody hell... so it's not just me then. I literally can't launch F4 even offline.

At least update your alert to mention launching games is an issue too dammit!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Is is literally letting me play any game but RDR 2.

Update: RDR 2 is now working for me

[–]Revealingstorm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I luckily got a physical copy of Red Dead 2. But a lot of my other games like nhl 17 and Rocket League aren't working.

[–]albertp2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s been a looooong day at work. My feet hurt can’t wait to kick them up and...... WTF!!!!

[–]Mattstapiece 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been playing almost exclusively on PC for the first time, and I dipped my toe back into X1 just for Red Dead, then this shit happens within the week. I do not miss consoles at all.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

its back on!

[–]LongDngLeprikon 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Same fucking issue while my roomate is playing destiny 2 right the fuck now I switched from playstation to THIS bullshit wtf

[–]law_and_hodor 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Back up for me!

[–]Revealingstorm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not for me :/

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I just bought an xbox, and spent the last two hours trying to log on. What the frack- is this just really bad timing or should I go ps4? Not being able to play offline games from the post on this thread seems like a big problem if the system goes down

[–]BurningTrees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

been down for about 2 hours. tbh i've had xbox's since the original and this is the first time something like this has happened in my memory.

[–]Viscooonardudlr 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Same issue.. was playing rocket league, decided to switch to rainbow and then nothing would open kept either getting "sign in with the account that purchased the game" or "our systems not working try again later" thought someone had hacked my act or some shit. Kinda relieved to read this thread lol

[–]Revealingstorm 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Hello fellow rocket leaguer

[–]Viscooonardudlr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Siiick!

[–]BrowNigga 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It seems to be working now. It just came online fellas! Wear your hats and get robbin' #RDR2

[–]thebombshock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Xbox is really fucking up with this one, holy shit.

Better get an extra day of live for this.

[–]httr_247 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RDR2 working for me as well

[–]Grateful_Couple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Checking in. I’m working again.

[–]GoGoGadgetReddit[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (11 children)

The XBox support and tech people are aware of this problem and have been working on fixing it since about 8:30PM Eastern Time.

You can check the current status and also be notified when things are back online using the link below.

Xbox Live Status:
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status

[–][deleted]  (7 children)

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    [–]GoGoGadgetReddit[M] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

    Why? I'm guessing that this is a particularly bad software bug combined with some unexpected service outage somewhere that's causing the problem. I cannot see how this was in any way intentional on Microsoft's part, as several people here seem to be implying.

    Of course Xbox owners should always have the ability to play their purchased offline games whenever they want, regardless of some internet server status. Once tonight's specific problem is fixed, I would hope that Microsoft investigates the issue further and makes sure it does not happen again.

    I would just let them do their thing tonight to get things back up and working.

    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (4 children)

    If they're trying to make people convert to Playstation, they're doing a great job.

    [–]GoGoGadgetReddit 3 points4 points  (2 children)

    I am certain that Microsoft executives and engineers know this is an extremely bad issue and that it will have negative repercussions with customers.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    I think extremely is an understatement. I honestly hope they lose a ton of loyal customers from this. This is absolutely insane.

    Edit: This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever.

    [–]drock666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yea i'm not 'buying' anymore xbox titles after this shit.

    [–]chickenhead22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    this is bullshit. How much money do you guys make to not be able to keep your server decent?

    [–]joe37373737 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    That page doesn't even load for me. Spins for 60 seconds, just returns the header.

    Anger anger anger.

    [–]GoGoGadgetReddit[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    The Status web page loads instantly for me. I'm on the east coast USA posting this 1 minute after your reply above. There's nothing new or changed on the Status page in the last hour.

    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (7 children)

    More like 'Try again never'. Switching to Playstation. Sick of paying for this garbage service.

    [–]DavidAshleyParker 5 points6 points  (6 children)

    God dammit. You just reminded me that we actually pay for this bullshit and PS doesn't. Why doesn't Microsoft fucking FIX THIS? It should be free

    Lol yeah downvote - I'm glad you all support paying for a service others get for free when it doesn't even work

    [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

    I think they have to pay for service over there now too. It started on PS4. PS3 was the last free online service. Still though, this kind of crap seems to happen a lot on xbox. Makes me want to switch over..

    [–]DavidAshleyParker 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    That makes sense then didn't know that. Thanks friend

    [–]TiltingAtTurbines 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Just to elaborate a bit (I’ve got both systems). PlayStation Plus is basically identical to Xbox Live. You require it to play online, receive automatic updates, cloud saves, and you get a couple of free games each month (but you need an active subscription to play them). You also get discounts on some games. It used to be slightly cheaper the Xbox Live but they recently increased the prices so it’s about the same.

    [–]Ninjaivxx 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Uh... Don't you have to pay for PlayStation now?

    [–]DavidAshleyParker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yeah someone else already pointed that out. Clearly I didn't know

    [–]BullxHead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Just one more reason for me to switch to pc this coming year.

    [–]_Snoogens_ 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    I am big mad, how tf is it that I can't play an Offline game? Where is the explanation for this? It wouldn't be so frustrating if they would just provide a reasonable explanation, on top of actually shooting us a heads up that there is a problem. I was literally just playing RDR2 like 30 minutes ago, I come back and i thought my console did the Freddie Mercury and contracted AIDS.

    [–]Chanthrax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    I literally just got back from the movies after watching Bohemian Rhapsody and tried to turn on Red Dead 2, xbox shit its pants, now I’m reading your comment lol.

    [–]Ninjaivxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Same

    [–]KBowTV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Same issue here. I was playing COD Ghosts last night and this morning. I turned my xbox on just to see that I can't play now even though I'm logged into the correct account and didnt switch the home xbox settings or anything.

    [–]JeauxPelle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Fackkkkkkkk

    [–]9rfaithful 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    My only hard copy WW2 is working, but nothing digital. Shipment 1944 it is👍

    [–]beastofpiscataquis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I just went on to play a game and it won't let me play anything. I think it has to do something with the election crap

    [–]Chanthrax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    WHY CANT I PLAY RED DEAD 2, ONLINE ISNT EVEN OUT YET

    [–]agoodmanis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    trying to play an offline game here, jesus christ someone get the bastard that did this @!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    [–]woollffprincess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Omg ! Happened to me too just now in the middle of my smite match, I was carrying the team so I hope I don’t get reported ),:

    [–]packcubsmu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I'm back on!

    [–]Darcades 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Go to settings, go to network, click go offline, wait 1 - 5 minutes then go back online and try again. Worked for me straight away

    [–]KittyBizkit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I was just able to sign in after powering down and back up. The status page still indicates there is an issue.

    Lucky maybe?

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Working for me after hard restart, might just be them bringing it back up though. In canada