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Xbox Outage Shouldn't Affect Disc Games, Microsoft Confirms

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Microsoft has confirmed that the recent Xbox outage shouldn't have affected games played from physical discs. The company's Xbox technology chief, Scott Van Vliet, stated that while discs are subject to licensing inspections, they should still be playable offline. Microsoft is investigating reports of players being unable to access disc games during the outage and will roll out a fix to prevent this issue in the future.

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