Xbox Cloud Gaming has been having trouble loading games in the past 24 hours

If you’ve tried using Xbox Cloud Streaming and encountered issues loading games or unexpected disconnections, you’re not alone. Microsoft’s game streaming services have been experiencing issues since Thursday and are still not fully online after 24 hours.

Users on r/xcloud, the subreddit dedicated to Xbox Cloud Gaming, reported unusually long wait times for the game to load, extending what was supposed to be an instant process to 50 minutes Or wait longer. On Microsoft Status page“You may have trouble starting up cloud gaming or be unexpectedly disconnected from the game after you start,” the company says.

Microsoft I confess That Xbox Cloud Gaming was experiencing issues on Thursday, and Followed today Saying that “users may see an incorrectly high wait time when trying to launch a cloud gaming title,” but the company expects everyone to be able to connect faster than that. It’s not clear if this means the issue has been resolved, is in the process of being resolved or what the issue is in the first place, but Engadget has reached out to the company for information and will update if we learn more.

Xbox cloud games There have been outages in the pastbut any kind of hiccup in service is more difficult in light of Microsoft “This is Xbox” A marketing push, which made the ability to stream Xbox games essentially anywhere a key advantage of using the company’s platform.