PSN, Xbox outages show why a disc-free future would suck

Recent PSN and Xbox Live outages show why Sony's move to end game discs in 2028 should worry gamers who value owning what they pay for.

An extended Xbox outage that began Sunday evening hasn't just caused issues for people trying to play digital games - it blocked people from playing their disc-based games, too. Xbox's status page initially reported the outage on Sunday at about 11PM ET, and it has also prevented people from logging in, launching apps,

Xbox is down, and users are even having trouble playing disc-based games.