Xbox Live Down: Major outage blocks sign-ins and game launches as PSN issues echo last week

Xbox’s online services are down in a major outage, preventing sign-ins, viewing the store, and launching downloaded, disc-based, or backwards-compatible games, while multiplayer and cloud-based features largely remain available. Microsoft says engineers are investigating, and the downtime arrives amid layoffs in its gaming division and ongoing discussions about a digital-only future for consoles.