Microsoft has clarified that physical game discs on Xbox consoles should not have been rendered inaccessible during a recent outage. The issue stemmed from an external service provider failure that impacted entitlement checks, which are designed to verify game licenses even when offline. Microsoft acknowledged that the system incorrectly acted as a fail-close mechanism instead of a fail-open for disc-based games and is working on an update to resolve this. AI
RANK_REASON Clarification on a product feature's behavior during an outage, not a new release or significant industry event.
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