Gaming
Do Xbox game discs need internet to work? No, but July's outage broke them anyway
Xbox's own support page says installed disc games play offline because the console reads the license from the disc. In July 2026 a licensing outage stopped some disc games anyway. What Microsoft says caused it, the fix that became mandatory on Aug 17, and the cases where a disc still needs the internet.
Aliteq Team · · 6 min