Xbox’s latest console update is making certain games unplayable

Xboxgamers may have recently beenroasting PlayStation 5for its price increase, but that smug feeling is about to quickly evaporate. Assuming it hasn’t already.

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Towards the end of August,Microsoftput out a system update for Xbox which has thrown a spanner in the works for gamers.

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The most devastating of these issues is that many players are finding it difficult to go online to play their favourite games.

Despite the intention to improve quality of life for its users, this latest update has had the opposite effect.

Here’s what the August update intended to address/implement:

When systems don’t work as planned, where do gamers go to air their grieves? Reddit, that’s where.

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User Creative-Cry-901 took to the social platform to complain about not being able to play their game online.

This was in spite of them havingXbox Game Pass.

“Not letting me play online even with Game Pass,” theyshared.

Bittersweet comfort came when other users confirmed that this is a problem sweeping across Xbox, affecting numerous different individuals.

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“This happening to a lot of people right now,” responded MOJOzRISING, “It’s something to do with the system update and reseting your console. I reset my console last night and sftwr that I can’t play online games. Everything else works fine. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.”

Naturally, this situation is causing a lot of “stress and worry” for users.

Topics:Xbox,Xbox Series S,Xbox Series X,Microsoft