Gamers thought their console was broken after Xbox Live went down this morning

Gamers were hitting the panic button this morning, worried their console had packed it in.

Don’t panic, your Xbox isn’t broken.

Gamers around the world were left wondering what was going on, and fearing their console was broken when Xbox Live went down this morning.

Some users took to social media lamenting the fact that their Xbox had finally packed it in, not realising the network was the issue.

R.I.P My beloved Xbox One.... gone but never forgotten ❤️

I've put you through some rough times over the years.

You've served us well 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/XAaIxr8y4Q

— Broontango #TeamTango (@broontangoGta5) January 30, 2019

“We are aware of reports of Xbox One console start-up, title update and sign-in errors. We will keep everyone informed once we have more information to share,” Xbox’s support team posted on Twitter shortly after 5am this morning.

A number of users were relieved to learn it wasn’t their machine that was broken.

Brief interruption almost gave me a heart attack. Was playing @PaladinsGame and the power went out. A few minutes later it returned only to find the whole black screen thing to both of my Xbox. Thought they were broken

— Berty Martinez (@SageRoku22) January 30, 2019

Anyone else think their xbox was broken? 😂

— Jimmy (@Epicgrunt1) January 30, 2019

I thought my Xbox was broken

— Dylan Price (@dyp124) January 30, 2019

At 7:23am this morning, Xbox told customers it had fixed the problem which had caused so many of them to freak out.

“The issues surrounding Xbox One console start-up, sign-in, title update errors, and our status page have now been resolved,” it said. “Thank you for sticking with us while our teams addressed these issues and we appreciate the reports. As always, we’re here and we’re listening.”

Originally published as Gamers thought their console was broken after Xbox Live went down this morning