Can anyone, preferably somebody who WORKS for Microsoft/XBOX shed some light on OuterWorlds...

Well then you need to contact support for this. To do so, follow the steps below.

then go to https://support.xbox.com/en-US/contact-us

Select Games in the category area

Select See other options

Select any optionSelect Show contact options

Select Request a call from Support

So, will need a bit more info here. Are you trying to play it on PC or Xbox One?

Hi ix Gator,

Thank you for letting us know the issue is resolved. As you have stated that it is fine now, we will be locking this thread as resolved.

Thanks again for stopping by on the Xbox forums, have a great day!

Sometimes the Xbox can be a frustrating beast I have to agree, however, are you trying to install to the Xbox hard drive or an external hard drive?

If you're installing to external try installing to the Xbox hard drive or vice versa to see if that works.

Did this start happening after a recent system update, is your Xbox in the update preview program?

Try a full power down of all your network equipment just to clear up any possible network issue on your end.

Good luck

Oh also. Im not factory resetting my xbox for it to not work because its an xbox live services issue