Xbox game playing status

Whenever there are issues with purchases and playing games on the Xbox always check out the Xbox Status Page.

This can show any trending issue that we maybe experiencing.

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status

Hi Skorge1298,

Xbox is currently working on fixing the current issues with playing games. Check Xbox Live status here for updates.

Social and Gaming are currently "Limited" -
support.xbox.com/.../xbox-live-status

It is possible the game you are trying to play is one of those affected. I have been in GTAV Online and that appears to be working for the most part. But games like CoD or Battlefield may be affected if those are the kinds of games you are trying to play.

Your sons would just need to add each other as friends, then - as long as the game they want to play supports online multiplayer or co-op - they can invite each other and play together.

If the game isn't free to play, they would need to have Xbox Live Gold or Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions in order to play online.

BTW, the friends system on Xbox is currently broken and MS are working on fixing it, so they may not be able to do this right now. You can check the service status page here to see if the issue is still ongoing: -

https://support.xbox.com/xbox-live-status

A Xbox One game will run on all Xbox One family consoles. Be it the original Xbox One, the Xbox One S or Xbox One X. The only difference is, that the Xbox One X might show more graphical details than the other two consoles.

In regards to playing Fortnite: Some countries show a Xbox Live Service alert for Fortnite. While the US Status page shows everything is working, the

German status page currently shows a Fortnite Service alert.

So check the status page of your country, and maybe wait a few hours. Maybe the Fortnite issue will then be resolved. In the mean time, try to play a different game.