Overwatch 2 players on Xbox are getting disconnected for earning achievements

gamesradar.com:

Xbox players are being disconnected and even sometimes banned from Overwatch 2 (opens in new tab) for earning achievements.

That's according to players flocking to the shooter's subreddit (opens in new tab), who are saying that not only are they losing progress each time it happens, but they're also being erroneously marked as quitters, too, and even getting temporary bans.

"I'm seriously getting tired of waiting 30 minutes to log in, playing three matches, then getting another random Xbox achievement and the game telling me I'm already logged in before sending me back to the login screen," explained (opens in new tab) one player.

"I've been enjoying the game, but the fact I'm spending more time doing other stuff waiting to get in [than] actually playing, and then getting kicked out because of a bug is becoming incredibly annoying."

"Turn Xbox notifications off. Getting an achievement kicks you out of Overwatch," suggested another (opens in new tab) commenter. "To stop this, turn off [all] Xbox notifications". Sadly, though, this doesn't seem to solve the issue for all players. 

"It happened to me, except I didn't even get to play," opined another (opens in new tab). "'Decked Out unlocked the moment I got in due to account merge, immediately kicked out lol."

At the time of writing, neither Blizzard nor Xbox have publicly acknowledged the issue nor offered a fix.

Overwatch 2 is a free-to-play sequel to 2016's popular, team-based hero shooter Overwatch although it's more a big update than it is a full sequel. It also entirely replaces Overwatch 1, so old players that already own Overwatch 1 will be forced to update to Overwatch 2 and new players will only be able to play this version of the game.

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