Alpha Tier - Game bought yesterday shows an exclamation mark on tile - licensing problem?

I have the same...I own Forza Horizons 1 and 2 on disc and both of those now show exclamation marks (although I haven't actually tried to play them since they displayed those marks)...if memory serves, they only appeared since the bad dashboard makeover update a couple of months ago

It's normal for the disc versions of games to show the exclamation marks, because the license for the games is on the disc, so when the disc is inserted, the exclamation marks will dissappear, but will come back after the disc is ejected.

I have the same...I own Forza Horizons 1 and 2 on disc and both of those now show exclamation marks (although I haven't actually tried to play them since they displayed those marks)...if memory serves, they only appeared since the bad dashboard makeover update a couple of months ago

It's normal for the disc versions of games to show the exclamation marks, because the license for the games is on the disc, so when the disc is inserted, the exclamation marks will dissappear, but will come back after the disc is ejected.

If you bought the game on disc, not digitally, and it's not part of any subscriptions you pay for, then the disc itself is effectively the license.

If you're seeing a disc icon with an exclamation mark in it, it means that the game requires the disc to be inserted before it will run, but it's not in the drive already.

So, as long as all of your games are working, I wouldn't worry about it.

It's something they added in a recent update. I have seen people have issues with it though, where it will show they don't have a license for a game they own digitally, but the game still launches, so I think it's a bit buggy. If you've got the "Report a Problem" app installed on your console, you can use that to report a bug to the devs.

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for your help. The game with the exclamation mark only is not on the gamepass anymore. So that's one question resolved.

But for the others with the disc icon, is there a way to not see this icon again please ? I think it's not useful as I play essentially physical games, so I know what game is in the console or not.

Thanks in advance.

Hi Franck, I’m Ryan. I’ll try my best to help.

Don’t worry, this is just because of licensing. The disk symbol indicates that the game requires a physical disc (so isn’t a game you own digitally), and the warning symbol indicates that you don’t have the licence to access/play the game.

Refer to this Reddit thread for more info:

https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/wfatv3/the_warning_symbol_icon_on_your_games_means_you/

Hope this helps.