Bought a game, factory reset my PC and I have to buy it again to play.

Discus and support Bought a game, factory reset my PC and I have to buy it again to play. in XBoX on Windows to solve the problem; Almost exactly a year ago, I bought sea of thieves and was playing it a bunch then stopped, and eventually had to reset my computer due to a bug. I... Discussion in 'XBoX on Windows' started by SandStorm3, Dec 25, 2019.

  1. SandStorm3
    SandStorm3 Guest

    Bought a game, factory reset my PC and I have to buy it again to play.


    Almost exactly a year ago, I bought sea of thieves and was playing it a bunch then stopped, and eventually had to reset my computer due to a bug. I decided to start playing again but when I went to the microsoft store, I had to buy it again? On the normal
    sea of thieves there wasn't even a buy or download, I had to go to sea of thieves founder edition! I went to my library and it didn't show up there either. Is there a fix for this or am I stuck having to pay again for the game?


    Bought a game, factory reset my PC and I have to buy it again to play. [​IMG]

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    SandStorm3, Dec 25, 2019
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  2. SandStorm3 Win User

    Bought a game, factory reset my PC and I have to buy it again to play.

    Yeah i'm an idiot and was using the wrong account cause I had started using a new one. I got it all worked out, getting happily attacked by the kraken now. Thanks for the help, really appreciate it.
  3. XBF Leo G Win User

    Bought a game, factory reset my PC and I have to buy it again to play.

    Hey SandStorm3,

    Thank
    you for letting us know that the issue has been fixed. We'll be locking the thread as the issue has been resolved. If you require any help with any other issues, please feel free to come back to the Xbox Forums for further assistance. If anyone needs assistance
    with this issue or any other issues, we suggest creating a new thread.

    Thank you
    again and have a great day!
  4. darkist1 Win User

    Bought a game, factory reset my PC and I have to buy it again to play.

    Hi Sandstorm

    Sorry you're experiencing this issue.

    Just keep in mind that you have to be signed into the account on your PC that you previously purchased Sea Of Thieves on.
  5. ROBIN H 25 Win User

    Switching over from xbox to pc

    Because you bought the game two years ago on Xbox, it's unlikely you'll get a refund for it and will have to buy the game again on PC,

    I bought Modern Warfare for day one release on Xbox and a couple years later, i got it for PC for which i had no choice but to buy it again if i wanted to play the game on PC.
  6. Smwutches Win User

    Will games purchased on Xbox transfer to PC?

    Only games that support Play Anywhere can be bought on the Xbox and also played on the PC (or vice versa) without having to buy them again. That game is not Play Anywhere, so you would have to purchase it for PC in order to play it on the PC.
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