Can't play any digital download games

Can't play any of my digital downloaded games. XBOX NOT LIVE STRIKES AGAIN

Let's try to clarify a little since there is no Game Pass Gold sub. On XBOX you can have Game Pass and/or Xbox Live Gold which provide different benefits but are not the same thing
(and are of course eventually included in the
Game Pass Ultimate).

Game Pass sub gets you access to the Game Pass library of games as long as you are subscribed.

Xbox Live Gold enables most multiplayer functionalities and gets you 4 free titles each month (2 for 360 that are yours to keep
available also on the One thanks to retrocompatibility and 2 for the One that can be played as long as you have an active gold sub). You actually have to redeem those games while your sub is active, which means you cannot get later games that were offered
while you had no active subs.

That being said, which is the sub you currently have and which games are giving you troubles?

If you have only gold, then you should be able to play only games coming from the gold free titles that you eventually redeemed while you had the ultimate active plus the ones currently available. If you have the Game Pass
instead, you should be able to get the games from its catalogue.

https://www.xbox.com/xbox-game-pass

https://www.xbox.com/live/gold

They said the Wii U won't be getting a hard drive so at least Nintendo won't be doing download only thing for awhile. Hopefully download will always be an option. After I'm done playing the game I can't get any money for it if it's digital. Digital only
games are a HORRIBLE investment.

Me too , can't play any Digital games but can't play games online on disc

This could help some people. (Read my post)