Do I need to use network transferring to put a game I own on a different console

Hello, first it's a pleasure to be able to help you today.

My name is welcome to the community.

Hello Jacob, transferring games between consoles is just a faster way to transfer games from one console to another, many people do not have high-speed internet connections it may take more than a day to download a large game, but if you have a good connection just do it the traditional way, put your account on the new console and download the game.

Depends .

If it is a disk game and you are trying to transfer to an xbox one s digital or the xbox series s then no you are waisting your time

Those are digital only consoles and disks installs require the bluesy or dvd to validate the install

Digitally purchased game's can be transfered to save time yes

If it's to an xbox one x or regular xbox one s or xbox series x disk and digital will work with them

There are a few different ways you can do it.

1. If you use an external hard drive on the One, you can just plug that into the Series X.

2. You can do a network transfer. https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/console/enable-network-game-transfer-xbox-one

3. You can just sign into your account and redownload everything.

You'll only need to transfer games/apps. Your progress is stored on the cloud and will resynch with the game once you start them.

Hello Tmaster24E, my name is Oskayra, and I will be happy to help you.

Beforehand, it is important that you keep in mind that this is a public community forum, so we are players like you, we are not employees of Microsoft or Xbox, so we do not have access to any user account or check anything from the forum. All users help each other with common problems.

Remember that this is a possible solution, if it doesn't work for you we can try another one.

Note: This is a public forum therefore, I suggest you not share your personal information.

With the intention of being able to help you with your questions, I did an internal search in Xbox support and found that they explain that If you have several Xbox consoles or want to play at a friend's house, you can store the games saved on the Xbox servers in the cloud. Xbox and continuing where you left off, then means that it saves the progress of your games.

Information Source (Credits): https://support.xbox.com/help/games...oud-game-saves-faq#:~:text=Mientras%20est%C3% A1s%20playing%2C%20the%20data,or%20change%20to%20a%20new

In addition to this, I leave you the steps recommended by Xbox support to perform the network transfer of the games you want from one console to another, in case you don't know, I hope it helps you:

1. On the Xbox you want to copy from, press the Xbox button  on the controller to open the guide.

2. Go to Profile & system > Settings > System > Backup & transfer > Network transfer and check the Allow network transfer box. This makes the Xbox visible to other consoles on the same network.

3. Once you have enabled transfer from the host Xbox, turn on the console you want to copy the games and apps to and go to the same settings page. The host Xbox should appear.

4. Select the Xbox you want to copy from, choose the items to copy, and select Copy Selected.

Information Source (Credits): https://support.xbox.com/help/hardware-network/console/enable-network-game-transfer-xbox-one

Thank you for your patience, I hope everything can be resolved. I will be attentive to your response. Blessings.

Sincerely,
Oskayra.

Hello there!

In order to play the same game on two consoles using two different accounts, the best option is to use the home console feature: Designate a home Xbox | Xbox Support.

If you want more information about a network transfer check this link Use network transfer to copy games and apps to another Xbox | Xbox Support.