Game Pass Ultimate with 2 Windows logins

Hav0k Alpha · Nov 21, 2019

My son and I both have Xbox Ones with our own Gold and Game Pass Ultimate. We also share the same gaming PC with our own logins. I installed The Outer Worlds on my login and it works fine. He wanted to play it as well on his login but it goes to download
and the screen goes back to the Install prompt.

Does Windows not recognize the existing install and, if the other user has the same access, then let the second user play from the same install?

Steam does this. For example, we have PUBG installed through Steam and since we both have keys for the game we can both play from one install.

How does this work? Can only the person who downloaded the game play it?

Thanks.

:)

Niko1664

I had the same problem and the only solution (not perfect but works) is to disconnect my account Xbox (on my session of Windows) on Xbox(beta) app and connect an other account. The Xbox (beat) app recognise the Xbox profile (gamertag) for different save,
normally ans sync with the Cloud.

Like you, if i use 2 windows session, the Xbox (beta) app want to download again the same game.

TRAPOUL80

It suppose to be able to work both ways. Okay try this and see if it works, try having your profile logged in and then let him sign into his and try running the game and see if it works.

ArminatorX

No, the game should detect the existing installation. However, the other account needs to "install" the game once for their own account, so the license is also added to that user profile.

By the way: You can save money by only buying Game Pass Ultimate for yourself, and share that to your son's console (or vice versa). So you only need to pay for one membership, which gets shared to one console you designate as your (or the subscription owner's)
Home Console. Everyone playing on that Home Console will benefit from the shared Gold and Game Pass Membership.

So if your son doesn't have his own Game Pass, and you are just sharing your Game Pass to your son's Xbox Console, you need to do the following on the PC under your son's account:

Have your son sign in with his own account on the PC. Start the Xbox Beta App, and sign your son out, and sign yourself in. Install the game again from your account under his profile. The game should just install a license, and not need to download the full
game.

After that, sign out of the Xbox Beta App, and let your son play the game under his account.

Reborn Insanity

If you're using a Windows 10 PC all you have to do is login to your Xbox Live / Microsoft account that has the Game Pass Ultimate attached to it on the PC. From there you should be able to download Game Pass PC games from the Microsoft Store.

Njal the Blue

Are you using the same login details, as thou ones you bought Game Pass Ultimate on

Game Pass Ultimate with 2 Windows logins