Game wont start online play due to needing update

What game is this? First step to try would be a full power cycle by holding down the Xbox button on your console for 10 seconds until it shuts down, wait a minute, then power it back up, and see if that helps.

Hey NameXboxlover,

If you dont want to update a game for whatever reason you would need to play offline. In that case you wont be prompted to update the game and could still play it.

Same for installs. Go offline, insert the game and install it and stay offline to play it. If you go online and start a game that has a update available, you will be prompted to update it which needs to be done before you can play the game.

- lg 2Bad4You

Good day

You have gold subscriptions which is used for all multiplayer games and online. You get free games every month when the games are announced, Games with Gold. (Need an active gold subscription to be able to play the games)

Gamepass gives you over 100 games to download and play as long as the subscription is active.

EA access gives you a library of EA games to play and download.

The subscriptions is optional.

If he will be playing games on his own, Single player games he wont need the gold as he wont be playing online.

Game updates is a bit on the big side so the 15GB wont be enough unfortunatly.

i'm normally not looking i've my games need a update but i've i start a game it normally says that a update i require to play this game online

game updates are to fix bugs and to add more content to the game, It is required to play online due to if you don't have the same version of the software as the game server you won't be able to connect to the game's server. So that is why you need to update
to same version and why the reason of updating games are for.