i cant get minecraft on windows even though gamepass says i own it

Xaelex · Jan 12, 2024

one day i decided i wanted to try minecraft on pc i opened the xbox app and installed the launcher, it said it wanted me to sign in to my microsoft account i went to and it automatically signed me into my xbox account but when i signed in, instead of having the install or launch button it said buy i couldn't find and reason for this and after a full wipe of my computer (due to other unrelated issues) it still wouldn't let me play minecraft i have a single theory on why which is i myself am not the one paying for gamepass but other than that i am clueless as to what the issue is i dont believe it is a bug as it happened after wipe and a reset pls help

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Jhonkito

Hi Xaelex, my name is Jhon, and will be a pleasure help you

Have you not considered the idea of downloading a launcher and playing like that? I have no problems or do you want the game, do you want to have it in the Microsoft store?

Best regards
Jhon

_Autarch

It is saying that I cannot play the game because I don't have Gamepass, even though I shouldn't need gamepass to play it since I already owned the game and have owned it for 2 years without problems. Minecraft is the only game I'm experiencing this problem with.

Lucas Lauer

Please do, my friend. Thanks!

Joshua Shuttleworth

So just wandering i am actually still unable to get bedrock and i have had the java version for many years i have transferred my account across but i am only able to buy the full thing any ideas only really recently bothered me in all honesty didnt realise this was the case till this mornig after i discovered my nephew had minecraft on his ipad and was like you know i can build him some cool worlds to play in but am not buying the whole thing again.

EricGrano

I have tried it and it says that I have to buy it so i'll wait a couple more days thank you for your help .

i cant get minecraft on windows even though gamepass says i own it