Offline Permission active, yet games require a connection to launch.

It depends on the game....a lot of Game Pass games require an active internet connection as they have integral Multiplayer components or need to be online all the time.

Games that have neither can be played offline providing you have put the console into offline mode when you still have an active internet connection

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The console requires an internet connection to play Game Pass games.

On PC, you can be offline for up to 30 days but you need to turn on offline permissions in Microsoft Store and this doesn't work for all games.

Thanks Zenosos

But what happened is i had not activated the "offline permissions" option

in the xbox (beta) app:

settings>general>offline permissions

Hi,Sam! I'm Luis, a fellow Xbox Gamer . Thanks for reaching us out here.

Football Manager will need Internet access for its activation process because Microsoft Store is a network-based platform but there is a" workaround". FM customers that do not want Microsoft Store to connect to Internet can launch the Microsoft Store in "Offline Mode" after installation. Internet access after installation of the game will only be needed to apply game updates or Microsoft Store updates, play ‘online’ network games, use the Microsoft Store or use any of the uploading features.

Set Microsoft Store to Offline Mode.

Launch the Microsoft Store with internet connection

Sign in with the account that have purchased [Football Manager title]

Click on the account icon in the top right corner

Click ‘Apps Setting’

Toggle the ‘Offline permissions’ to ‘On’*

Launch [Football Manager title] (re-launch the game if it is already running)

Sign in to Xbox when prompt

*Please note you can only change this option three times per year.

Once you’ve done so you should be able to play Football Manager in offline mode.

Activate offline permissions in the Microsoft Store app settings on your Windows, disconnect your PC from the internet, and try running the game again.