Play games owned on disc on Xbox S

You would need to own the game digitally in order to play it on the Series S. Since you own it on disc, the disc needs to be in the disc drive to verify you own the game. That's not possible on a Series S.

Hi, JoeMcShane1!

You cannot transfer purchased game discs to the Xbox Series S. If you own an Xbox Series S and want to play games that you own on disc, you'll need to purchase them again from the Microsoft Store. If you plan on playing disc games, you may want to get the Xbox Series X instead of the Xbox Series S, as it has a drive.

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You would need to own it digitally in order to be able to play it on a Series S. Otherwise, you need the disc in order to show you own a license for the game. Since the Series S doesn't have a disc drive, it's not possible to play games from disc on it.

No. The disc has to be in the disc drive to prove you own the game. Since the Series S doesn't have a disc drive, that wouldn't be possible. You would have to own the game digitally in order to be able to play it on the Series S.

Are the games you own on disc? If so, then that will be why you get the message to subscribe, as the Xbox Series S console is a digital console only, so your disc games will not register on there as being owned, as you need the disc in the console to play the games.