Why can’t I play my Gears 5 online without them trying to sell me Game Pass?

Hi there Matthew K, my name is Gerardo, and I'm an Xbox player, just like you. I'll be happy to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.

In order to play any game online from an Xbox console, it is necessary to have a Game Pass Core subscription (formerly known as Xbox Live Gold) or a Game Pass Ultimate subscription. This requirement has always been in place and applies to all games except for Free-to-play games like Fortnite, Apex Legends, among others.

You can see that this requirement is needed in order to play online even from the game store:

https://www.xbox.com/games/store/gears-5/c2kdnlt2h7dm



I appreciate you understanding and if you have further questions please let me know.

Kind regards,
Gerardo.

Because to play gears or any xbox game online you need gamepass core or ultimate

That's with any console except steam.deck and rog ally because those even though they are hand held consoles are still pc based consoles

You can play it offline or free to play games like fortnite etc

I have a Game Pass/ Gears 5 - Ultimate Edition. And I can't play online. But my brother does not have a Game Pass and he plays....

That’s the thing. I can’t rEder my password without an email from them cause I need a code or something. They notified me while playing the game. It’s weird cause I can’t play roller champions but I can play far cry 5.

My account has been recovered and active a long time ago. The problem I am having is that this Username BdoubleBlade can not play Virtua Fighter 5 Online without locking up the system to a point where I have to pull the plug to be able to reboot the xbox360
Console. I’ve done all the technical instruction/suggestions from Technical Support in these forums and the problems still remains and still can’t play Virtua Fighter 5 Online with my BdoubleBlade Username without the console locking up. I figured it’s my
username because I already replaced my Router and Cable Modem; now I tried to play the game VF5 on my Nephew’s console using his Username and was able to play online flawlessly without his system locking up. Then I tried using my Username on his console by
the XBOX360 flash Drive and the system locked up like it usually does. So as a last resort I am figuring it’s the Username that is corrupted to play the game online. I already paid my Gold membership until March 2012 but can’t play my favorite game online
so I am wondering if I create a new Username can I transfer Membership to the new name if I can’t figure out this problem why I can’t play Virtua Fighter 5 Online?