Why do free online games like Fortnite need a paid subscription on the Xbox?

Microsoft announced last year, that you won't need a subscription to play free to play games, including fortnite. This feature is currently in testing by Xbox Insiders, and should be available for everyone soon.

It is on the go but depends on the game

If you are talking about fortnite

That doesn't require gpu

And is queued due to the popularity of the game just like Diablo 4

Even with cloud.you need to.sign into game servers which if they are heavily populated online only games which can have queues

If you want to avoid this avoid popular games.that are online only like fortnite or Diablo 4

Queues are not.the responsibility of gamepass ultimate or psn for that matter

It is upto the developer

Queues help.maintain to avoid congestion on servers.If a server.is too populated in popular games like fortnite then they limit the amount of people playing at a time

This is independent of subscription or

(paid or free with fortnite )

Since it is the developer.not.the cloud service that maintain the queue and.game.service

Xcloud only provides.you.with an online machine with the game installed on it vs owning your own machine or installing the.game

From.there you connect to .the .game.servers and put into their queue not xbox's

And no fortnite still queues paid or free as congestion is based on players online NOT paid or free status

By subscribing to the Game Pass Ultimate with Live Gold active you are informed that your subscription will be converted and a conversion fee will apply.

Even without a subscription it is possible to play a game you have purchased, you just cannot play paid games online.

Free games like Fortnite, Warzone and Apex Legends no longer need an active subscription to play online.

You need Gold to play online in that game. Free-to-play games such as Fortnite and Rocket League no longer require a Gold subscription to play online, but paid games require Gold to play online. It's also mentioned in the game's description when it requires Gold.

You need Gold to play online in games that are paid for, but free-to-play games like Fortnite can be played without Gold. Minecraft would need Gold since it's not a free-to-play game.