Why do i need to renew gold when i start sot, even though i own the game

Hey Milian!

Nice to meet you! I'm Darhyl, a fellow gamer. I'm sorry you are experiencing this. I am here to help.

To answer your inquiry, Xbox game pass and Xbox live gold have different features.

For the Xbox game pass subscription, once subscribed, you will have access to 100+ games from Xbox game pass library which you can download for free as long as you have the subscription active on your account.

For Xbox live gold subscription, once subscribed, you will have access to online multiplayer features, without this subscription you won't be able to play games online.

Since the game Sea of Thieves requires an online feature to play it, you will need to have an active Xbox live gold subscription.

You can also check these links for further references:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/...

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/play

Thank you so much for your time! I hope you have a great day!

sea of thieves is an online only game, so if playing via console you need gold to play online.

When the update came before, that worked. This time around it is saying I do not even own Layers of Fear when i had it on xbox gold. It is saying i dont own Evolve or any other games that are on my DOWNLOADED history but not on any list.

I am telling you. Shenanigans. I might need to call microsoft support on this one as to why the games are showing as NOT OWNED by me anymore when I have never NOT had xbox live gold.

I did this last night. Check your expiration date. It should be the proper length away. I renewed for gold last night even though I had three months left. My new expiration date is a year and three months away. Yesterday is listed as the start because that
is when I renewed.

Games on Xbox have always required a subscription to play online multiplayer, whether it's a multiplayer only or duel (single and multiple game) has never made a difference. You buy the game to get access to core functionality (effectively a license to use it) but the subscription allows you access to the online services you're using.