Why does my game say i need a license when i have the disc?

Probably a stupid question, but just have to make sure, you do have the disc in the drive right?

Are we talking about a pc or console

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My question is that why does it say "Disc is unreadable" when i can play the game itself perfectly. Also is there any solution for this? Will my game at some point stop and say unreadable once i get to a certain point? Pls help!!!

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The reason it seems to be working when playing from the disc is that your xbox hasn't had any reason to access the data in the damaged part of the disc yet. When it does need to you will get a disc unreadable error or the game will freeze.

When installing it needs to access the whole disc which is why it always fails.

And to answer your question it will say disc unreadable at some point when the game needs to access the damaged part of the disc.

As you've already tried one of those disc repair services then your best option is to get a new disc.

Yeah, I know how all that works. What I am saying is WHY does it have to work that way? Why isn't the user license good enough? Why do I need a console license too??

As I stated, if I took the game to my friend's house, on a disc, this would not be an issue. So, by the exact same token, I should be able to download the game at his house, and play it there as long as I am logged in, should I not??

And, if not, WHY???

Because it doesn't make a single bit of sense for me not to able to do that, aside from keeping me from essentially giving the game away. But what is to stop me from doing that with a disc? I don't need some special key with a disc, and I can give it to whomever I want. I'm not suggesting that the system should be that way for digital, as that obviously creates a piracy issue, but my friend can't play my game when I leave his house, unless he owns it or I am logged in.

So, again, why does it have to work that way? I know for a fact that it didn't used to, because I never had a problem playing any of my games offline, on any of my consoles, a couple years ago. So why did they change it??

With a disc based game if the game needs to be updated it says you either need a disc or the license. If you try it without the disc when already installed.