XBox 360 connected to PC but won’t ‘play’

Hi,

Are your controllers wireless? If the answer is yes and you've plugged thm in with a play and charge to make them 'wired' it won't work.

Wireless controllers are always wireless, you'll need a 360 gaming receiver to make them work on a PC.

Ive been online but I put go offline and then go online but that didn’t seem to work. Ima try to explain to you as best as possible. Ok so, I can play current gen and next gen games online but when I try to play Xbox 360 games online it won’t connect me.for example if I want to play an Xbox 360 game with my friends online it won’t connect me it will just say connecting for a while then it will say couldn’t connect. So then we will have to play another game that is not an Xbox 360 game.

Is the controller a wireless controller or wired? If it is wireless, how are you connecting it? If by using the play & charge kit, then the Xbox 360 controller will not work, as the cable is only recognized on PC for charging only. You need to use a Xbox
360 Wireless adapter for PC to connect a wireless Xbox 360 controller to your PC.

Its a Play Anywhere title so yes you can play it on your PC in the Xbox app. It won’t play on Steam

While in the game bring up the 360 guide & see if you’re connected to LIVE. The emulator for the 360 games sometimes won’t connect for a weird reason. There should be an option to “connect to Xbox Live”. Try that out, I know it has happened to me on occasion.