Windows 10: Why do I need gamepass to play games that are otherwise free?

This might sound silly, and i realise its a sort of “just dont play it on xbox then” thing, but why do you have to pay for gamepass to play games that are otherwise free? For example, ZZZ and Genshin Impact.It doesn’t make much sense to me at all- I really don’t understand why this is the case. It is free on playstation, so why does it require a gamepass subscription to play on an xbox? What a joke lol

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Is it possible to play gamepass games WITHOUT the Xbox app on PC?

Hi! I recently had a really bad issue with Xbox App that being I simply can't run the app, it won't run.

I wanted to try out some of the games on the gamepass but as I said the Xbox app won't start up.

My question is simple that being am I able to download and play the gamepass games without using the Xbox app?

For reference I'm on a PC running Windows 11

 

Games with gamepass redirect on store page for the gaming service instead launching games

As per title, i can't play games with gamepass.
I recently had other problems installing via gamepass, and solved them with the "wsreset -i" command (suggested here in the forum)

I've tried already:

reinstall or reset game services, both from settings / app and from PowerShell

windows update has no updates

restore xbox app and store

Update: deleting with start unlocker all the folders of all my games, and downloading all of them again fixed the problem,

 

Question about search filtering: GamePass

My name is . I'm an Independent Advisor and I will be happy to help you today.

It is only possible to check the games that are listed on Gamepass through the Xbox App app, as it has a tab for games available on Gamepass.