I bought the Game Pass ultimate subscription and my son was wondering if he could use it on his computer, is there any way I can let him use it without signing in on it?

Question

Game Pass Ultimate

Answer 1

No, PC Game Pass does not allow multiple people to use the same subscription, even families. Each family member must have their own subscription. The FAQs don't mention this scenario but if you look through MS Forums then you'll see the general answer of No.

If you instead are referring to XBox Game Pass on PC then that is still basically no. It is tied to your account. The only way to "share" it across machines is to have each machine use the same subscription. Of course if you did this at the same time then MS would probably flag this as abuse. The FAQs cover this information in some detail.

Answer 2

Hi all,

this is the problem with today's gaming (and not).

you think you buy the game, but you actually not. You buy the right to use it (sad but true), nobody own a thing, if you stop using the platform (steam, Xbox, PlayStation.....) you bought the game on, you can't use that game that you "purchase" anywhere else. Steam is the great example you can family share your library but you can't use it at the same time (I bought game X and Y, if my sharer play X and I decided to play X or Y, as owner I have priority and the sharer get disconnected). Microsoft that force you to log in at the startup, and force you to use the same account to make purchase (you can't log in with account X and have anything related (MS store, Xbox) using different account or it will ask you to log in with the right account or use the credential of the login at startup.

I don't know if it make sense explained that way, but that is the "complex" explanation. In few words only one person have the right to use content of an account.

Steam allow share because the second option could be log in a second machine and use the same credential as the first (without parental control availability), but then the first would be interrupted cause a second machine tried to use the same content.

Answer 3

To share Game Pass on PC:

• Log into the Microsoft Store app with the account that has an Xbox subscription.
• Launch the Xbox app and sign in with the account you want to use to play games.
• Open Settings and select Account.
• Select Change my Microsoft Store account and sign into the account that has an active Game Pass subscription.

This should allow you to share your Game Pass subscription with another account on PC. This should work on PCs running either Windows 10 or Windows 11.