Many are asking: to be able to play all your Xbox games on PC without relying on Play Anywhere, a review.

Many users are asking Microsoft to unify the digital libraries of Xbox and PC without having to pay twice.

More stories in the category News

• Forza Horizon 5 celebrates its fourth anniversary as the best car game of its generation
• Incredible: an Xbox player collects over 200 copies of a Kinect game
• PUBG: Battlegrounds is closing its servers on Xbox One this week

A new conversation on Reddit has reopened a topic that has been on the table for years: why can’t games we buy on Xbox be played on PC as well, since they’re part of the same ecosystem? The original user summed it up like this:

I hate having amazing games on my Xbox and not being able to play them on PC unless I buy them again. For example, Borderlands or Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 aren’t available on the Xbox app for PC if I already own them on console.

The player laments that only titles included in the Xbox Play Anywhere program allow for a shared license between console and PC, and proposes that Microsoft should expand this compatibility to its entire catalog or, at the very least, offer a more affordable subscription that covers both systems.

The community wants a unified library between Xbox and PC

The debate is not new, and as several users point out, the main obstacle lies in agreements with external publishers. As one comment from the community noted:

It’s one thing to do it with Microsoft’s own games, and another thing entirely with titles from 2K or EA. Those companies want you to buy them twice.

Still, the idea of a unified digital library is becoming increasingly popular among gamers, especially now that Xbox is strengthening its multi-platform ecosystem with services like Game Pass, Cloud Gaming, and cross-platform progress compatibility.

Many see this movement as the next logical step to reinforce the value of the Xbox brand: buying a game once and being able to enjoy it wherever you want, whether on console or PC. For now, there are no signs that Microsoft will expand the Play Anywhere program, but the debate continues to grow among the most loyal members of its community.