Why does my Xbox have a bunch of games on it?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 12/10/2019 at 18:34 • Filed to: None

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I bought a One S last week and signed into it as myself. When I connected to the network and did a bunch of updates it seemed to add a bunch of games that I haven’t purchased. Are these trial versions or  are they somehow tied to the previous owner?

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/10/2019 at 19:00

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Yes

and 100 more > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/10/2019 at 19:02

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Likely stuff that was downloaded by the previous owner.

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/10/2019 at 19:05

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The games installed are on the Xbox not tied to your gamer tag. Most will probably not launch, unless you have the disc.

PowderHound > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/10/2019 at 19:39

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With the One S do you have to have a live account? I’ve been thinking about getting an xbox but would pretty much only use it offline for single player games.

Captain of the Enterprise > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/10/2019 at 19:59

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Was it used or new?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Captain of the Enterprise 12/10/2019 at 20:42

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Used.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition 12/10/2019 at 23:11

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So far I’ve played Forza 6 and GTA V and they seem to be working just fine.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > and 100 more 12/10/2019 at 23:12

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They games weren’t actually installed, but showed up as installable. I’ve installed a few (GTA V, Forza 6) and they seem to be playing just fine - no errors or warning messages.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > PowderHound 12/10/2019 at 23:13

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I don’t think you must have a Live account. I only logged in with my Microsoft account. This machine is one with the optical drive, but the games I’ve been installing have been downloads.

and 100 more > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/11/2019 at 09:36

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Nice!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 12/11/2019 at 13:04

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Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.

What the hell does that mean anyway?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 12/11/2019 at 13:26

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I can’t complain, but I don’t know how long it will last or if M$ will somehow start charging me based on the credit card information stored with my account.

Regarding the phrase, that goes back a few centuries. A horse’s  teeth change with age, so if someone gave you a free horse you wouldn’t stop to check its age and should just accept it as-is.