Minecraft Launcher sends me to Microsoft Gaming Services

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.

I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today Brendon

Could you try this to see if you're able to fix the issue:

Open Settings, click Update and Security and then Windows Update;

Click Check for Updates;

Click the Download and Install Now option, if available;

Also, check the Microsoft Store for any updates on the Xbox apps and its services.

If everything's up to date now, do this:

Go to windows settings > apps > search for gaming services app > click on it and select advanced options.

After that, click repair and then restore

Then do the same for the Xbox app and Minecraft launcher:

Go to windows settings > apps > search for Xbox app > click on it and select advanced options.

After that, click repair and then restore, open the app and try again.

Let me know how it goes

I hit buy now and it is making me buy the game. It also says in the bottom left that it cannot connect to minecraft services on the launcher.

Reinstalled and launcher still tells me to play demo/buy now. Minecraft services error is still on the bottom. Would it be possible that having different emails for Mojang and Microsoft accounts caused this issue?

Yes. I launch minecraft through the CruseForge launcher. Its a mod launcher that allows you to also load Vanilla minecraft through it. So yea. I did. Microsoft is butchering itself while trying to force service on us like XBOX app and Microsoft app store which in and of itself cause problems like not being able to launch your own games.

Did you install the Minecraft Launcher on Microsoft Store or Xbox App? If yes, kindly search "Minecraft Launcher" in any of both apps and then click "Get" for you to have the license for the Launcher then for you to play the game.