EA Sports FC25 game not playable without internet connection on Xbox

Thank you, everyone, for reporting the issues you're experiencing with offline gameplay on your console. The Series X requires an internet connection only for installation and game updates. Could you please confirm if you had a connection available when you installed the game to ensure all necessary updates were included?

If you are not able to launch any offline game modes after installing the game and updates, please share a link to a video example from your account, and we will further investigate this for you. Thank you!