BID0 wrote:KingK wrote:more heat than light wrote:Photek wrote:more heat than light wrote:That's it exactly. If in the future they decide they want to play online then you only need to buy one Gold account for everyone, but it's absolutely not necessary to get the setup you describe.
This is a major plus for me cos my 7year old is getting my original X1 when I have my X1X. Now, if we are to play say, Sea of Thieves or something together, do I have to buy 2 copies?
Not if you buy it digitally, no.
So is Gold tied to a console or a profile? Or both, sort of?
I thought it was profile (Gamertag) so any console I signed in would allow me to play Online? But under the 2 consoles in 1 house scenario with kids using 1 console under their own Gamertags and me on a separate console on my Gamertag, surely we can't all be using Gold Live at the same time can we? I'm getting really confused on this now
It works the same way digital content worked on the 360
Games and Gold are tied to both
The Xbox Live account
The "home" Xbox hardware
So...
Xbox (1) & Main Account = access everything and gold member privileges
Xbox (2) and Secondary Account = if Xbox (2) is set to "home console" of the "Main Account", all secondary accounts playing on that console can access Gold online play and any digital content (games and DLC)
You can have multiple "Main Accounts" set to the same "home console"
Or you could do it in reverse so both accounts can access the others content
I think I get you but the "main accounts" talk is confusing me now. Sorry
The 3 gamertags in our family are mine, plus 2 separate ones for my boys (with own separate email addresses for all 3 of us). They are registered as Child accounts with Microsoft I believe.
They will share the new X1S and will want to play FIFA 18 against each other on the same console mostly. From previous advice I believe I have to set their console as the Home XB1. I have already set their console up with all 3 gamertags. I plan on buying FIFA 18 digitally so we can share it on both consoles.
My console will be used mainly by me with the occasional local MP game against them, or maybe the odd dabble into Live.
So, if I was to buy 1 Gold sub on my Gamertag, and as my gamertag exists on both consoles, then both consoles could use Gold and at the same time too?
What is the "main account"? Is it mine as the parent? How do I designate it as a main account and indeed why do I need to ?
Sorry for all the questions
more heat than light wrote:KingK wrote:more heat than light wrote:Photek wrote:more heat than light wrote:That's it exactly. If in the future they decide they want to play online then you only need to buy one Gold account for everyone, but it's absolutely not necessary to get the setup you describe.
This is a major plus for me cos my 7year old is getting my original X1 when I have my X1X. Now, if we are to play say, Sea of Thieves or something together, do I have to buy 2 copies?
Not if you buy it digitally, no.
So is Gold tied to a console or a profile? Or both, sort of?
I thought it was profile (Gamertag) so any console I signed in would allow me to play Online? But under the 2 consoles in 1 house scenario with kids using 1 console under their own Gamertags and me on a separate console on my Gamertag, surely we can't all be using Gold Live at the same time can we? I'm getting really confused on this now
It's called Home Gold, and is a new feature for Xbox One. Your Gold account can be shared with up to ten other profiles.
http://support.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-one/ ... g-featuresIf you do the gamesharing I described a few posts ago you can absolutely play against each other on two consoles with one account.
Thx for the link. It seems to confirm the above but as it doesn't mention main accounts I'm looking for the above confirmation