Accounts Mess No Flexibility

Unfortunately, you can't combine accounts.

So, if I add Gold to account 2 and make box 2 the Home console for that account, does that mean I have to be on Box 1 and account 2 has to be on box 2 for everyone to get online? Or could we have me and account 2 on box1 and accounts 3 and 4 and still have
everyone online?

I'm trying to work out what's the most flexible approach? Would it be more flexible to add a fifth, dummy account with Gold and box 2 as its home and auto-logged on?

Hi

This is a side effect of the way the Xbox 360 store works that unfortunately means you cannot use your account balance to complete a backwards compatible version of a game on your Xbox One.

I'm sure Microsoft would love to able to allow you use your account credit to purchase games like this on your console, If you still have access to an Xbox 360 console you can use this to complete a purchase using account credit and if it's a backwards compatible
game you should then be able to download it on your Xbox One.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply... but if you lower the "content rating" for the parent account it does "block" apps, which does stop it allowing all apps above that level in exactly the same way as a child account does... just unfortunately is then less flexible in
being able to allow a few above... Netflix for example needs the content to be unrestricted to not prompt for authorisation...

Suspect I am just gonna have to suck it up and accept it's not as flexible as I hoped

unfortunately xbox is not as flexible as steam for play anywhere

the family option with you MSFT account is being developed to be more family friendly but it's a long way from being ready