Adding multiple xbox live accounts

ALEXI AWSOME 35 · Apr 2, 2016

Hi. We have Xbox 360. My son has a live account which was fine until this point. Recently my son updated minecraft and it looks like who ever wants to play needs their own account. My other two sons do not have their own accounts so as you can imagine the
arguments. How do I create live accounts without creating extra email addresses which I dont need? Hope you can help

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Mister Gwyther · Apr 2, 2016

Can't Purchase/add points because of "unothorized paiement option"

Have you tried adding just the Paypal account to LIVE, or multiple methods? Do you get the same error for all methods?

turk3y · Apr 2, 2016

Xbox One Price drop

I thought they were getting rid of the family live membership because you could have so many members under your live account now at no added cost? So it should work out cheaper... at least I thought that's what they said at their E3 conference.Click to expand...
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I think so yes but for a single xbox, it takes the single live account and all users can access features behind the paywall as if they had gold on that console.

arthurdentpc has 3 xbox's tho, and the old "family" bundle allowed each user to effectively have their own gold membership, so gold on each user which translated to gold on each console, now its gold to anyone on the single xbox....

So I assume on single xbox families the new system is much better, but on multiple xbox families its not as good. Its not super clear tho how this new gold system will work on xbox one, but it does read like arthur is shafted rather unfairly in this new scenario.

onyxishere · Apr 3, 2016

Although you can create offline accounts for the children it is best to create an account using an email address. That way they won't lose any achievements when they do finally sign those up to Live.

To add an account (off or online) simply go to Social>Sign In and then scroll all the way to the right until you see the option to add or create an account.

onyxishere

Although you can create offline accounts for the children it is best to create an account using an email address. That way they won't lose any achievements when they do finally sign those up to Live.

To add an account (off or online) simply go to Social>Sign In and then scroll all the way to the right until you see the option to add or create an account.

Mister Gwyther

Have you tried adding just the Paypal account to LIVE, or multiple methods? Do you get the same error for all methods?

HassanB

Hello,

Once you purchase the XBOX Live Gold Family Pack - 12 month, it lets the person that purchased the account to add 3 more people onto the account as secondary accounts which will all have XBOX Live Gold.

The accounts need to be added on the same XBOX 360, but after they are successfully added they will be able to move the gamertags to their own consoles regardless of where they are.

So to answer your question it's your own account (the person that redeems the code or purchases it) and then 3 more people (for a total of 4 people). This is a good thing to have if you have multiple people in your family that want to use XBOX Live Gold on
multiple consoles or on the same console.

More information on the Gold Family Pack can be found HERE.

E Anton

I'm sorry Javier, my op wasn't clear. I have tried these recommended solutions prior to posting.

Solution 1 - I do not have xbox live

Solution 2 - everything is good

Solution 3 - unsuccessful after multiple attempts both when adding the account and after adding the account via settings

Solution 4 - my account is the only account in the console

Thanks again for your help.

RoboticTester

Q: I have multiple consoles in my family. Does my Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack have to reside only one of those consoles?

A: When an individual is added to an Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack, that person’s Xbox LIVE account must be on the same console as the primary account holder. However, once they are a part of your Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack, that person could recover their
account on a different console and still remain a part of the Family Pack, as long as they reside in the same country as the primary account holder.

Adding multiple xbox live accounts