how does xbox live gold work?

I have pre ordered the new xbox one elite console and have decided to keep my current xbox one aswell and set it up for my kids upstairs.

How does xbox gold work in regards of games.

Lets say I purchase Black ops 3, can I install this on both my consoles and play on either and can my son log into one xbox and me another and we can play multiplayer BO3 together ? or can i only be logged into one xbox at a time?

Or do I have to purchase another xbox live account for my son and buy two copies of a game we would like to multiplay together ?

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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.

 

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If that is the case who gets to use their gold account on other machines? They've clearly said that. Just like now, your live subscription follows you to whatever Xbox console you use. So who on that original console can take their account to another console?

 

Details on gold sharing etc. can be found here
support.xbox.com/.../xbox-live-gold-sharing-features.

You'll only need one gold sub which you can share.

Any other questions then feel free to post back.

 

Exactly as above. So long as your gamertag is set as Home on the current console that is going upstairs you'll be able to share out your Gold to the kids after adding them to your Family in the Settings.

Once this is done, if you purchase BO3 on the new console it will automatically download on the upstairs console as well. You should be able to play with your son at the same time.

 

Do I need Xbox live on my Xbox? And why do I have to keep my card info on it to have Xbox live?

 

BalloonMite - it sounds as though your issue is different from the OP's. Can you please create a new thread detailing your issue for better assistance? Thank you.