if you set your xbox to a “home Xbox” do you have to pay more for gold if you have a second...

Just to explain it a bit better, as there are a lot of misunderstandings on how Gold sharing works:

You share your Gold membership to your "Home Console".

Everyone on that console can benefit from your Gold Membership at no additional costs. They can use Party Chat and play online Multiplayer, as long as they play on your "Home Console".

Their account is NOT a full Gold member. If they sign in on a different console, that is not the Home Console of a Gold membership owner, they are unable to play Multiplayer.

Also, even when they play on a Home Console with Gold membership, they do NOT get access to the Games with Gold or the Deals with Gold.

You just have to know, that you share your Gold and games to a CONSOLE. Not individual accounts! That console will then share your games and Gold memberships with anyone playing on that console at no additional costs for you.

If it's set as "home" then all accounts on it share gold and game pass

Same cost for all accounts, and you can gameshare

Hi there, you dont have to pay more also all the games that have been bought digital could be shared with home xbox.

In addition to the posts here, if your friend wishes to take his account to another Xbox,
maybe one he will purchase in the near future, he will have to pay for a Gold or Ultimate Game Pass subscription to play online and claim other benefits.

If he plays on your Xbox, you can share your Gold sub, as others have mentioned, as long as your account is signed in and if your console is set to your Home Xbox. More info

here.

Hope this helps!

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