Is it possible for me to play on Cloud while my kids play on consoles?

Nicholas Berluti · Jan 23, 2025

I have two Xbox consoles: series X is the "home Xbox" and we also have a series S. My kids play on both sometimes, and my account needs to be signed in on the series X or it tells them they can't play because they're not the user who purchased the game.

I recently bought a Samsung TV and was so excited that it would add Cloud gaming (and sort of a 3rd place for us to play). However, if either of my kids is playing the series X "home Xbox," I can't even do Cloud gaming.

Any way to help me in this situation?

Is this the price I pay for establishing parental controls over my kids' accounts?

Will there ever be a GamePass Family Plan finally released for the US!?!

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Rodrigo Oliver

Hi Nicholas, my name is Rodrigo. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

I am sorry to hear that.

If he is using your account to play on XCloud, you won't be able to use it on the console, we can't use the account to play at two places at the same time.

Gerardo CG

Hi there Zen M, my name is Gerardo, and I'm an Xbox player, just like you. I'll be happy to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.

I'm sorry to inform you that it is not possible to play on an Xbox console and through Xbox Cloud Gaming with the same account simultaneously. This is because when playing on Xbox Cloud Gaming, the games run on their Xbox console version, which is basically as if you were playing on another Xbox console, and it is not possible to play on two Xbox consoles simultaneously with the same account.

This does not apply, for example, if you play your downloaded games on a PC while someone else plays on Xbox Cloud Gaming. These are considered two different devices (one being the PC and the other being Xbox Cloud Gaming, which is like playing on an Xbox console).

I hope this helps and if you have further questions please let me know.

Kind regards,
Gerardo.

ngocphi

It would be shared as downloaded content now if it's EA play or Ubisoft plus or cloud no those are subscriber only perks

You must set your console as home if only one you do thid by going to my account on your console and personalize my console and set as my home console

If 2 then you can only have one set as home and the kids can only play on that console

And the other you have to use your account and sign in online

You can roam but sub accounts cant

The kids can download and play gamepass and play purchased games but not EAplay or Ubisoft or cloud

ngocphi

Cloud yes

But.then you don't need a console

If you.using.a console with any game you can remote play but that console can only be used for that while remote play is used

Cloud gaming uses a.console servers but.requires a subscription and only games that support cloud play

azguardz

Sorry, I also re-downloaded Skyrim to the new console so me and my wife can play at the same time. Is that possible? If we used cloud could we continue with our game data on each console?

Is it possible for me to play on Cloud while my kids play on consoles?