Multiple xboxes and game sharing

Discus and support Multiple xboxes and game sharing in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; I have a young adult son for whom we just purchased an xbox one s. We live in the same home, but I am the admin on our family account. His account is... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by frankbr, Dec 19, 2017.

  1. frankbr
    frankbr Guest

    Multiple xboxes and game sharing


    I have a young adult son for whom we just purchased an xbox one s. We live in the same home, but I am the admin on our family account. His account is set up as part of the family. I purchased Forza 3 and the xbox in his
    room has him log in using my creds so he can use the game. I never play the game or have it installed on the family xbox. How can we set this up so he can play the game without having to sign me out of my xbox?

    cheers,

    Frank

    :)
     
    frankbr, Dec 19, 2017
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  2. Xbox limits per household

    Hi, you can share with multiple accounts on one xbox. But game sharing and live ect is restricted to one other console in the house.
     
    MightyQuinn75, Dec 19, 2017
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  3. spooksbunny
    spooksbunny Guest
    Sharing games on multiple accounts and xbox ones

    Okay, so I'm from a family of 8 (3 adults, 5 kids) and we all like to use our Xbox. There's one main account we use to buy all the games, and when we had the Xbox 360, we didn't need to sign into the account that the games were purchased on in order to play
    the games. Anyone could sign in on their own account and play any game that was purchased on that Xbox. Even when we had two 360's, games were still shared between both consoles without issue. In fact, we didn't have any problems until we upgraded to the Xbox
    One.

    We transferred all our accounts over to the Xbox One, along with all the games that were compatible with the new console. Then we bought some new games for the kids to play, but we found that no one could play any of the games unless they signed into the
    account that purchased the games. This was a minor annoyance at first, but we just got used to signing into the main account, then signing into our own accounts to play a game.

    Yesterday, we bought a second Xbox One. We wanted one for the living room and one for the kid's playroom. Now that minor annoyance has become a huge problem. We can only use one Xbox at a time. No one can play any games unless they're signed into the main
    account, and it isn't possible to be signed into the same account on two separate consoles at the same time.

    What do I do? Do I seriously have to buy all these games again? We have a lot of games and there are a lot of kids. It would be hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars to repurchase ALL the games on another "main account" for the new Xbox One. It just seems
    ridiculous. There has to be another solution to this, right?
     
    spooksbunny, Dec 19, 2017
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  4. ngocphi
    ngocphi Guest

    Multiple xboxes and game sharing

    goto your account settings on his console and make your home console his

    However only one console.can be home console at a time

    Every profile on the home console will have access to the content you purchase however every other profile on your console will have to be signed jn

    It is not recommended you let your son have accessed to you're profile he does not need to be in control to use the content
     
    ngocphi, Dec 19, 2017
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  5. ngocphi Win User

    Multiple xboxes and game sharing

    goto your account settings on his console and make your home console his

    However only one console.can be home console at a time

    Every profile on the home console will have access to the content you purchase however every other profile on your console will have to be signed jn

    It is not recommended you let your son have accessed to you're profile he does not need to be in control to use the content
  6. koezz264 Win User

    Coronavirus and social distancing

    I believe you can share those without having to buy multiple copies of games, etc.

    Check this link:

    https://www.thewindowsclub.com/share-xbox-one-games-with-family-with-multiple-consoles
  7. XBF Leo G Win User

    Multiple Game Share

    Hello DankSquog,

    Thank you for posting on the Xbox forums. An account can share it's games and subscriptions to only one console at a time. Also, each account has a limit to the amount of times that it can be set as the

    home console profile
    . The article we provided contains more information about the home console feature. The article also explains how to set up the home console profile for the account you would like to use to share content. Be sure to let us know the results!
  8. Smwutches Win User

    Multiple Game Share

    You can only set 1 console as your Home at a time so it's not possible to share across multiple consoles. With 3 consoles you would need to purchase everything at least twice or one or both of you could share with him, but you and/or your dad would lose
    access to the others content.
  9. Frathos Win User

    Multiple Game Share

    Sorry but Home Console account sharing can only be done on one console and your account can only be logged into one console at a time. It won't be possible to share your account with your brother unless you log in to his console with your account.

    Merry Christmas!
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