New Xbox - can't share games

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  1. Mairsh
    Mairsh Guest

    New Xbox - can't share games


    Hi, hopefully someone can help me out here with a solution to a specific problem I've been having.

    It's important that a few things are completely understood about my situation first.

    First of all, I just upgraded from an Xbox One to a Series S.

    Secondly, my son has a Series S as well.

    Thirdly, and very importantly, we had been sharing games and an Ultimate account with no problems previously. I could see a few of the games he bought on his console (important to note they were purchased on his console) on my console in "My games and apps" but could not play them because they can't play on the One. He bought FIFA 23 on his console and I've been playing it since release day on my console - I never bought it. And, crucially, I never had to sign in as him on my console to play the game. His profile was on the console, as it is the new one, but I never, ever had to sign in as him to play. He is usually upstairs playing his own console, usually playing the same game.

    So when I got my new console I set mine to "Make this my home console" without much thought. Somehow everything that was working on the One is not working on this new console. I can now only play FIFA 23 when he is signed in on my console. If he isn't signed in I get a message saying "The person who bought this needs to sign in."

    I have turned off "Make this my home console" and turned it on on his. He has access to my Ultimate Game Pass.

    So taking all of this into account, what should I do to return to what I had previously? I am running out of switches for My Home Xbox and don't want to lock it out. I only have two left. It would be really useful if someone could tell me what I need to do to make this like it was before.

    Please bear in mind that I have had this working fine with no problems previously, and it's really frustrating that it isn't working now.

    It would be helpful of someone could tell me who on each console should be ticking the "Make this my home Xbox" to get this working correctly. I've been gaming for 40 years and finally hit my first brick wall here, so I would really very much appreciate an accurate description of what to do. Thank you so much in advance.

    :)
     
    Mairsh, May 14, 2023
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  2. Mairsh Win User

    New Xbox - can't share games

    Thank you kindly for your help. That fixed it. Much appreciated.
  3. HomegrownSilky Win User

    New Xbox - can't share games

    If you wish to play games purchased by your son without signing in to his account, then you need to play on whichever console he has set as his "home" console.
  4. A Blue Illusion Win User

    XBOX ONE X Gold Account.

    I'm curious to know if the Home Console features and game sharing will work between the XB1X and the current XB1 consoles. My wife and I game share, but can't afford to replace both consoles at once so I'm hoping we can still game share with one of us on
    the new console and one of us on the older one.
  5. UnweildyFeline Win User

    xbox live storage error code 0x87c40156 game dvr

    Good news I can now at least view and download my game DVR clips from Xbox app via Windows 10 PC!

    Bad news continued: Via Game DVR App on Xbox One, I'm now able to see the game clips under "Xbox Live", but when I select "Share" option on a clip I get a

    "Something went wrong" error message.

    details of the error message are: "Sorry, we can't share this right now. Try again in a while."

    11:54 am

  6. ChiefJoboo Win User

    Account Profiles

    You can't transfer Xbox accounts to another Microsoft account (this is what you want). It's not possible.

    You CAN change the login email but you CAN'T change it to an Outlook or Hotmail or Live email since those are Microsoft emails.

    Your son will have to either keep this account he's on or start fresh on a new account. He can keep his games and most DLC by using the

    my home xbox
    feature to share games to a new account but any progress can't be moved in any way.
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