No friend code, No man's sky

Hello, JohnDurtee. Thanks for reaching out. I'm Lucas, an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user just like you. I'll be glad to help you out.

Did you set your permissions on your Xbox account to be able to join your friends? Can you do it on other games?

Just in case, please confirm that your Xbox account privacy settings allow your to join clubs, parties and multiplayer:

https://account.xbox.com/settings

Set all the settings related to multiplayer or friends to "Allow" or "Everyone" on the three tabs:

Privacy;

Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One & Windows 10 Online Security;

Xbox 360 Online Security;

Note: If you’re on a child account, you’ll need an adult in your family to sign in to their Microsoft account to change your privacy settings. This is done through the Family settings.

https://support.xbox.com/help/family-online-saf...

If the issue persists, please let me know if you and your friends are playing the same game mode and if you get an offline status on the game.

Has you cousin completed the tutorial and if he has try joining him

There is another strange thing, when I try to invite some friends to play in Man's Sky the game stops working !!!

The hype train for this game has derailed, burn to a crisp and been deposited in a landfill.

The game simply isn't fun, imagine a fps where you play the first level over and over and over and over again because that's what it is.

Yes the planets look slightly different (red grass instead of green or blue) but what you do is exactly the same.

Harvest enough resources to allow you ship to get to the next star system, land and collect enough resources to get to the next star system, land and collect...........well, you get the idea.

Anyone that thinks this game still looks awesome simply hasn't played it (no offence Mister Chillout) but its true, I thought the same as you, that it looked awesome. but after 8 hours it quickly dawned on me, its the most repetitive overhyped game ever.

I would not move to PS4 just because Microsoft cant get a game because it is only on the PC or PS4, and Microsoft have some great games coming out to be there customers very happy. I have got friends that have it, and they have said it not worth buying.