Question about Xbox Home Gold

Hi, I am a PC Overwatch player but my brother plays on Xbox One. We ourselves live in separate cities but I just moved in with a guy who has an Xbox one and Xbox live gold, and I will be living with him for about 6 months. I picked up a copy of Overwatch
today during the sale, so that I can play a night or two a week with my brother. Now, my roommate has Xbox Home Gold turned on, so when other people use their Microsoft accounts, they can play games online no problem.

But overwatch seems a little different in that the game itself is pretty much built around having an online account, with stats, skins, rank, whatnot. What I'm wondering is, I think when I eventually move out, I will get an Xbox one myself to keep playing
with my bro. I assume when I set up overwatch it will be linked to my Microsoft account and will move with that account. But will I be able to tap into that home gold that my roommate has set up with a game like Overwatch for these 6 months? Or will I need
to buy my own live for these 6 months for my Microsoft account in order to eventually be able to move it?

Thanks,

Rex

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Question about home gold

they will.... in some form.... maybe a tighter "family" 5 instead of 10.... digital sales and lending will be here also.. let us just get these dam things into our home next week.... play with them until Jan and see where it takes us....

 

Question about home gold

I hope and pray they bring back the original plans to share digital games with friends and family! That was truly next gen in my opinion. Sad to see that go before we at least got to try it out.

 

When you move out you would either need to buy your own subscription (which would be the best option most likely), or your roommate would have to set your new console up as his Home console in order for you to keep sharing the gold.

 

As long as your roommate sets your console as his home console and you take that console with you when you move out, you will still receive the benefits of his Xbox Live Gold membership and be able to play Overwatch with your brother. The account you are
signed in with is irrelevant as long as you stick with the console that your roommate has assigned as his home console

 

Rex,

Once you move out of your roommate's house you will need to purchase your own love gold membership. His good will not be on your account. However, you can get a gold membership for one year for $59.99+tax. If you can't afford the year price up front you
can do a monthly for$9.99 or three month for $24.99. Also keep an eye on sites like Amazon, Microsoft store, etc because sometimes you can find sales on the yearly gold.

 

You will be able to continue to play using your roommates Xbox live gold subscription as long as you use his Xbox. All of your unlocks in Overwatch will travel with your Microsoft account, in other words once you move out and have your own Xbox and Xbox
live gold you will retain all your unlocks as long as you are using the same Microsoft account you unlocked them on.

 

Here you can check all the needed info on your problem;

Xbox Live Gold Sharing Features on Xbox One | Xbox Live Gold