Sharing games between users on xbox console and or on multiple consoles

JAYE423 · May 18, 2020

How do I set up my family to play games I (as the administrator) already purchased? I've read some of my fellow members questions and it seems nobody got the answer they were seeking... So I'll try to simplify what they asked. Let's say I bought Minecraft
for my personal use. My kids get older and now they have Xboxes of their own. Instead of me buying the games again; Is there a way (Seeing that I am the administrator on their consoles and in our family group) to be able to share MY already owed games to them
or am I going to have to buy it 3 more times? I mean if so then the only thing being administrator is good for is blocking things they can do. But being the protective parent I am the app will therefore be useless. That whole system that you have in place
would then be just ridiculous and a joke.

:)

MonsterTecM50

Hello, Thank you for posting on the Xbox forums.

I'm sorry to tell you that the game could only be used on two consoles at the same time.

Administrator permissions are not related to gaming licenses.

You can use the game on any console as long as you are using the profile that bought the game (obvious).
You can put your profile on someone else's (secondary) console and set it to "This is my primary Xbox", that way all your profiles can be played by all profiles on that second console
You can put your profile on all consoles. That way, when someone wants to play Minecraft, they can log in with their profile (leave the session open) and then change the other's profile for individual progress. The downside of this step is that when you
log in with your account, it will be closed from all sides, so you can't have a session open on multiple sides.

Therefore, it is possible to share the game but not play it at the same time.

I hope you understood, I tried to explain it as best as possible.

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XBF Javier R

Hello there,

We understand that you have an inquiry about how to share games between multiple consoles.

So in this case we'll discuss home console sharing, which consists of one user adding their account to another console by setting
it as the home Xbox to share it's Xbox Live membership and games with any account on that console.

Follow the provided support article for the exact steps for full assistance with setting this up.

Best wishes!

maxen

You could share digital games and the Gold subscription between the consoles; however, for any disc games you would need multiple copies to play at the same time, one per console.

ngocphi

For one ea access cannot be shared as free content using ea access is account depemdent

Individual subscriptions like ea access and mmorpgs aren't shareable

In your case with the dlc it's not possible your brother will have to buy his own content

You only one home console and a roaming profile

That's it

You give your brother access to your home console your son loses access to your dlc and has to use your profile which I never recommend

Only your gamer tag can use it on any other console with roaming profile

Miafly

1st xbox = Logout your account A, and Login account B.

2nd xbox = Login your account A

Then, Share Xbox One Games with Family between Multiple Consoles, Please check this Link

https://support.xbox.com/help/hardware-network/console/my-home-xbox

Sharing games between users on xbox console and or on multiple consoles