Sharing games with family

Discus and support Sharing games with family in XBoX Games and Apps to solve the problem; Can I share a game with members of my family? I have the family set up in my Microsoft account. I bought Forza Horizon 3 and got a code to redeem to... Discussion in 'XBoX Games and Apps' started by Brian J.Moore, Nov 3, 2016.

  1. Sharing games with family


    Can I share a game with members of my family? I have the family set up in my Microsoft account. I bought Forza Horizon 3 and got a code to redeem to activate the game, but my children can't access the game. Is that the way it's supposed to be? For the
    games I have the disc for, anyone playing on the Xbox One can access the game.

    Thanks,

    Brian

    :)
     
    Brian J.Moore, Nov 3, 2016
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  2. EuroDank337
    EuroDank337 Guest
    Post here if removing DRM & check ins brought you back!

    Family sharing was a joke. What good is it if you can't play the game at the same time. Family sharing = 1 console playing at a time. Not buy 1 game and have all 4 consoles in you house playing together. Are you going to wait 2 weeks for cousin Jim to beat
    Halo5 so he can share it with you? Not me I want to play it ONLINE on the day of LAUNCH with my FAMILY. Not possible w/ family sharing. People are so uneducated.
     
    EuroDank337, Nov 3, 2016
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  3. FreakRoach
    FreakRoach Guest
    Xbox One digitally purchased games not showing up on my One X???

    Were you game sharing with your family or friend on your old console?
     
    FreakRoach, Nov 3, 2016
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  4. Smwutches
    Smwutches Guest

    Sharing games with family

    You would need to make sure you've got your console set as your Home console. Anyone can access your games on your Home console. They will only be able to share the games on that console though, so if you're using multiple consoles, you'd want to set the
    console they would be using the most as the Home console.
     
    Smwutches, Nov 3, 2016
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  5. WackoConch5
    WackoConch5 Guest
    I have the same question. How do you set up your console as your home console?
     
    WackoConch5, Jan 5, 2018
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  6. street2234
    street2234 Guest
    street2234, Nov 2, 2018
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  7. Modified Soul Win User

    What exactly was Family Sharing

    "Family Sharing as it is" is unfortunately none existent, Family Sharing is a different service to what use to be the Family Gold plan and both are none existent at this stage, i do like that the 1 Gold plan covers an XB1 in its entirety for every profile
    on that console,

    me personally i would prefer the Family Sharing plan over the old Family Gold plan if it ever come down to choosing one or the other.

    Family Sharing was to share digital games among 10 people,
  8. SatanicoDrCadillac Win User

    Family sharing games

  9. LunaLight7 Win User

    Family game sharing

    Game sharing on the Windows 10 system (digital downloads only through the Windows 10 app store) works like this.

    You can have up to 10 devices being used.

    All the accounts you want are to be attached to your FAMILY, so an adult needs to add the accounts into it.

    Now all you need to do is add each account you want to have access to each device.

    Now they will be able to share there purchases across that device, as long as the account that has been ADDED to that device ( basically at least signed in once). You may also need to download the game/app
    on that account. Once that is done you can swap to the other account (thats in the FAMILY) and then when you go to the App store in the other Family account you should be able to go to the product, and see it as INSTALL, not purchase.

    Thats it.

    Side note, you will not be able to be signed into 2 devices at the same time for sharing a game.
  10. WackoConch5 Win User

    Sharing games with family

    I have the same question. How do you set up your console as your home console?
  11. RandyAU93 Win User

    Game Sharing with family

    Let's say the Xbox One in the living room is Xbox A, and the one in your brother's room is Xbox B. If you set your account's Home Xbox as Xbox A, all users in the home will be able to access content on that console. On Xbox B, your brother would only have
    access to content he owns, or to content you own as long as you're signed into Xbox B. If you sign into any other Xbox One console (including Xbox A), that disappears.
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