Three consoles in one family

Jason Travers · Jan 24, 2022

I have three consoles in our home. I would like to know if all three can be used simultaneously on our single family share/GPU account/subscription. For example, I would like my two kids (both with One S) to be able to play Halo while I play on my Series X (so we can all queue up together without split screen). I also would like to play Overwatch with them. Is there a way to have all three consoles playing at the same time on the same account? A One S console is already set as the home, but the other S wants to boot me off the Series X when my daughter tries to start playing a game. I just want everyone to play what they want, when they want to, on their own console without paying for 2 or 3 subs. Is that possible?

Thanks!

:)

Smwutches

You would need at least 2 subscriptions. You can share via the Home setting, but you can only share on 1 console at a time. So for example, if you buy the subscription/games on your account, you can set one of the other consoles as your Home then as long as you're signed in on the Series X, you can still access your games/subscription. You would then need a 2nd subscription for the 3rd console.

Jason Travers

Thanks for the reply. I hope they’ll find a way to expand the family benefits to include three (or maybe up to 4) consoles in one family. I’d gladly pay another $5 added onto my Gamepass Ultimate account for this feature.

tjayars

One gold account per console doesn't cover those of us who wish to own more than one console. It's not uncommon for families to own two, three, or more and for people to be playing at the same time.

BraveSir Paul

I feel this is one of the major drawbacks currently for families - we are in a similar situation, there are three xboxes in our family, but in the current arrangement MS only allows you to essentially have two xboxes in a "family" arrangement.

It would be awesome, if instead of being console based, it worked based on the accounts that you have in your family.

Anatosuchus

Hi,

Given it's on three consoles and the web interface it can't be local to me. Also, I've removed and re-added the account to the console, and I've removed and re-added the account to the family group,
and I've reset one of the consoles, too.

Three consoles in one family