Unable to share games on same console.

Discus and support Unable to share games on same console. in XBoX Games and Apps to solve the problem; I recently bought The Division while it was on sale. If my son tries to play it on the same console it either asks for a cd or me to log in. As my... Discussion in 'XBoX Games and Apps' started by Jim Richmond, Aug 13, 2016.

  1. Jim Richmond
    Jim Richmond Guest

    Unable to share games on same console.


    I recently bought The Division while it was on sale. If my son tries to play it on the same console it either asks for a cd or me to log in. As my account has a credit card on it and a password I would not want to keep it logged in so he can play the game.
    We both have gold accounts and I don't understand just because I got this game at a discount why he can't play it. All the other games we paid full price for either one of us can play. I am assuming that since he bought Rainbow Six at a discount I also will
    not be able to use it. Why just because we got the game at a discount do we have to pay for it twice on the same console?

    :)
     
    Jim Richmond, Aug 13, 2016
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  2. TournaKit
    TournaKit Guest
    Unable to share Minecraft add-ons across profiles on same console

    That may be the case, but if so it's not communicated anywhere on the Microsoft Store, as far as I can tell. There's nothing different about the listing for the Minecraft game itself (which can be shared) vs the texture packs (which can't). And the
    Xbox Support webpage about setting a "Home Xbox" (My Home Xbox Setting on Xbox One | Share Your Xbox One) says "The My home Xbox setting allows you to do the following: Share
    games and downloadable content purchased from Microsoft Store with anyone else who signs in on your console."

    And if I go to my kid's profile and go to the texture pack in the store, it says "This product is installed. You can use this product for now or buy it to own forever." That would imply that it's shareable, right? Something is screwy here, and I feel like
    this is pretty deceptive on Microsoft's part, because as far as I can tell there is
    no way to know in advance that these things aren't shareable.
     
    TournaKit, Aug 13, 2016
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  3. TournaKit
    TournaKit Guest
    Unable to share Minecraft add-ons across profiles on same console

    I recently purchased an Xbox One S Minecraft Favorites Bundle, it came with download codes for Minecraft as well as the Favorites Pack and the Builders Pack. I redeemed all three codes and downloaded onto my console using my profile. My children also have
    profiles on the console, and they're able to open the Minecraft game in their profiles, but can't access the texture packs that came in the DLC. That makes no sense to me, my understanding was that if this is my "Home Xbox" I can share DLC across all the profiles
    on it.

    I contacted Microsoft Support and they told me that some DLC is not shareable, and Mojang had decided not to make Minecraft texture packs shareable. But I can't find anything about that on the Microsoft store, or in the materials that came with the console.
    They basically told me there's nothing they can do because I redeemed a code to get the content, so I feel like I got robbed of the bundled content which I purchased for my kids, but they can't access now (I don't want to let them use my profile because of
    age restrictions).

    Any suggestions?
     
    TournaKit, Aug 13, 2016
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  4. IpugXV3n0mzZ
    IpugXV3n0mzZ Guest

    Unable to share games on same console.

    i can help go to settings go to home xbox make sure it is on you can also pay for one account to have gold and the rest will have it on that console if you need anymore help please contact me at
    [Mod Removed] yes the t was not a typo
     
    IpugXV3n0mzZ, Aug 13, 2016
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  5. ISirProdigy007, Aug 13, 2016
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  6. Jim Richmond
    Jim Richmond Guest
    I think my current home xbox is the 360. What effect will it have on my software, etc. if I change it to the xbox one? It says if you change it then the device licenses go to the new one so will it affect the 360?
     
    Jim Richmond, Aug 13, 2016
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  7. No only affects the xbox one
     
    ISirProdigy007, Nov 2, 2018
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  8. ISirProdigy007 Win User

    Unable to share games on same console.

    No only affects the xbox one
  9. ISirProdigy007 Win User

    Unable to share games on same console.

  10. Jim Richmond Win User

    Unable to share games on same console.

    I think my current home xbox is the 360. What effect will it have on my software, etc. if I change it to the xbox one? It says if you change it then the device licenses go to the new one so will it affect the 360?
  11. IpugXV3n0mzZ Win User

    Unable to share games on same console.

    i can help go to settings go to home xbox make sure it is on you can also pay for one account to have gold and the rest will have it on that console if you need anymore help please contact me at
    [Mod Removed] yes the t was not a typo
  12. L4c3rd4 Win User

    Multiplayer Minecraft Family Sharing Cross-Platform

    Hello dear Gamer, first it's a pleasure to be able to help you today.

    My name is Vinicius.

    I am a gamer and independent advisor on the XBOX community platform.

    Hey DeniseIvarson, how are you today? Hope you're well.

    Ok, so, first I would like to point it out that you cannot game share on the PC platform ok, this only works on the consoles, at least, for now.

    Also, since they are game sharing with an account (yours) for both of them, unfortunately, only one at a time could play the game, since you only have one licence for that game. :/

    There are no ways for us, players, to game share a game and play it at the same time because, doing so, we will be using the same account and the same licence. To be more specific, imagine it like this:

    You have an account, this account has a game X, for example.

    The game share works like this, you share the same licences of games with another account which does not have it.

    The consoles understand that one person at a time could use that license, if anyone else tries to use it, the console gets conflicted, because for the console, you're unable to play it twice, meaning, you're unable to log into that same account twice, and open that game twice at the same time.

    I hope I explain it well.
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