Why can't I share my Xbox experience with my 2 kids

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  1. Why can't I share my Xbox experience with my 2 kids


    Hi, my daughter recently became ill with an anxiety related disorder and has been getting a lot of enjoyment and distraction from the family Xbox recently.

    I want to buy her and her brother Xbox one consoles for their rooms but unless something changes I'm not going to do this. Reasons:

    My kids want to play games I've bought digitally but I don't want to be logged in make it happen since I play myself and you can't be logged in two places at once.

    I've already been through customer support and it is not apparently possible to link children's gamertags to their parents' gamertags. I understand the current system is there to prevent abuse of single accounts but I don't feel that I'm trying to abuse
    my account, just share my purchases with my kids.

    It now makes sense for me to surrender my gamertag to one of them so they can login as me whenever they want and play my purchased games using their tag and assign the other as home console.

    It's sad, but I feel I have to say goodbye and move myself onto PS4 network so kids can play my games.

    Is there really no way you can link your children's gamertags to your own? Seems very short sighted to to have used this model like Google has with Google play.

    Anyway since I'm not expecting any actual support in this I'll just be on my way.



    :)
     
    Jinkz Evolution, Feb 9, 2018
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  2. meggasound
    meggasound Guest
    Gold sharing 3 time switch

    I have 2 Xbox ones I have 4 kids I planned on buying two more Xbox ones till this happen to me I share my downloaded Xbox one games with my kids I do not live with my kids I live across town and we spend our time on it when I'm not at my kids house
    there are times where I couldn't pay my Internet bill witch caused me to swap back my home back to my original Xbox so I could play offline .well I hit that 3 time share ban and can't change back to my original Xbox my profile is stuck on my kids Xbox
    one and I can't play the games I payed for unless I pack up my Xbox one carry it across town ( I have no Internet at home) please can I have my games I payed for with my hard earned money and play them offline I bought them I own them. A year is a prison
    sentence let it happen to you and you'll see where I'm comming from
     
    meggasound, Feb 9, 2018
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  3. NJdominator
    NJdominator Guest
    wired controller extension cable?

    I am thinking of buying a WIRED xbox controller for better performance and less lag... from what I hear. My problem is I sit about 15 ft from my xbox.

    1. Any suggestions on an extension cable?

    2. Will a short extension cable cause performance issue or lag, which defeats the purpose of why I was going wired to begin with?

    Please share thoughts and experiences?

    Thanks!
     
    NJdominator, Feb 9, 2018
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  4. Why can't I share my Xbox experience with my 2 kids

    It is more a licensing issue and the game developers restricting how many accounts can be using a single license.

    Sony even has the same issue with their systems.

    As you understand it in your situation you would have to set one kids xbox as your home xbox and the other one would have to be signed into your profile at the same time in order to play those games on the console that doesnt have the home xbox but you would
    not be able to be signed in on your 3rd xbox at the same time as any other xbox so the one that is not set as home would not be able to play your games at the same time as you. You would also have to have a 2nd gold subscription on the non home xbox if your
    going to be playing at the same time as them too.
     
    steeledwand7664, Feb 9, 2018
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  5. steeledwand7664 Win User

    Why can't I share my Xbox experience with my 2 kids

    It is more a licensing issue and the game developers restricting how many accounts can be using a single license.

    Sony even has the same issue with their systems.

    As you understand it in your situation you would have to set one kids xbox as your home xbox and the other one would have to be signed into your profile at the same time in order to play those games on the console that doesnt have the home xbox but you would
    not be able to be signed in on your 3rd xbox at the same time as any other xbox so the one that is not set as home would not be able to play your games at the same time as you. You would also have to have a 2nd gold subscription on the non home xbox if your
    going to be playing at the same time as them too.
  6. meggasound Win User

    Gold sharing 3 time switch

    I have 2 Xbox ones I have 4 kids I planned on buying two more Xbox ones till this happen to me I share my downloaded Xbox one games with my kids I do not live with my kids I live across town and we spend our time on it when I'm not at my kids house
    there are times where I couldn't pay my Internet bill witch caused me to swap back my home back to my original Xbox so I could play offline .well I hit that 3 time share ban and can't change back to my original Xbox my profile is stuck on my kids Xbox
    one and I can't play the games I payed for unless I pack up my Xbox one carry it across town ( I have no Internet at home) please can I have my games I payed for with my hard earned money and play them offline I bought them I own them. A year is a prison
    sentence let it happen to you and you'll see where I'm comming from
  7. bains1000 Win User

    Xbox Live with Child Accounts

    Hi

    Thanks for the prompt responses. So are you all saying I can't share my xbox Gold with two child accounts, but i can with one child account. This is how it has been working but I want to limit screen time for my kids and this is why I setup a second Child
    account.

    Could I move my gold subscription to one of the child accounts and share it this way?

    I really don't want to purchase a second gold subscription.
  8. StevenMcNally2 Win User

    Just upgraded to series X but can't make it home xbox

    Because my 2 kids now share ultimate game pass or whatever is called this really isn't much use.

    When the older son had his xbox one the 2 boys could share the gold pass and ultimate pass etc but now he has upgraded to x series these features are no longer shared between the 2 kids.

    All I want is what they had when they both had xbox ones is to hVe the same now one has upgraded to x series.
  9. MarkMoore793 Win User

    Gold Sharing

    @StudBIIJckHammer - It depends how you phrase it. You very much CAN share "Gold", which is why the XBox One setting is called "Share Gold" - Its designed very much for the way I use it. I am the only Gold account member in my family, but my wife and kids
    all "Share" my Gold membership, as do my Grandkids who all now have accounts on my XBox and are defined as "my Family"
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