Xbox Live Gold membership. I thought it worked like a family membership too??

digexx · Jul 5, 2014

OK, so I have an Xbox One and 2 360's.

I've always had the family membership and my son and I had our Live profiles on our 2 360's. So of course then, the One came out and the crazy live membership changes occurred.

I was under the impression at that time that I would have both profiles on my Xbox One (his and mine) and then they could be used on the 2 360's as well? My profile works on my 360, but my son's won't work on either of the 2 360's. (they both are fine on
the One)

Was I wrong in my understanding? Do I really have to buy him a separate Live membership so he can use gold on his console?

Any help would sure be awesome. I did do a search, and got about a krillion results, but none that I went through were what I'm looking for.

:)

turk3y · Jul 5, 2014

Xbox One Price drop

I thought they were getting rid of the family live membership because you could have so many members under your live account now at no added cost? So it should work out cheaper... at least I thought that's what they said at their E3 conference.Click to expand...
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I think so yes but for a single xbox, it takes the single live account and all users can access features behind the paywall as if they had gold on that console.

arthurdentpc has 3 xbox's tho, and the old "family" bundle allowed each user to effectively have their own gold membership, so gold on each user which translated to gold on each console, now its gold to anyone on the single xbox....

So I assume on single xbox families the new system is much better, but on multiple xbox families its not as good. Its not super clear tho how this new gold system will work on xbox one, but it does read like arthur is shafted rather unfairly in this new scenario.

AvalonX · Jul 5, 2014

Microsoft just ended the Family Plan for good

Microsoft sent this announcement via e-mail to all Family Plan members. This is terrible for people who have more than one console. Also note (in bold) that this answers the questions about the Gold Live sharing on multiple consoles. So if you plan to throw out your 360's and game library and have you family glued to one Xbox One then you are good. Once you go that friends house your family cannot play in Live on either console unless you have an additional sub. Terrible.

Xbox Live Gold Family Pack Conversion to Individual Memberships
As a valued Xbox Live Gold member, we'd like to thank you and your family for being part of the Gold community.

We continually evaluate our offerings and are always working to provide services that best meet the needs of our customers.
Starting August 27, 2013, we will be converting each activated account on your Gold Family Pack to an individual Xbox Live Gold membership to prepare for new upcoming features on Xbox Live Gold. Rest assured, each individual membership will work on both Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
Through the new Home Gold feature on Xbox One, a single Xbox Live Gold membership will allow anyone in your home to enjoy many Gold features like multiplayer, access to Gold entertainment apps, and more on your Xbox One.*
As a bonus, we will give each converted individual Xbox Live Gold membership from your Gold Family Pack an extra 3 months of Gold (in addition to the time remaining on your membership term).**
Before your memberships convert, you can still add family members to your Xbox Live Gold Family Pack, for a total of up to four accounts. However, any unassigned secondary accounts will no longer be accessible after your conversion. Please be sure to update your secondary accounts here.
After your memberships convert, the only Gold Family Pack features that will no longer be available are activity monitoring reports and Microsoft Points allowances. Activity monitoring reports will deactivate at the time of Gold Family Pack conversion, whereas the Microsoft Points allowance feature will no longer be available after the next Xbox 360 system update. Xbox Live family settings, including parental controls for what your kids can access and play on or offline, will still be available.

More Info >>

We hope you enjoy your 3 bonus months of Xbox Live Gold and continue to benefit from your Xbox Live Gold memberships on Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

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THEOWENKILLER · Jul 5, 2014

Your account will work on both consoles as you are the main account on the xbox one.

Yours sons account will work on the xbox one as a secondary account with all gold benefits.

Your son would need to buy gold again to be a gold member on the 360.

THEOWENKILLER

Your account will work on both consoles as you are the main account on the xbox one.

Yours sons account will work on the xbox one as a secondary account with all gold benefits.

Your son would need to buy gold again to be a gold member on the 360.

ngocphi

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/billi...hange-region#74a5e4979269444288b7e908c6d9ee08

Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack membership

Although your existing Xbox LIVE Gold membership will work in the new region as long as it’s supported there (see the previous section, “Xbox LIVE Gold Membership,” for more information), the associated Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack memberships will remain
active but might not work like they should.

Even if these memberships stop working, if you have recurring billing, you’ll continue to be charged for your Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack memberships until you cancel at your My account page.

If Xbox LIVE Gold Family Pack memberships are available in your new region, you can start a new membership once you’ve changed regions.

If you have trouble canceling your subscription online, contact Xbox Support.

i think this applies to everyone who is already in the family membership not someone who transfers regions

if you had created the family membership and not added someone this may apply you will have to contact support as this is a new tool

Judge

Hey there! Your question is explained on the FAQ page:
http://support.xbox.com/en-US/billing-and-subscriptions/account-management/how-to-join-family-pack

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Gold Family Pack discounts and membership extensions

If you currently have an Xbox LIVE Gold Membership, you will get a discount on your Gold Family Pack membership based on how many months remain on your existing Gold Membership.

The discount varies by region, and is calculated by first taking the price of an Xbox LIVE Gold 12-month membership divided by 12 months (Gold monthly rate). The Gold Family Pack discount that you receive is the Gold monthly rate, multiplied by the number
of months left on your existing Gold membership (rounded up to the next full month), then subtracted from your purchase price.

Note Your Gold Family Pack membership starts on date of your purchase. Your credit card is charged immediately, after any discounts are applied.

Do I get a discount when I add existing Xbox Gold members to my Family Pack?

Yes. When an existing Xbox LIVE Gold member is added to a Family Pack, remaining membership time is added to the Family Pack membership. For every two months remaining on their current Gold membership, the entire family receives an extra month of Xbox LIVE
Gold. For example, if your child has six months remaining on his or her existing Xbox LIVE Gold membership, when you add him or her to your Family Pack, your Family Pack membership is extended by three months."

Batmanek5

Do you have an Xbox Live Gold membership? Also, is your account an adult account, as it may be parental controls blocking your access?

I do have Xbox Live Gold membership, it's on kid's but I enabled everything as I think. It worked on my brother's account with same settings but when we removed ourselves from Microsoft Family and it stopped working for him too.

EggsBoxJuan

How do I cancel a Gold Family Pack membership?

For information about how to cancel your membership, see
Cancel your Xbox LIVE Gold Membership.

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Once the membership has been cancelled or run out you can go to a regular Gold membership.

Xbox Live Gold membership. I thought it worked like a family membership too??