Xbox Live on two consoles

johnmoore1967 · Dec 18, 2018

Forgive me but I know very little about gaming. My two sons are getting two Xbox Ones for Xmas. One will be at my ex-partners house and one at mine. They have also been bought one 12 month Xbox live gold subscription. Is this enough for them to play online
on both boxes or will I need to buy another subscription?

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XBF Esteban R

Hey there, Grizwulf!

We have this setting called
My Home Xbox through which you can set up an Xbox Live and any digitally downloaded games to be shared from one gamertag to any account on the console you set it on. This feature can only be used to share with one console.

What most people do if they have two consoles, is enable home sharing on the console that everyone is going to be using aside from the person who is paying for Gold. I posted a link that should have all the info on how that works above.

Give that link a look through and let us know if that clears things up a little bit.

Thanks!

choppyseize

Hi

As stated you need two separate subscriptions. You can add them into a family account and manage things there. That way you can even set time limits and content restrictions as well

Puppy Fujo

I would recommend that you get them their own subscription to Xbox Gold. That way if they have friends over they don't have to worry about not having Gold if a friend logs on in order to play a game your son doesn't own. It will make things easier for both
of them and doesn't require the others account to be on their Xbox. They can still share games at any time should they so desire.

NeoDan123

You will have to gameshare as mentioned by the others.

At the Nozzle

Hey johnmoore1967,

You can utilize the "Home" feature provided by Xbox to share games and Xbox Live gold with other players on that "Home" console.

Basically, the account that is registered with the
Xbox Live Gold Subscription and purchases games should set the other console as their "Home". This enables the other player to access their game as well as receive Xbox Live Gold benefits.

However, keep in mind that if you switch your "Home" Xbox to another one, the other account on the previous Xbox will no longer have gold or access to all the games.

Here is more information on Xbox Home features: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/games/game-setup/my-home-xbox
Info on gold sharing: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/xbox-live/xbox-live-gold-sharing-features
Xbox Support for assistance: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/contact-us

If you want to avoid any potential conflict in the future, the more expensive option is to buy both accounts gold as well as purchase games separately for each child. That too is an option.

Best,

Nozzle

Xbox Live on two consoles