Posted 19 November 2015
Xbox One - Game sharing guide
Hi all,
In response to queries about Xbox One digital game sharing, I’ve put together the guide below.
In response to queries about Xbox One digital game sharing, I’ve put together the guide below.
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sorted byIf you combine this method with the other guide about purchasing in other regions, you can grab some serious bargains (for instance, it would cost £210 to purchase 2 copies of Battlefront Star Wars Deluxe Edition, while this method, combined with purchasing from the Colombian Xbox store, you will get the game for £44.70 - or £22.35 each. A saving of £165.30).
Details of purchasing from other regions can be found here:
hotukdeals.com/mis…295
For the purposes of this guide, I will be referring to Person A owning Xbox A and Person B, owning Xbox B.
You will either need to do this with someone you trust (as you will need to let them know your xbox account email & password), or someone local you can pop over to their house to perform.
The first thing to do is for Person A to log into Xbox B. Once logged in, navigate to Settings, Personalisation, My Home Xbox. Select the option “Make this my home Xbox”.
Once done, log out, you will never need to log Person A into Xbox B again.
Next, you want to repeat the process on the other console.
Person B need to log into Xbox A and again navigate to Settings, Personalisation, My Home Xbox. Select the option “Make this my home Xbox”.
Again, log out (remove the account from the Xbox if you want, you will never need this again).
This has effectively told Microsoft that your home xboxes are each others, so any digital games purchased will be downloaded to both Xbox’s.
Going forward, everything Person A or B purchases, will be downloaded on both Xbox A & Xbox B (you may need to go to your pending downloads to see the new content & then select it to download/install).
There are no restrictions on this method, you can both play the game on your own Gamer Tags, play at the same time as each other, even against each other if required.
As an additional feature, this also works for Xbox Live Gold, all DLC & even EA Access (only 1 person needs to purchase these for the other to benefit) - it effectively halves the cost of ownership.
The only restriction on EA Access is that only the purchaser can play the trials, but the full games are unlocked for both of you to play.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Should save you a few quid now come Christmas
Yes to both questions (or leave the profiles on the box as they wont ever be logged into again, this doesn't really matter).
Good man - easy when you know how
The games are tied to the profile so yeah all back catalogue will be available, are you sharing you're profile with them and vice versa
As above mate, everything purchased in the past will be available to your friend & vice versa
Regards
J
thanks
Yep. I think the only limitation is that he wont get the 10 hour free trials via EA access, but he will get access to all the included games on there.
I'm sure you can share Xbox Live, my mate runs off mine.
I'll await another comment, but I'm not sure you can share Gold anymore. Sharing games as per post 1 is still fine, so that should work for you, but I don't share gold anymore, so can't confirm sorry mate.
Still game sharing mind & it's working brilliantly as per the original post.
I know I'm still sharing Gold with someone but I don't know if it would make a difference if I let it expire and then renewed as I always renew before expire.
(Their subscription for Gold say's "expired 2014" so they are definitely sharing my Gold.)
I have EA Access so I can ask later if they are still able to share mine,, usually the only restriction is we can't share the "early access to play 8 hours of full game" I.e Battlefield 1
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Once you've logged in on the other console & set the home Xbox, you then log out straight away meaning no one will have access to any of your info.
Yes. My one lad has had his Xbox for about a year & i've got my youngest one for xmas now. The eldest has a fair few games already, some digital & some on disc. I think in the future buying just digital games is the way to go now. Thanks again Chris, very helpful.
once done can i remove my profile from my bro's and remove my bro's profile from mine?
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Sometimes I get the Games with Gold from Xbox.com rather than on the Xbox itself - which Xbox would this download to, would it register it as free to download on both?
Nope. Getting from either "Console B" or via Xbox.com will put the free games with gold in both Xbox download queues.
How's Battlefront? worth buying?
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No problem mate. Battlefront is excellent.
It's basically Battlefield with a Star Wars skin/theme
I'm not 100%, but I don't think so.
cheers
As your base (i.e the physical location buying from), or buying from those specific regions from where you are now ?
Yes, that will work
Streaming to a Win 10 machine works fine.
Yeah sorry I didn't make it exactly clear upon re reading lol. So both if these won't trigger the other persons console at all?
No, it won't affect anything mate, will all work on your own own console !
Saying that, I'm a PC gamer and rarely touch my Xbone so I could be completely confused. As a rule though.. if something isn't an advertised feature, it can be patched out without warning. If you've gone halfers with a friend and have your game collection ownership between accounts.. things could get.... awkward.
This has been available since the 360 days mate, so I highly doubt it's something they would "fix". Especially after thier poor decisions at the start of the Xbox One generation, they'd only alienate more customers.