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Old June 28th, 2009, 03:51 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Can I have the same Xbox LIVE account on two different consoles?

I usually play at my dad's house which is where I had set up my Xbox LIVE account to play online and all that jaz, but my own Xbox at my mom's isn't connected to the internet yet cuz I'm still hunting for a cheap wireless adapter. So I'm wondering if when I do get my Xbox connected if I can still play my LIVE account here as well as at my dad's, that way I won't have to pay for a whole seperate account since Microsoft is just out to get our money.

Ask for me to rephrase anything if that seems confusing at all... ._.
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Old June 28th, 2009, 03:58 PM     #2 (permalink)
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You have two seperate Xbox consoles?

I believe you'll need to transfer your account from the one at your dad's house to the one at your mom's, and then vice versa when you go from your mom's to your dad's. It would be easier just to take the original Xbox with you from place to place.

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Just take your hard drive with you.... Or when when you get your other xbox online you can download your profile to another console. The plus side of taking your HDD with you is that you have all your saved games.

Although you cannot use both profiles at the same time.
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Old June 28th, 2009, 07:03 PM     #4 (permalink)
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Just take your hard drive with you.... Or when when you get your other xbox online you can download your profile to another console. The plus side of taking your HDD with you is that you have all your saved games.

Although you cannot use both profiles at the same time.

Does it cost anything to dl my profile to a console?
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no its free
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Old June 28th, 2009, 09:04 PM     #6 (permalink)
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no its free

Would I be able to use my LIVE account on both consoles after that or would I have to keep swiching it over if I went back to the other console?
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You can keep your profile on each console.....

Both consoles need to be kept online to update each other with new achievements etc..... (So if one console is not online it wont be as up to date with the one that is online and vice versa.

Also only your profile will be downloadable not your saved games you will need to take those on the hard drive or memory card.
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If you are wanting to use both xboxes online at the same time you will need a separate account for your dad.

Amazon.com: Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Gold Card plus 1 Month Bonus: Video Games

It comes out to roughly $4.17 a month
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Old June 28th, 2009, 10:25 PM     #9 (permalink)
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You can keep your profile on each console.....

Both consoles need to be kept online to update each other with new achievements etc..... (So if one console is not online it wont be as up to date with the one that is online and vice versa.

Also only your profile will be downloadable not your saved games you will need to take those on the hard drive or memory card.

Ok that makes sense. Thank you very much
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Old June 29th, 2009, 02:17 PM     #10 (permalink)
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I have got an xbox 360 arcade console but i haven't got a hard drive to save some of my games, but i have borrowed my mates hard drive because his xbox had the red ring so he sent it to microsoft to fix it, and i'm going to say that i going to get my own hard drive to save my games and play on live, is it possible that i play xbox live with my own account on mine because i have made an account on my mates one please answer, i have 3 mounths left to play online....
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