My son got an Xbox One for his birthday. Someone advised me to set up a Gold subscription in my own name and then a child account for him, so I could be in control of who does what (and also let his sister set up her own child account and share the benefits).
He has just received a Xbox gift card. If he redeems the code under his own child account will he still be able to take advantage of the gold deals or will he have to pay full price? If he buys the game under his account, will the games also work for other family members?
Perhaps I should just redeem the code under my own account and make all purchases for him?
Although he's still quite young, I'm also mindful that in a few years he might want to have an adult account on a new Xbox but still be able to play some of the old games he bought with his own credit.
Best Answer
As long as your Xbox is set as the home Xbox under your account, any account in the Xbox itself can share Games with Gold, and all of your game purchases, including your Xbox Live Gold status.
Account funds are tracked separately. If you purchased the game, it would be under your account only, so if your son were to get his own Xbox, he wouldn't have access to it unless you downloaded your account onto his Xbox and set it up as the home Xbox.
If you're still unclear on anything, I'm more than happy to clarify. I know this by experience because I have my girlfriend's Xbox as my home Xbox, allowing her to access all the games I've purchased, and my Xbox live gold status.