Because you are asking about two whole different competing companies. Xbox is Microsoft, Sony is PS3. PS3 has been discontinued and is no longer supported online, so they gave it out for free. Xbox 360 live was never changed although discontinued, so it remains at a price.
Do I have to pay for multiple Xbox Live accounts?
Polygon reports that multiple accounts will be able to share an Xbox Live Gold membership from a console. Unsurprisingly, Xbox One owners won’t have to purchase a separate Xbox Live subscription to utilize the new console alongside the Xbox 360. Existing Xbox Live Gold memberships will apply to both systems.
Do I need Xbox Live for each console?
You can only share gold on 1 console at a time. If only 1 of the kids is going to be using the 2nd console, the first could set that console as their Home in order to share their gold. Otherwise, if multiple people will be sharing both, then you would need a 2nd subscription.
Can I have 2 Xboxes on the same account?
You can be signed in to multiple consoles and platforms at once: Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, even cloud gaming and PC gaming. However, you can’t be signed in to more than one Xbox 360 at a time. If you try to sign in on a second Xbox 360, you’ll be automatically signed out from the first console.
Do you have to pay for Xbox Live on Xbox 360?
This is only true for the Xbox One. If you have multiple accounts on an Xbox 360 each individual account would have to pay for a gold membership. Also, if you have an Xbox one and an Xbox 360 one live account can be used for both consoles. One year subscription cards go on sale all the time.
Can you have more than one Xbox Live account?
Unfortunately, there is no way to make it work across 3 consoles without buying at least 2 subscriptions. Gold can only be shared on 1 console at a time. So the person who owns the gold would have to set one console as their Home, then they can use another console, and then another account would need gold for the 3rd console.
Can you have Xbox Live Gold on two different consoles?
We understand that you are interested in knowing if you can share Xbox Live Gold between two consoles. It is possible to share the subscription between two different consoles. You must use the home console feature on the desired Xbox One.
Can a son have an Xbox Live account?
You can have your son use the Xbox profile on your account, but he will not have access to any games that are purchased on his account or his saved data. You can only share your Xbox Live Gold subscription on one console at a time.
Why do you have to pay to play online on PS4?
Financial loophole lets you save extra for retirement. The average account holder who uses this as an investment option has a balance of $15,092. Originally Answered: PSN & Xbox Live why do you have to pay to play online? Because you pay for what you get.
Why do you have to pay for Xbox Live?
It made sense for Xbox Live because at the time consoles weren’t thought of as online gaming devices (and in fact online gaming was niche at the time) but since the PS3 and Wii were made with it in mind there hasn’t been a compelling reason for it other than “Xbox made money from it and nobody complained, so we’re doing it too.”
Do you have to pay to play online on Xbox One?
So EA and Ubisoft stopped trying. No, you’re not paying for dedicated servers. Those are provided by the game’s publishers on a per game basis. Most games are run P2P. The only reason you’re paying a subscription is they know you’re willing to.
Which is better Xbox Live Gold or PSN?
1. The PlayStation Network is free. Sure, sometimes the PSN goes down or is taken down by hackers, a problem Microsoft has done a better job avoiding, but Xbox Live Gold will cost you $50 a year. That’s $50 more than you’ll pay to play online games on the PSN.
