We want to have an 8-player minecraft party for my son's birthday, but I am clueless when it comes to both the Xbox and Minecraft. We have 1 Xbox and I am hoping to rent a second. Is it possible for me to do an 8-player multiplayer game, i.e. 2 x 4-splitscreen? My 9 year old daughter seems to think everyone would need an Xbox Live account.
As far as I know, everyone will need an Xbox Live GOLD account. If you get all those account, you can make an 8 player game with two Xbox, but the TVs you'll be using have to be HD with their corresponding HD cables.
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If you're going to be playing 8 player multiplayer, it has to be through xbox live. You'll be needing gold accounts for all of the (I was wrong. Thanks MrPinoyRocker) only 2 of the accounts playing on each xbox. Just sign in as guests for the remaining. But you're able to play 4 player splitscreen offline without any xbox live though. And for splitscreen multiplayer to work, you'll need an HD-TV with an HDMI cord.
If you are still considering in doing this, I'd recommend you just get 2 day trials for the accounts that need gold instead of actual subscriptions. Use them on or before the day of the party. They're extremely cheap.
Wouldnt you need only 2 GOLD accounts? one per Xbox and the other accounts can just be xbl guests???
Forgot to mention that. Thanks for reminding.
So to CompMac, you'll just need 2 gold accounts in total for 8 player splitscreen through xbox live. (1 gold account per xbox)
all of the(I was wrong. Thanks MrPinoyRocker) only 2 of the accounts playing on each xbox. Just sign in as guests for the remaining. But you're able to play 4 player splitscreen offline without any xbox live though. And for splitscreen multiplayer to work, you'll need an HD-TV with an HDMI cord.If you are still considering in doing this, I'd recommend you just get 2 day trials for the accounts that need gold instead of actual subscriptions. Use them on or before the day of the party. They're extremely cheap.
Forgot to mention that. Thanks for reminding.
So to CompMac, you'll just need 2 gold accounts in total for 8 player splitscreen through xbox live. (1 gold account per xbox)
I thought you can only go up to 1 guest per account. If you're able to get more, then my mistake. Edited my post above.