My little brothers birthday was today so we got him an xbox 360 elite because he is in love with minecraft. I am a playstation guy and have no experience with the setup of xbox. I have only played it at friends houses. I have played minecraft at my friends house and to do splitscreen, I start the game turn on the controller and I am good to go. This is not working here. In the house We have a playstation so we were not originally interested in buying XBL for one or two games. WE HAVE NO XBOX LIVE ACCOUNT OF ANY KIND. We do have a sick HDTV along with HDMI cables so that is not an issue. My main question is this---
***DO I NEED AN XBOX LIVE ACCOUNT (OF ANY SORT) TO PLAY SPLITSCREEN ON MINECRAFT***
In order to buy games through XBLA (via download), you will need to set up an Xbox Live account. A Gold account is required if you want to play any game online (i.e. with people on your friends' list when they are in their home on their own Xbox and you are on yours). You also require an Xbox Live account to download the periodic updates.
Beyond that (provided you are playing on the original console on which you purchase the game through XBLA), you do not have to be connected to Live or even the internet to play the game in single player or in local splitscreen multiplayer.
It gets more complicated IF (and only if) you download the game onto a second console using the same account . Basically, the account profile (gamertag) that purcfhases the game can redownload the game onto other consoles and that gamertag can play the game on those other consoles; but other people cannot play the game without that gamertag being signed in (i.e. connected online) to Live on that other console and that gamertag cannot be signed in on more than one console at the same time. (This is to prevent people from duplicating the game for free on their friends' consoles.)
You can also purchase the game on disc and play that version (TU9) without ever even connecting the Xbox to the internet. However, you will need an Xbox Live account and the ability to connect the Xbox to the internet periodically in order to download any updates to the game that have come out after the disc was made. Also, the disc version cannot be uploaded to the console hard drive, so the game is continually reading the disc as you play.
Microsoft have changed their presentation of their Live accounts since we purchased ours, but I believe it works now that if you decline to pay to set up a Gold account, it will set you up with a Silver (free) account. As I mentioned above, the Silver account does not entitle you to any actual online play.
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***DO I NEED AN XBOX LIVE ACCOUNT (OF ANY SORT) TO PLAY SPLITSCREEN ON MINECRAFT***
Beyond that (provided you are playing on the original console on which you purchase the game through XBLA), you do not have to be connected to Live or even the internet to play the game in single player or in local splitscreen multiplayer.
It gets more complicated IF (and only if) you download the game onto a second console using the same account . Basically, the account profile (gamertag) that purcfhases the game can redownload the game onto other consoles and that gamertag can play the game on those other consoles; but other people cannot play the game without that gamertag being signed in (i.e. connected online) to Live on that other console and that gamertag cannot be signed in on more than one console at the same time. (This is to prevent people from duplicating the game for free on their friends' consoles.)
You can also purchase the game on disc and play that version (TU9) without ever even connecting the Xbox to the internet. However, you will need an Xbox Live account and the ability to connect the Xbox to the internet periodically in order to download any updates to the game that have come out after the disc was made. Also, the disc version cannot be uploaded to the console hard drive, so the game is continually reading the disc as you play.
Microsoft have changed their presentation of their Live accounts since we purchased ours, but I believe it works now that if you decline to pay to set up a Gold account, it will set you up with a Silver (free) account. As I mentioned above, the Silver account does not entitle you to any actual online play.