Up to 4 player split screen on the same console is an option. But if you want to play multiplayer Online, then yes, you will need an Online Account (at least the free Silver account)
To play online multiplayer for any Xbox game you need a Live Gold membership. The free accounts do not grant online game privileges. As Greg indicated, Minecraft does support splitscreen play and local Xbox profiles and the Live free memberships can participate in those as long as the "online game" option is unchecked. In addition, a Live Gold member can have up to three guests playing splitscreen with them while their world is online, but the Guest must sign in as a Guest not on an individual profile. Player data for guest logins are not saved - which means 1) a guest will always spawn at the initial spawn point for the world without a saved inventory 2) guests achievements and stats will not be applied
To play online multiplayer for any Xbox game you need a Live Gold membership. The free accounts do not grant online game privileges. As Greg indicated, Minecraft does support splitscreen play and local Xbox profiles and the Live free memberships can participate in those as long as the "online game" option is unchecked. In addition, a Live Gold member can have up to three guests playing splitscreen with them while their world is online, but the Guest must sign in as a Guest not on an individual profile. Player data for guest logins are not saved - which means 1) a guest will always spawn at the initial spawn point for the world without a saved inventory 2) guests achievements and stats will not be applied
So... If I understand you right, you can 'play' in a game hosted by another player if you have Silver or Gold membership... but you can only host games if you have a Gold Membership?
(I don't really play online multiplayer that much...or at all, for that matter... I usually just do splitscreen multiplayer or just play solo mostly)
*Side Note: To play split screen multiplayer, you MUST have/use a HDMI output from your XBox to the Television, otherwise the option to play multiplayer is just not available inside the game.
So... If I understand you right, you can 'play' in a game hosted by another player if you have Silver or Gold membership... but you can only host games if you have a Gold Membership?
(I don't really play online multiplayer that much...or at all, for that matter... I usually just do splitscreen multiplayer or just play solo mostly)
*Side Note:
Nope, you can only play in a game hosted by another player on another console online if you have a Gold membership. You can only play splitscreen with an assigned profile if the splitscreen game is offline (unless that assigned profile has a gold membership also). You can play with a player who has a gold membership and is online splitscreen on his console as his "Guest." (i.e. you sign in as a "Guest" and your gamertag is that of the host with a number in brackets behind it. In that case, your player data doesn't save at all. Each time a host signs in a "Guest", the game will assume that it's a new different "Guest" so they willl start always at the initial spawn with a new map and nothing else and what they do in the game does not get recorded on the leaderboards regardless of whether or not the world is survival or creative. The host can, of course, still save the world... so if one is planning to play with the same Guest another time, the best move is to have them pop their inventory into a chest at the initial world spawn point so they can pick up their stuff when they join the game again.
I don't even think they offer Silver anymore. It's Gold or nothing.
That's quite possible. I haven't seen it listed on their website for quite some time. I was once told that if you start the membership process that option for a free membership comes up later... but I can't confirm that.
Nope, you can only play in a game hosted by another player on another console online if you have a Gold membership...
Thanks for the clarification. Someday... I promise I will become less reclusive and be more social and come out of my bubble and actually try an Online game.... sometime. LOL
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Nope! Xbox Live Multiplayer you can get by purchasing a gold membership! You can play offline multiplayer, However you need a HD TV! To do so. Then when your using a HD TV with your HD Cord Plugged in just press start on the other controller. This also only allows 4 Player Splitscreen!
Nope! Xbox Live Multiplayer you can get by purchasing a gold membership! You can play offline multiplayer, However you need a HD TV! To do so. Then when your using a HD TV with your HD Cord Plugged in just press start on the other controller. This also only allows 4 Player Splitscreen!
I'm not quite sure who you were trying to 'correct' but we were discussing playing multiplayer on 2 or more different consoles... not on the same console.
I don't even think they offer Silver anymore. It's Gold or nothing.
I don't know about the startup process, but I do know that if your gold time expires you are given a choice to revert to a free account; which I believe is silver. I go through that every year...
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Just to confirm... You can't play multiplayer with players on other Xbox if you do not have a gold account?
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I think a lot of the confusion is with Microsoft's stupid decision to use the terms "Silver" and "Gold". Silver is the free account that you get simply by plugging the console into the internet. It let's you download and use Aps, as well as purchase games and content. Gold is the pay-account that provides the above options and adds the opportunity to host and join online games. There are some additional perks with Gold, like the Free Game of the Month and other such promotions. I think terms like "Basic" and "Premium" would have been a better choice, though.
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So... If I understand you right, you can 'play' in a game hosted by another player if you have Silver or Gold membership... but you can only host games if you have a Gold Membership?
(I don't really play online multiplayer that much...or at all, for that matter... I usually just do splitscreen multiplayer or just play solo mostly)
*Side Note: To play split screen multiplayer, you MUST have/use a HDMI output from your XBox to the Television, otherwise the option to play multiplayer is just not available inside the game.
Nope, you can only play in a game hosted by another player on another console online if you have a Gold membership. You can only play splitscreen with an assigned profile if the splitscreen game is offline (unless that assigned profile has a gold membership also). You can play with a player who has a gold membership and is online splitscreen on his console as his "Guest." (i.e. you sign in as a "Guest" and your gamertag is that of the host with a number in brackets behind it. In that case, your player data doesn't save at all. Each time a host signs in a "Guest", the game will assume that it's a new different "Guest" so they willl start always at the initial spawn with a new map and nothing else and what they do in the game does not get recorded on the leaderboards regardless of whether or not the world is survival or creative. The host can, of course, still save the world... so if one is planning to play with the same Guest another time, the best move is to have them pop their inventory into a chest at the initial world spawn point so they can pick up their stuff when they join the game again.
That's quite possible. I haven't seen it listed on their website for quite some time. I was once told that if you start the membership process that option for a free membership comes up later... but I can't confirm that.
Thanks for the clarification.
I'm not quite sure who you were trying to 'correct' but we were discussing playing multiplayer on 2 or more different consoles... not on the same console.
I don't know about the startup process, but I do know that if your gold time expires you are given a choice to revert to a free account; which I believe is silver. I go through that every year...
Correct.
I think a lot of the confusion is with Microsoft's stupid decision to use the terms "Silver" and "Gold". Silver is the free account that you get simply by plugging the console into the internet. It let's you download and use Aps, as well as purchase games and content. Gold is the pay-account that provides the above options and adds the opportunity to host and join online games. There are some additional perks with Gold, like the Free Game of the Month and other such promotions. I think terms like "Basic" and "Premium" would have been a better choice, though.