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How Gamers Are Exploiting Xbox One Digital Downloads

By Jason Andrews | Published: January 18, 2014

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Since the launch of Xbox One, gamers have noticed a workaround that allows two friends to share each others paid content. This means only 1 of you need buy a game off the Game Store and it can be accessed and played from each others Xbox One console. You’re probably not seeing the wrong doing in that unless you actually take a read of the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use!

How “Friends” are obtaining each others content:

1 – Get your friends Xbox LIVE details and log into this account on your own Xbox One
2 – Go to settings, My Home Xbox and set your friends gamertag as the Home Xbox
3 – Your friend must do the same with your own account on their Xbox One

Now you should be able to access and download all content from each others Xbox LIVE Accounts, but the Home Xbox feature was only in place to enable family and friends to play your games on the Xbox Home console even when they’re signed in with their own profiles.

Currently there are not any reports of Account bans, but since sharing your account password and obtaining content that is infringing IP rights (basically playing a game you did not buy the license to use the software yourself covers this) is against the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use – it is only a matter of time before a huge Microsoft enforced Ban-Hammer drops in your direction!

Sharing games also constitutes online fraudulent activity which is against the Xbox LIVE Code of Conduct – this stipulates that you can not play any illegitimately obtained software, nor lend, transfer, sell, or otherwise provide access to your account.

If you know someone who is doing the above mentioned procedure, or you are doing this yourself with a friend…

STOP NOW BEFORE YOU LOSE EVERYTHING!!

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