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Xbox 360 friends internet

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0x530x610x750x630x79 · 05/05/2015 20:10

Does my son need a gold account to play with his friends

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0x530x610x750x630x79 · 05/05/2015 20:11

Sorry, as the £6 a month is a huge chunk of his pocket money.

He can already text chat, the game is terraria.

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CapnMurica · 07/05/2015 20:33

I think you can send messages via the xbox but not chat in games. Get him to have a try.

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0x530x610x750x630x79 · 08/05/2015 09:13

he has worked out how to chat, i was just wondering if there were any other services available, but we are letting him spend it, I am sure he will get bored of having very little money soon

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Kerberos · 19/05/2015 23:13

Rather than £6 a month consider getting him an annual membership as it's only £30 a year.

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0x530x610x750x630x79 · 20/05/2015 11:20

that is a major difference isn't it.
I could still charge him the £6 a month until it is paid off.

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gamerchick · 20/05/2015 11:25

Well it depends on how much he's into it.

Live gold is a priority luxury in my house but i wouldn't buy it monthly through Xbox. Never ever hook up a card for your kid to his live account. Go to a shop and spend 18 quid for 3 months and put the code in for him to try out.

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0x530x610x750x630x79 · 20/05/2015 11:32

oh i hadn't thought about game time cards.

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gamerchick · 20/05/2015 11:35

It's the same thing but in bulk and works out cheaper in the long run.

Of course it means the temptation isn't there to spend money on a card that's been hooked up.

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Kerberos · 20/05/2015 22:11
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Cassie258 · 20/05/2015 22:14

I always get DP a years membership for Christmas. Perhaps you could get him to pay until his birthday?

Yes I did mean DP, not DS. Haha

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0x530x610x750x630x79 · 21/05/2015 10:12

do i have to police it like facebook? will he get friend requests from complete strangers?

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gamerchick · 21/05/2015 10:44

No it's not like Facebook and very easy to keep an eye and ear on.

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WindMeUpAndLetMeGo · 21/05/2015 10:49

Yes you will get friend requests from randoms, we have a rule that they are only allowed to add RL friends and family.

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springalong · 21/05/2015 10:58

following with total interest as I am useless at stuff like this and DS is getting to that stage.....

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roseteapot101 · 21/05/2015 11:09

Just make sure you know whos he talking too there are some very strange people online

and say to him dont add strangers as friends just people you have met in person and tell him to tell you if he has any concerns at all about people you will always help

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ICallHimGerald · 21/05/2015 11:10

I got our membership cheaper via a 3rd party. We used cdkeys

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Kerberos · 21/05/2015 14:33

You can set his account so that you must approve all of his friends. This is how DDs is set up. She has to ask us to put a password in before she can accept a new friend request.

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Ataraxy · 21/05/2015 15:01

I've just bought xbox gold for £25 so do a google search. My dcs can now invite their friends onto their minecraft game to play with them. Which is what they wanted it for really.

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Ataraxy · 21/05/2015 15:08

Oh it was cdkeys I got it from too.

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WindMeUpAndLetMeGo · 21/05/2015 20:52

I got mine from Cdkeys too, if you "like" their FB page you get a 5% discount code.

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0x530x610x750x630x79 · 22/05/2015 09:43

Thanks kerberos, i now know you are not just the dog but also the network stuff (other peoples problems as far as I am concerned)

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