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In 2013, during the runup to the launch of the PlayStation 4, Sony released an “instructional” video on how to share PS4 games with friends. The 22-second clip features Shuhei Yoshida, then the president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, handing a PS4 game to Adam Boyes, another Sony exec. At the time, it was a dig at how poorly Microsoft muddled the capabilities (or not) surrounding sharing games on the then-upcoming Xbox One.
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Hi, this video shows you how to setup the Xbox One S Console. It shows you how to connect it to your TV via the HDMI lead, what settings to use on your TV, h. Xbox One console: Game streaming must be enabled in Settings. Windows 10 PC: You must be signed in to the Xbox app with the same gamertag as on the Xbox One console. Network connectivity: The Windows 10 PC and the Xbox One console must be on the same home network. Options: Wired - Ethernet connection (recommended for both PC and Xbox One console). Press the Xbox button on your controller to open the guide, then go to System Settings Account. Under Account, select Family settings Manage family members. Select the child whose settings you want to update. Select Privacy & online safety, then choose default settings, or customize by selecting View details & customize.
Of course, how we play and share video games has changed a lot over the past seven years. More people than ever are buying games digitally, which makes sharing them more complicated than just handing a disc to a friend. You can’t just physically hand your friend a massive, rights-restricted chunk of code. But you can work around this restriction by learning how to deftly manage your “primary” consoles.
For all three major consoles, designating one machine as your primary console allows all other accounts on that machine to play any downloaded games associated with your account. This is most helpful in family or other shared-household situations. Let’s say you have a PS4 in the living room and one of your live-ins (kids, roommates, recently-dumped BFFs) has one in their bedroom. You needn’t buy two digital copies of God of War. You just need to set the console you’re not playing on as your primary console. Anyone playing on that console will be able to pummel the Norse pantheon with their account. When you want to play, you’ll be able to put Baldur in his place by signing in on your non-primary PS4.
Here’s how to set up a primary console on your PS4, Switch, or Xbox One.
Activating a PS4 as your primary PS4 is a painless process. Once you sign into the console, go to the settings, open up the Account Management submenu, and hit the “activate as your primary PlayStation 4” option. When prompted, hit “activate” again, and you’re good to go. To deactivate a console as your primary, just go through that process in reverse. You don’t need to deactivate one PS4 before setting another one as your primary. There are pretty much no limits to futzing with this setting on the console itself.
But let’s say you’re in a situation where you need to deactivate a primary PS4 remotely—maybe your machine is hopelessly busted, or maybe you sold it and forgot to log out, or maybe you logged into a friend’s machine in early March and were then quickly isolated from them by an unprecedented, world-upending pandemic. Whatever the case, you can remotely deactivate a PS4 from Sony’s account management website. Just keep in mind that you can only do this once every six months.
To set up a Switch as your primary console, you have to link a Nintendo Account to a Switch user account. It’s a relatively simple process: Once you’ve created a user account on the Switch, head to the console’s system settings. Find the one you want to link, then select “link Nintendo account.” Follow the prompts to sign in.
Once that’s squared away, head to your account page on the eShop (it’s on the upper-righthand corner of the main page) and scroll down to the bottom of the first submenu. After all the payment options, available funds, and other account information, you should see a “Primary Console” section. Hit the “Register” button and you’re good to go.
If you’ve already set up a primary Switch, this option will be gated off—and unlike primary accounts on the PS4, where you can activate new primary consoles without deactivating old ones, you’ll need to deregister the original primary Switch first. You can do so by visiting your Nintendo Account from a web browser, but only once per year. It’s far easier to deactivate if you have the original Switch in front of you. Just visit that same “Primary Console” section in the eShop. You should see the message “This console is registered as your primary console.” and a tiny “Deregister” button. Hit that twice to clear the runway.
There’s a huge warning to all of this: Once you link a Nintendo Account to a Switch user account, you can’t unbind the two. You can register and register primary machines, but the only way to unpair Nintendo Accounts and Switch user accounts is to delete the Switch user account—and all save data tied to it. Bear that in mind before you pair your Nintendo Account to your Switch user account.
On Xbox One, your primary console is called your “home” console. Changing it is straightforward, but you can only do so five times annually on a rolling basis, with each year starting from the moment you make your first shift. There are some bonus perks, though, chiefly that every person playing on your home Xbox can also make use of your Xbox Live Gold subscription or any games downloaded from Xbox Game Pass, should you be signed up for either service.
To designate a home Xbox, sign into your account and open up the system settings. Open the Personalization submenu, and select “My home Xbox.” Choose the “Make this my home Xbox” option, and you’re good to go. If you’ve already exceeded the pesky five-annual limit, you’ll get a popup telling you when you can shift things again.
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Most Xbox One users don’t encounter problems with their console but for those who may have to deal with some problems, knowing how to reset their device might find it handy. There are three types of reset that you can perform on an Xbox One. Each of them may be necessary to fix a certain problem. This brief article will show you what’s the difference between each of these resets.
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Three types of resets on an Xbox One
Below are the 3 types of resets that you can perform on your Xbox One. Let’s discuss each of them briefly.
What is Soft Reset?
Soft reset, also known as restart, happens when you turn off the console via the Power Center or using the Guide button. Your Xbox One is NOT powered all the way down when you restart it and it still retains information from its last power-on state. This can be a useful trick if your console runs slow or if you encounter a minor glitch with your game.
To restart your Xbox One via the Power Center:
- Press and hold the Xbox button in the center of your Xbox One controller to open the Power Center.
- Select Restart console.
- Select Restart.
To restart your Xbox One from the guide:
- Press the Xbox button to open the guide.
- Select System > Settings > General > Power mode & startup.
- Select Restart now.
What is Hard Reset?
On the other hand, a hard restart or reset occurs when you power down your Xbox One. The other name we use for this type of reset is power cycle. You can do this by pressing and holding the Xbox button in front of the console for about 10 seconds. Once the console is off, you can leave the console unplugged from the power outlet for about 2 minutes to clear its memory.
Like soft reset, this won’t erase any data but it may be helpful in fixing temporary or minor bugs that may have developed after leaving the console on for a long time.
You can turn the Xbox One back on by pressing the Power button in front of the console. Two tb external hard drive.
What is Factory Reset?
Xbox One factory reset wipes the data stored in the hard drive and returns the software settings to its factory state. This reset will erase all saved game data, installed apps and games, and other settings that you configured before. In other words, the software will revert to a state when your console was first shipped.
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Reasons why you might want to factory reset your Xbox One
Doing a factory reset is usually a recommended troubleshooting step if you encounter problems that regular steps like soft or hard reset can’t fix. For example, if your console keeps on freezing or crashing games all the time, it’s possible that there may be a software issue behind it, or the game in question may have corrupted files. To fix the problem, you can perform a factory reset to bring back the known working factory state of the software.
You also need to factory reset your Xbox One if you plan in giving it away or if you want to sell it. Doing so will remove all your personal information such as your gamertag, saved games, downloaded apps and games, from the hard drive.
How to factory reset your Xbox One?
Reverting the software settings of your Xbox One to its factory state is simple. Keep in mind that this will erase your data so be sure to back up the stuff you need before proceeding.
- On your controller, press the Home button.You can also press left on the D-pad until the main Home menu appears.
- Go to Settings menu.Select the gear icon to open the settings menu.
- Go to System.Select System from Settings menu.
- Go to Console info.Select Console info under System.
- Go to Reset console.Select Reset console under Console info.
- Format the hard drive.Select Reset and remove everything for a full factory reset.
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Once you’ve selected Reset and remove everything, there will be no prompt to ask you for a confirmation. Be careful not to proceed with the reset if you haven’t prepared your backup yet.
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