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Another option is to take turns buying the titles

Originally Posted by kaptinmorgan this makes sense to me, but if you were to do this, could you for example have 400 points on CAG As profile being loaded and 400 points on CAG Bs 360 and download an 800 point arcade game, or does CAG A have to have all 800 points? if so, then isn't it only half off if both CAGs agree to somehow split the cost?

1. You must have Marketplace Points on at least one of the accounts
2. In order to get the 50% off price, both friends agree to pay half of the full price of the content

There you go.. first section of the OP.. couldn't have been easier to understand..

Sonic is giving me crap. I was the guy with points but everytime I boot it up on my machine I have to "unlock" it again. Of course it is free and takes about ten seconds but it is annoying as hell... Weird because it has never happened before...

Hmm, I should find someone to do this with me. Half price CC points plus half-price content??? WIN!!!

Problem is, none of my real-life friends have XBL.

Originally Posted by MillerTime2523 You must have Marketplace Points on at least one of the accounts In order to get the 50% off price, both friends agree to pay half of the full price of the content There you go.. first section of the OP.. couldn't have been easier to understand..

3) Always be CAG A, because even though being CAG A is a bit less convenient, he aways can never lose the games. CAG B is screwed permanently if his 360 ever dies.

So will this work with the new 512 MB unit?

Will it work on an arcade game already purchased on CAG A's xbox, then Cag A brings his profile over to CAG B's house, and try to sign into cag A's account on Cag B's 360, then sign out of cag A and into CaG b? this was not working for me.

Basically, can it be used for content purchased on Cag A's xbox, w/o it being purchased on Cag B's xbox (using cag A's profile)?

Or does it have to be origionally purchased on Cag B's xbox using Cag A's account?

Has the new dash update effected half price content at all?

This may have been addressed. But I might have missed it while skimming.

One of the rules says access to live. But is that only for the transfer or every time?

For example

If I do this at my house with both consoles hooked up to live
Then my brother-in-law takes his console back to his house without an Internet connection. Could he play the games we transfered? Or does it check every time you boot up the game?

Originally Posted by Graystone This may have been addressed. But I might have missed it while skimming. One of the rules says access to live. But is that only for the transfer or every time? For example If I do this at my house with both consoles hooked up to live Then my brother-in-law takes his console back to his house without an Internet connection. Could he play the games we transfered? Or does it check every time you boot up the game?

CAG A will always need to be connected to Live to use the content. CAG B doesn't need to be.

Originally Posted by shipwreck CAG A will always need to be connected to Live to use the content. CAG B doesn't need to be.

Thanks

I did this before I knew this guide was out and got geometry wars free from a nice friend

Hey there ship-

I was trying earlier to get this to work with master nudist who posted above. I have come to the realization that the content needs to be purchased at the time of all these shenanigans rather than just downloaded.

I spent about a half hour trying to download content I had already purchased onto nudist's xbox using my profile, only to learn that it will only give you the demo, not the full unlocked game.

My point is, I think your faq would be a lot more clear if you used the words "purchase" as opposed to download. I got the impression me and my buddy could just duplicate marketplace content on each others boxes, w/o having to buy anything at the time.

Does MillerTime's technique still work at this moment? Did anyone get any problems from doing this (banned,didn't work,game didn't work)?

I'm doing this with a relative and wanted to make sure it's safe to do this. We also don't have a memory unit so we want to do the account recovery.

Just to make sure, can you do the account recovery technique multiple times?

Shipwreck, you said "CAG A will always need to be connected to Live to use the content. CAG B doesn't need to be."

Is this also the case for the account recovery? (CAG A can't play offline?)

EDIT: Another question with the account recovery, what is downloaded during the account recovery? Lets say in the first steps, CAG B does an account recovery of CAG A's account. What will CAG B download as a result of this recovery? Will it be all of CAG A's XBLA games and demos, game demos, video demos, ect? Does it delete anything from CAG B's hard drive?

I posted a lot of questions, but I hope someone can help.

I would also like to know the answer to the above questions. Also, can you have more than two people on an account using account recovery so u can split it 3 ways.

Originally Posted by fraggedbylaggers Sonic is giving me crap. I was the guy with points but everytime I boot it up on my machine I have to "unlock" it again. Of course it is free and takes about ten seconds but it is annoying as hell... Weird because it has never happened before...

This is going to be a problem on Golden Axe as well. And one would assume Ecco the Dolphin and all other Sega Collection games. There is no known "fix" to it.

Originally Posted by ZForce915 This is going to be a problem on Golden Axe as well. And one would assume Ecco the Dolphin and all other Sega Collection games. There is no known "fix" to it.

Double Dragon too. I had it once during Catan, but only once.

nice job, never would have thought of doing that.

I disagree with this practice and I shall notify Microsoft. You are stealing money from developers and Microsoft. You all are no better than pirates.

Originally Posted by SmellsLikeRandyMossGuy I disagree with this practice and I shall notify Microsoft. You are stealing money from developers and Microsoft. You all are no better than pirates.

You are kidding, right?

maybe

Originally Posted by SmellsLikeRandyMossGuy I disagree with this practice and I shall notify Microsoft. You are stealing money from developers and Microsoft. You all are no better than pirates.

You are going to notify Microsoft of their own terms and service agreement? There's nothing illegal or shady going on here. It's just using the license that you buy to the fullest extent.