Xbox Live gamers should check this

Chaosvermin · 01-16-2009, 12:55 AM

http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...e-118047.phtml

TL;DR
Not signing into the passport that's associated with your gamertag for 3months will cause it to be closed and you wont be able to add MS points or sign up for Gold.
Oh and the account cannot be re-associated with the gamertag so you lose your gamerscore, history DLC, XBLA games and marketplace video.

**Superfreak04** · 01-16-2009, 02:14 AM

Is this only for the 360 or both the old and new xbox?

Sh4d0wD3v1L · 01-16-2009, 02:49 AM

Oh this is just ****ing ridiculous. Seriously. I'm safe because I use MSN regularly, and that signs me in to my passport, but there is no reason to just kill off an account like that. Even my hotmail accounts that I don't use anymore, If I go and recover them, they still function. Sure, all my data is gone, but they function. There has to be a way they can get over this.

Chaosvermin · 01-16-2009, 03:59 AM

Superfreak I would have no idea, I own a PS3, I just saw this article and thought XBL'ers should know.

**macgravel** · 01-16-2009, 07:39 PM

Read it over, and my brother had a gold account that he didn't use for over 6 months, due to him selling his 360. He recently bought a new one, and recovered his gamertag and added a whole new year to it. No deactivation whatsoever.

**tha Guardians** · 01-16-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by macgravel

Read it over, and my brother had a gold account that he didn't use for over 6 months, due to him selling his 360. He recently bought a new one, and recovered his gamertag and added a whole new year to it. No deactivation whatsoever.

I've used a pre-existing account 2 or so years after making it, no problem.
Maybe this is a more recent problem?

Sh4d0wD3v1L · 01-16-2009, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macgravel

Read it over, and my brother had a gold account that he didn't use for over 6 months, due to him selling his 360. He recently bought a new one, and recovered his gamertag and added a whole new year to it. No deactivation whatsoever.

Did he log in to the e-mail, or any other Microsoft thing, he signed up for gold with anytime in that 6 months?

**macgravel** · 01-17-2009, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sh4d0wD3v1L

Did he log in to the e-mail, or any other Microsoft thing, he signed up for gold with anytime in that 6 months?

Nope. He had no reason to and we never use those random Microsoft services.

**PsYcHoZeRoSk8eR** · 01-17-2009, 03:48 AM

Something seems to be a little skewed about this. I've had the same live account since they started the whole thing up. I haven't exactly used it every day... hell, I've probably gone 6+ months without touching the thing, but I've never had a problem before.

I wouldn't be surprised if they forgot the email/password or something connected to the account and were unable to change anything because they cannot get anything without knowing those critical pieces of information. While I sympathize with their predicament, I think this is just a scare tactic to try and help those that might be affected by this. I would prefer to see something on the issue from Microsoft instead of an disappointed customer.

l2awr · 01-25-2009, 02:08 PM

I've never had any problems with my xbl in the past 2 years

01-16-2009, 02:14 AM	#2
Superfreak04 FFR Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 33 Posts: 2,407	Re: Xbox Live gamers should check this Is this only for the 360 or both the old and new xbox? __________________

01-16-2009, 02:49 AM	#3
Sh4d0wD3v1L FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 34 Posts: 693	Re: Xbox Live gamers should check this Oh this is just ****ing ridiculous. Seriously. I'm safe because I use MSN regularly, and that signs me in to my passport, but there is no reason to just kill off an account like that. Even my hotmail accounts that I don't use anymore, If I go and recover them, they still function. Sure, all my data is gone, but they function. There has to be a way they can get over this. __________________ Funny stuff goes in this area right?

01-16-2009, 07:39 PM	#5
macgravel Resident Poopbutt Join Date: May 2004 Location: Georgia Age: 34 Posts: 2,405	Re: Xbox Live gamers should check this Read it over, and my brother had a gold account that he didn't use for over 6 months, due to him selling his 360. He recently bought a new one, and recovered his gamertag and added a whole new year to it. No deactivation whatsoever. Last edited by macgravel; 01-16-2009 at 07:43 PM..

01-25-2009, 02:08 PM	#10
l2awr FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Georgia Age: 36 Posts: 523	Re: Xbox Live gamers should check this I've never had any problems with my xbl in the past 2 years

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