Xbox 360 Live split screen?

[dylskee]

Ok, bought the Xbox 360 for the kids for Christmas (For myself too :D) I haven't gamed on a console since Atari so it's been while. I signed up for Xbox Live Gold and I was wondering if I can have 2 people playing live at the same time on the same xbox? After doing some google searches I found conflicting answers but nothing helpful. We are playing COD5 online and I was trying to have 2 of us join with the split screen playing on the same account. They have a guest account but it doesn't seem to work. It looks like I can't use 1 account for 2 people so I was going to buy another Gold account but before I do I want to make sure we'll be able to split screen the games.

[hajalie24]

Some games support split screen online and others do not.

COD5 does not support split screen online

Other games like gears of war 1 and 2 support split screen but for 2 you can't use a guest account, you need another gold account.

[dylskee]

Some games support split screen online and others do not.

COD5 does not support split screen online

Other games like gears of war 1 and 2 support split screen but for 2 you can't use a guest account, you need another gold account.

Ahhh, ok. Thanks for the quick reply. :beer:

[telexen]

A lot of the time it depends on whether you're playing in a Ranked or Social match.

Ranked matches are limited to one gamer per account...although if both/multiple players all have an account a Ranked Team game may allow split-screen play.

[dylskee]

Some games support split screen online and others do not.

COD5 does not support split screen online

Other games like gears of war 1 and 2 support split screen but for 2 you can't use a guest account, you need another gold account.
How can you tell if a game supports split screen multiplayer?

A lot of the time it depends on whether you're playing in a Ranked or Social match.

Ranked matches are limited to one gamer per account...although if both/multiple players all have an account a Ranked Team game may allow split-screen play.

Ok, that makes sense. I ended up getting my son his own gold account (But only after he got me to a pretty good rank :) ) but I think it would be fun to split screen online with COD5.

[hajalie24]

How can you tell if a game supports split screen multiplayer?





You can't really tell for sure unless you read more about it, but it will most likely have an option to sign in a guest at the main menu. I remember Call Of Duty 3 supported split screen multiplayer for up to 4 players and it was really fun playing with friends.

[Mortis03]

Just a note: Halo 3 supports guest online as well. I was kinda ticked off when I realized that COD5 didn't, just stinks that you can't take over to a buddies house that doesn't have an xbox and do multiplayer online at the same time. Oh well.