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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - Xbox To Require Sign In Every 5 Years To Maintain Gamertag

barneystinson69 on 24 July 2016
Kerotan said:
A bit unfair on people who skip a generation and don't know this. What if someone converts from 360 to ps4 (of which there are many), skips the x1 but returns for the xb2. He may not realise this rule change and will lose his account.

You do realize its only the gamertag, and not the actual account. You'll be prompted to create a new gametag when you sign in. And are you telling me that signing into the Xbox website every few years takes a lot of effort?



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hershel_layton on 24 July 2016
barneystinson69 said:
Kerotan said:
A bit unfair on people who skip a generation and don't know this. What if someone converts from 360 to ps4 (of which there are many), skips the x1 but returns for the xb2. He may not realise this rule change and will lose his account.

And are you telling me that signing into the Xbox website every few years takes a lot of effort?

Yes.

 

Yes it does.



 

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Kerotan on 24 July 2016
barneystinson69 said:
Kerotan said:
A bit unfair on people who skip a generation and don't know this. What if someone converts from 360 to ps4 (of which there are many), skips the x1 but returns for the xb2. He may not realise this rule change and will lose his account.

You do realize its only the gamertag, and not the actual account. You'll be prompted to create a new gametag when you sign in. And are you telling me that signing into the Xbox website every few years takes a lot of effort?

Yeah I do realise that and I still think it's stupid. I'd be sickened if I lost my psn name. 



Mbolibombo on 24 July 2016

5 years... too much. 2 should be plenty enough.



LudicrousSpeed on 24 July 2016
Mbolibombo said:
5 years... too much. 2 should be plenty enough.

I would say even just one year. If you are completely inactive on your account for one year across all devices then your GT opens up to everyone.



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Trunkin on 24 July 2016

Five years is way too long. I'm hate it when inactive users hold awesome names hostage for years on end. Should be 2 years tops. Preferably just one.



JRPGfan on 24 July 2016

But your account and games stay fine?   Seems that stays fine, even after loseing gamertag.

Machina said:
Do you lose your achievements if you lose your GamerTag under this rule?

^ this is another good question.



Mbolibombo on 24 July 2016
LudicrousSpeed said:
Mbolibombo said:
5 years... too much. 2 should be plenty enough.

I would say even just one year. If you are completely inactive on your account for one year across all devices then your GT opens up to everyone.

I was thinking so myself, but 1 year could easily happen though, working abroad, doing some traveling etc etc. But two years is rarely the case which is why i settled for it ;)



vivster on 24 July 2016

There are services that kill your account faster. 5 years is actually pretty generous considering how precious the tags can be for new users.



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Hirouakan on 24 July 2016

It should be 2 years and a half. Enough time for people who care about their GT to log in. I wanted Heruokaneoukinot but it was taken, but hasnt logged in years. Had to settle with Hirouakan. Unbelievable...