Migration Central

Xbox Live members for the original Xbox video game system who want to go online using their Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system need to activate their current membership the first time they connect to Xbox Live using the Xbox 360 system.

When you migrate your existing Xbox Live account information to your Xbox 360 console, you're not creating an additional membership—you're simply adding to the one you already have. You'll keep your gamertag, your friends list, and other key information. And you'll have full Xbox Live Gold privileges for the remainder of your membership period.

Still want to play on your original Xbox system? No problem. As long as you maintain the same gamertag, you can play on both the original Xbox and the Xbox 360 systems using the same Xbox Live membership.

Migrate your exisitng Xbox Live Account

Please note there are slight differences in setting up an Xbox Live account depending on whether you have created your gamer profile or not.

Setup 1: Migrate before creating a Gamer Profile

Use these instructions if you have just unpacked your console and switched it on for the first time and wish to migrate your previous Xbox Live account.

Setup 2: Migrate after creating a Gamer Profile

Use these instructions if you have already set up a Gamer Profile and been playing offline on your Xbox 360 and wish to now migrate your previous Xbox Live account.

Troubleshooting your Account Migration

For a documentation on all migration-related errors, see Xbox Live Account Migration Error Messages for Xbox 360.

If you receive an error message with the code 0x80150010 this will prevent a connection Xbox Live using Xbox 360. See our Gamertag Recovery instructions to resolve this problem.