I have an Xbox 360 with a broken dvd drive and a packed hdd. So now I want to buy a new one, to play disc games. But I figure "why not keep the old console also"?
So am I right in assuming the following?
What I need to do is transfer my profile (and any savegame files) to the new console with a usb stick.
I can then keep playing as [my account] on both consoles.
However, I cannot use them both at the same time.
There are no other drawbacks to this?
I've regularly been using my Xbox Live account on 3 different consoles. If I remember correctly I didn't use a USB drive, instead I just retrieved the account from the magic of the internet. I'm not sure about what @TZHX means when they say that you'll have to re-download your account every time you switch, if he is right about that it's not something that you actually have to do, as the Xbox will do it for you. The only thing I've noticed is that when I sign on to a different console, a message pops up that says "This profile was last used on a different console."
The only downside that I can think of at the moment is that if you get achievements while offline on one console and go online with the second, those achievements may be lost. So all in all yes, you are correct it is possible and the Xbox makes it really easy for you.
I think you're largely correct -- the main thing I'd mention is that copying the profile to a new console, when you use it, it will invalidate the copy on the old console, forcing you to re-download (or "sync") it when you next connect to Xbox Live.
You can get around this by simply keeping your profile on a USB stick that you move between consoles with you.
As an additional note, having two consoles means having two power bricks, using up twice the amount of space under your TV and a second HDMI port and power outlet. If you use a Wireless controller it will mean re-syncing it each time you change between the two, if you use a wired controller it means unplugging it every time you switch.
Yes, if you are connecting both to the internet on the same router then you will likely run into NAT type issues. Even connecting a single system can have these issues because they are Microsoft / Whoever Built Your Router compatibility issues.
In the past I have tried Microsoft's support number and they walked me through opening ports and a bunch of other nonsense to get both my Xbox and my roommate's Xbox working with at least one of us having Open NAT type, however it was never possible for them to get us both Open NAT with at least one of us always being stuck on Moderate or Strict. They said the only solution was to use a different router for each system.
However since you are likely using a single login and one cannot login to two identical systems at once this might not affect you, unless you have both of them on at the same time when you switch systems. Once you turn them on they sort of "lock in" their connection settings. In the example above, whichever of us turned on our system first would "keep" the Open NAT type until we had BOTH switched off our systems. Even if I got it first, he turned his on, and I turned mine off, his would remain on Moderate unless he restarted too.
Basically whichever one you want to have a better connection on, turn that one on first. Or not worry about it by only using the older system as an offline only setup. :)
