Profile on two 360's - problems?

[Johnny]

Right, I have an aging Asian 360 that I wouldn't mind replacing but, seeing as how there are less Japanese-exclusives on the 360 these days, I'm thinking of keeping it for JPN stuff and buying a PAL 250GB for use as my main 360.

What I'm wondering is if there are any issues in having my main profile spread across the two consoles? A bit of research seems to indicate that it can be done, but are there any problems with downloading/playing games, unlocking achievements or anything else?

[EvilBoris]

No problems at all

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

I had mine on 3 consoles at one point with no issues at all, apart from one. When I recovered my GT on one console, I had issues using it on the others, so copy onto a memory stick and move it over that way.

[fuse]

Yeah - best way is to have your profile(s!) on a memory / USB stick and shunt then between the consoles. I've had no troubles at all doing things this way for years.

[Johnny]

Thanks guys

[chopemon]

Be aware though that anything you buy from Live is registered to the console it was purchased on. This means you can play that game/DLC on that console when you are offline but to play it on another console you must be signed into Live with the profile that bought it.

I do exactly the same thing, one PAL 360 and one JP 360 and move my profile between them on a stick.

[Johnny]

Does the memory stick need to be empty or can it be filled with other stuff? Also, should I copy it first before signing into the new console?

Oh and what's the best way to do that license transfer thing? I know you can do it on xbox.com, but can you do it on the 360 as well?

[shiffy]

I have one profile that is used across a PAL & an Asian 360. The PAL machine is my main gaming unit while the Asian machine is in a different room that is mostly used by the family for Netflix (and by me very late at night for shmups).

I see the posts above suggest using a USB stick to keep a profile on. Personally, I "recovered" the profile on the Asian machine so that it's always there. And I use the "cloud storage" and keep all of my save games on. This way, I'm always synced up whichever machine I'm using for games (i have a few favourite XBLA games stored on the Asian machine). I have never encountered any issues using this method.

Just out of curiosity, could the folks who say they the USB method give a reason as to why this seems to be the preferred way of doing things?