Playstation 5 - having more than 1 and accounts. Fortnite

Playstation 5 - having more than 1 and accounts. Fortnite

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1175Mk1

Original Poster:

503 posts

146 months

Monday 3rd March
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Hi all,

Need some help... bare with me.

We have a PS5, I am the primary account holder. My son has a separate login on the same PS5 (a child's account) so that he can play Fortnite.

He's done well at school recently so we are rewarding him with his own PS5 (Fortnite bundle, with PS code).

Trouble is, how do I get his Fortnite account to work on the new PS5 please as it is already linked to the one that I use in a different room? for something so simple, it seems to be difficult as I believe you can't have the same account on 2 separate PlayStations.

Any help much appreciated!

1175Mk1

Original Poster:

503 posts

146 months

Monday 3rd March
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and last question. I have purchased a PlayStation gift card. Trying to redeem this is proving impossible - even though he is on the family account, it wont let me redeem it for him on his account.

Is it really this difficult or am I missing something.

pazza3

4 posts

100 months

Monday 3rd March
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Hi,

You can use the same account across multiple PS5s, one PS5 will be listed as the main one for that account, but you can still sign in on the other using the same account as a guest. With a PS Plus account It's possible to play a game on one and then sync game progress to the cloud and then import it on the second PS5 later.

I'm not sure how the account in question being a child account affects this though. When you set the new PS5 up just follow the prompts and it should guide you through it.

Defcon5

6,387 posts

205 months

Monday 3rd March
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Having child accounts is a nightmare, it’s so much easier to let them have a full one from the start


1175Mk1

Original Poster:

503 posts

146 months

Tuesday 4th March
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many thanks. I will use the same log in details on the 2nd PS5 and hope it works.

Regarding child account... completely agree! I thought I was doing the correct thing, being sensible and putting correct age as 12 etc. What a nightmare! Cant redeem gift cards.. needs permission for literally everything. I with I had put it as an adult account, lesson learnt.

simon_harris

2,071 posts

48 months

Tuesday 4th March
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one of the worst things about the playstation environment is how poorly multiple devices in the same home/account structure work together