My two iPads share an Apple ID. How can I create a separate Game Center account so they can play each other?

My two iPads share an Apple ID. How can I create a separate Game Center account so they can play each other?

iPad 2, iOS 6

Posted on Jul 5, 2013 10:56 AM

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May 2, 2014 7:17 AM in response to Phil0124

#1 - sorry for replying to an old thread, but I had seen the same question over and over - HOW do you have 2 gamecenter accounts on 1 apple ID, and NO answer to any of them. The answer was always "make another apple ID" - that doesn't answer the question.


#2 - THIS answers the original question - i.e. you CAN'T.


#3 - Yup - same thing here - phone and ipod, but only 1 apple ID.


#4 - I CAN'T - per Apple's terms, you need to be 13 to have an apple ID. My daughters are younger than that.


So the actual answer is, we're pretty much screwed until my girls turn 13 and get their own ID's. That's fine - I was just looking for an actual answer instead of instructions on how to do something different than what I was asking.

May 1, 2014 5:40 PM in response to Phil0124

This is NOT what the OP is asking. Yeah, you can create a SECOND Apple ID, and you have a second gamecenter account. This is NOT what is being asked. What IS being asked:


How do you get 2 (or more) Gamecenter accounts on 1 (ONE) Apple ID.


I have the same issue. Young children who cannot get Apple ID's but we all want separate Gamecenter accounts.

May 2, 2014 6:32 AM in response to ronjack

1. This is a year old post. Things have changed, the answer is no longer accurate due to how the OS functions now.


2. You can't have a second Gamecenter account tied to the same Apple ID, because the Apple ID is the game center account. They are not separate things.


3. The OP said they had 2 iPads, which means they can use a different Apple ID for Gamecenter on the second iPad.


4. You can still creare Apple ID's specifically for game center without changing them for the other services on the other devices.

ronjack wrote:


I have the same issue. Young children who cannot get Apple ID's but we all want separate Gamecenter accounts.

You need to get Apple ID's for them. They aren't getting them, you are. You can manage these new ID{s yourself. You can even make sure they have no credit card and are not associated with any other service on the device. So essentially they are Apple ID's for GameCente only.

May 2, 2014 7:26 AM in response to ronjack

The answer is you need Apple ID's for game center. Wether the users of these ID's are underage is irrelevant. As long as you as a responible parent can manage them yourself and understand that the ID's are your responsibility, Apple won't come to your house and scorn you if you make Apple ID's for under age children under false Birth Dates.

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