If you know you already have your Xbox 360 connected to an HDTV and can play games at HD resolutions, skip down to the next section.
You can use any HDMI cable with the Xbox 360, but if you want to use a component cable, you’ll need one made specifically for the 360. The early versions of the Xbox 360 do not have an HDMI port, so you’ll need to use the component cable. Composite (RCA) cables will not work. These are three prong cables with a red, white, and yellow prong. This cable is not capable of transmitting HD video, and thus will not allow for splitscreen in Minecraft.
If you want to play splitscreen as well as play online with others, see the next section. You’ll need at least one Xbox Live Gold account to play online splitscreen.
You don’t need to join Xbox Live at the end of the profile creation process in order to play local splitscreen.
If this menu doesn’t appear, you either didn’t uncheck “Online game” or you aren’t using an HDTV.
Make sure you’ve previously signed into the console with all of the Gold accounts you intend to use. You only need one Gold account for up to four players.
Once the game begins, only other Xbox Live Gold accounts will be able to join.
