Camp Freddie
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If family sharing was some great feature, then MS didn't have to cut it.
They COULD have said: "Due to feedback, we've decided physical copies can be played offline with disc activation. All the other benefits, like family sharing will still work - but obviously you'll need to be online to share games online. XBone now offers a great experience for everyone".
They decided to scrap what was supposed to be their "killer app" for no apparent reason. No one was complaining about family sharing. All we wanted to know was how it would work.
I strongly suspect that MS didn't think of family sharing as a big deal until people started saying, "Wait, so my 10 friends only need to buy copies equal to 10/(# of simultaneosus players). Are you sure, because (# of simultaneous players) tends to be 1 or 2 unless it's CoD or Halo, so you're going to sell a lot less games?"
Either family sharing was going to work as MS implied, in which case they'd sell a LOT fewer games...or there was going to be a huge catch, like it only being a 1 hour demo or that enabling sharing would be set by the publisher.
They COULD have said: "Due to feedback, we've decided physical copies can be played offline with disc activation. All the other benefits, like family sharing will still work - but obviously you'll need to be online to share games online. XBone now offers a great experience for everyone".
They decided to scrap what was supposed to be their "killer app" for no apparent reason. No one was complaining about family sharing. All we wanted to know was how it would work.
I strongly suspect that MS didn't think of family sharing as a big deal until people started saying, "Wait, so my 10 friends only need to buy copies equal to 10/(# of simultaneosus players). Are you sure, because (# of simultaneous players) tends to be 1 or 2 unless it's CoD or Halo, so you're going to sell a lot less games?"
Either family sharing was going to work as MS implied, in which case they'd sell a LOT fewer games...or there was going to be a huge catch, like it only being a 1 hour demo or that enabling sharing would be set by the publisher.