kerotan_eater
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Xbone PR: the 60 Minute Family Plan Revelation
- Thread starter koryuken
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So was this actually confirmed or just speculation? I imagine it was probably the case but we will never fully know right now it is canned? There are other parties saying it was the full game right?
Perhaps it was 60 minutes but then changed to full game during the bad press of DRM and E3 and then fully scrapped when minds weren't changed further from that. Probably not being MS (and they didn't mention it) but either way it's gone now sooo
Perhaps it was 60 minutes but then changed to full game during the bad press of DRM and E3 and then fully scrapped when minds weren't changed further from that. Probably not being MS (and they didn't mention it) but either way it's gone now sooo
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Maybe, but that's not what they told people. Everything pointed to this being full access to a shared library of games.
Guess leaving out the detail 'for one hour' wasn't considered that important.
fart town usa
Gold Member
It would fly in the face of everything they've been saying.
"over-delivering on value"
If they would have announced this they would have been the laughing stock of the industry, they already are to an extent but to give up consumer rights for a 60 minute demo? GTFO MS.
This is the same company that screams to the heavens how amazing the cloud is, and then we find out titanfall uses it to make matchmaking a bit better.
FantasyFreak07
Member
This sounded too good to be true and apparently it was.
I can't help but find this whole thing hilarious.
I want to hear from people who were touting the superiority of MS's policies over PS4 because of this family share plan which seems to be nothing more than PS+ full game trials (except someone you are in a circle with has to actually own the game).
I want to hear from people who were touting the superiority of MS's policies over PS4 because of this family share plan which seems to be nothing more than PS+ full game trials (except someone you are in a circle with has to actually own the game).
shinra-bansho
Member
Microsoft exceeded expectations... in this being something with little to no value whatsoever. I at least thought it would be the ability to lend your library to one other person, who could play a different game from you concurrently.
This glorified demo/marketing scheme... I don't even.
I'm just laughing my ass off at people who thought they'd be able to split the cost of games between 10 people and all play different games simultaneously. People who talked about it being the #gamechanger that made all of the DRM and no real lending, unrestricted resale or gifting. The "this is the future" "get with the times" "this is worth it" people.
Just lol.
And the kicker is that even without all the DRM and restrictions they could still implement this scheme.
Go back to any interview, and you could read between their double talk. This also explains why they never explained it in detail beyond "shared library" and "10 family members."
There is no way it changed to a "full game." They would have screamed and made a giant hoopla if they did.
Because Sony does this without having people jump through hoops. It wasn't feature to tout as one of the great reasons to deal with the restrictions.
LOL indeed.
Dead Prince
Banned
Does that mean the free game they are giving away is yours to keep as long as youh have gold?
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Not really. I have PS+ and I never use that feature because I don't want to download a whole game to play for one hour.
RedNumberFive
Banned
It's amazing that just now people are realizing that everything coming from Microsoft PR is complete and utter bullshit. This is after a generation of:
"The Xbox 360 is all about choice." (your only choice is overpriced HDs and wi-fi adapters)
"We have special technology in our hard drives, that's why they have a premium price." (GTFO)
"Just because HD DVD lost, doesn't mean Blu-Ray won." (my favorite)
"Things break." (Get fucked)
"The Xbox 360 is all about choice." (your only choice is overpriced HDs and wi-fi adapters)
"We have special technology in our hard drives, that's why they have a premium price." (GTFO)
"Just because HD DVD lost, doesn't mean Blu-Ray won." (my favorite)
"Things break." (Get fucked)
What does that have to do with it? And isn't that only for 360, and only until December?
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Dead Prince
Banned
If they announce this right after the no used game policy, it would be a train wreck on top of a train wreck. It would be huge fireball explosion after the train wreck. It would be a Michael Bay movie.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
The last time they used the over-delivered line was in regards to their backwards compatibility efforts with the 360.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Technically, it is. Classic PR-speak.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Yes.
Haha, I was thinking about this too. Dean really has to do a book on this.
Mr. E. Yis
Banned
LOL.
I can't believe this 60 minute idea was hidden, if only because MS was still making it up and changing it as they went. Unbelievable. Now will people stop complaining that such a 'great' feature like Family Sharing is gone?
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
respect to you for admitting it.
Hahaha, some of these are hilarious. Well, in a sad way.
Tallshortman
Member
There was never a way pubs were going to let this happen, AND let MS go around telling people "hey you can totally invite your friends and 10 people can use 1 copy!" Not surprising they tried to pull another fast one on us. Seems more and more likely they pulled back on DRM seeing as their number feature against the backlash was a half truth the whole time.
Jake Tower
Banned
Yes, yes, defend it!
FunkyPajamas
Member
I totally pictured the Jack Nicholson "yes, yes" nodding gif as I read this.
That's the thing. I was one of those thinking it was the good version, because frankly, it was made to sound that way.
Ragging on people who were simply accepting what they were hearing isn't fair (not saying you were).
I'll still miss discless gaming though. That was my number one feature I was looking forward to.
WarMacheen
Member
So basically these mother fuckers touted and promoted a game sharing feature as a great addition to DRM
But failed, or should I say willfully misled the public into thinking it would be unfettered sharing, instead is was merely an hour demo. Lying by omission...or at least limited dissemination of the full truth.
Now granted this has been a feature of PS+ for a while.....but Sony never marketed this as "family sharing" and only possible because of DRM...
Well played you arrogant bastards.
But failed, or should I say willfully misled the public into thinking it would be unfettered sharing, instead is was merely an hour demo. Lying by omission...or at least limited dissemination of the full truth.
Now granted this has been a feature of PS+ for a while.....but Sony never marketed this as "family sharing" and only possible because of DRM...
Well played you arrogant bastards.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
You left out the one that bothered me second-most after "Things break.", their excuses for why they wouldn't include HDMI. Even when they replaced the mobo on my launch unit years after they added HDMI... still no HDMI. Yeah, the case didn't have a hole for it, so replace the back of it. Its a simple piece of cheap plastic, FFS. And they could have saved themselves the trouble of designing, manufacturing and stocking more mobo models.
EleventhDoctor
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Whoever came up with the family plan needs to get pimp slapped. I knew this feature was too good to be true. I'm glad they posted this info that way idiots will stop asking for the DMR to came back.
Also doesn't the ps3 already have something similar to this? MS "future" is Sonys present. MS really fucked up with the X1.
Also doesn't the ps3 already have something similar to this? MS "future" is Sonys present. MS really fucked up with the X1.
That's how I'm reading it too. That would be annoying as hell getting kicked out of the game to the marketplace every 30mins - 1hour, but you'd still be able to beat Call of Duty in 6-8 "sessions". They would have definitely put a limit on it, especially on games that are shorter.
i don't get it? you can still download the game and that is discless gaming right? unless you are talking of buying a disk and then installing it just so you can get rid of disc which I would say is probably still going to happen but might be optional. we shall see.
I didn't see this coming at all.
I thought it would be play an hour then cut to the store with "We see you're enjoying Pootle's copy of Ryse. You've already downloaded the whole game, why not buy it? No? That's fine. Here's some Doritos and Mountain Dew ads and messages regarding our exciting upcoming titles and a showcase of new content from our media partners. Enjoy and we'll see you back here in another hour."
A you can loan it if you want to but no-one will last more than a couple of hours sort of thing.
But this... It's just demos with a compulsory full install. Utter madness. What did it even have to do with specifying 10 people? It would be easier to just make full game installs compulsory for all demos.
I thought it would be play an hour then cut to the store with "We see you're enjoying Pootle's copy of Ryse. You've already downloaded the whole game, why not buy it? No? That's fine. Here's some Doritos and Mountain Dew ads and messages regarding our exciting upcoming titles and a showcase of new content from our media partners. Enjoy and we'll see you back here in another hour."
A you can loan it if you want to but no-one will last more than a couple of hours sort of thing.
But this... It's just demos with a compulsory full install. Utter madness. What did it even have to do with specifying 10 people? It would be easier to just make full game installs compulsory for all demos.
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Lol. I'm not surprised. Yea. I'll buy a one when it his 200 bones.
MilesWebber
Member
Incoming Gizmodo Article: "How gamers ruined the one cool feature Microsoft already ruined before gamers ruined it. "
Yeah. I can get the discs really cheap, but still treat it like digital.
I'm assuming DD prices will be as ridiculous as they are today.
But to have the pricing of disc, with the convenience of digital would have been great.