I don't understand
a) why they would have a "sharing family" that is just for demos
b) they would limit those shares, be it to only 10 people, and only 1 person at a time
c) why they would need to scrap the demo plan just because DRM is gone
d) if it was just a glorified demo library, why were there so many quotes and articles going in detail about how it worked, and those details were much more than demos?
But mostly A. How the fuck does a family sharing feature for demos even make sense? Games have demos on XBL already.
A. It wasn't cooked right, NONE of the Suits could explain the clusterfuck. From the Announcement till E3 conference, it was just bumbling PR speak, that we are still working it out, yes working out that shit when launch is 5 months away....
It almost like the Windows 1 version good, 1 version bad has infected their console
Xbox Meh!, Xbox 360 WHOA!, Xbone Ah the cycle, I think XB2 will be fantastic!
B. Tell me if you DL a 50+ GB File of game to your HDD and have access to it for 2-3 play session (being generous here), how many will pull the trigger?
That is what they want, you already DL'ed the whole file, just pay then play
This social feature of grassroots movements is fucking stupid
Are you seriously going to waste using up that space on game you might not be interested in the first place
They just made advertising go from them to the user, hey hock your products to your friends, lets us get all the benefit, it was referral program with no benefit, you get no cash back or reward points
C. If you remove something that still wasn't set in stone, you can make it sound like it was something that would make gamers feel like you see you want your old ways, here, no future stuff for you
We're taking our imaginary ball and going home, you didn't even know what this ball offered, LULZ you missed out!
D. MS panicked. They really put themselves in the corner when Sony went HAM on them during the conference. Those Pre-Order #'s shook them. They started trying to get something set in stone, but by then they lost all the power, even 3rd parties went you want us to do what?, not even any money in the world would we let you ruin our franchise like that
Even Sony had to backpedal on their shares, make it go from 5 to 2, due to Capcom/Ubisoft creating shitstorms
Listen if you are a company who is on cruise control and going smoothly, then all of sudden hit turbulence with a truck with the emblem Sony ramming you from the back, you would be a in fluster, PANICKING THE FUCK OUT!