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[Marleyman]

Just sent my tweet.

 

[Steverulez]

Tweeted

 

[ricardo_sousa11]

*Can members of the family play, if the owner is offline ?!

 

[crazygambit]

This is the only one that really matters. The feature loses about 75% of its appeal if publishers are allowed to put limitations on it.

Not really. We need to know how the system works first, since going by how it's worded right now it could go from beyond awesome to marginally useful.

 

[nbraun80]

They who?

3k miles seems to indicate USA only too.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=588871
in that thread, the comments I talked about are in the OP. They could very well mean only in one country, bur I was just trying to say that they don't intend for it to be strictly for people on the same Xbox.

 

[statham]

*Can members of the family play, if the owner is offline ?!

Its in Question 10.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Very well I will wipe away the debt.

Wow, I think I was very close to getting banned there.

And for making such a stupid post too.

I was part of the #Ps4NoDRM thing, so I really shouldn't joke away stuff like this.

Sometimes when memes like this build up, you can't help yourself from posting these lame jokes, hoping to get a quote and a smile.

I'll save them for less productive threads

 

[drspeedy]

I like this approach. United purpose GAF is best GAF.

 

[2MF]

Even though this is interesting, to be honest I won't care that much what the replies are: given the online requirement, they can easily make it more lenient or more draconian later on. Policies could change before launch, after launch, etc.

On the other hand, Sony does not seem to have much leeway in making the PS4 more draconian since it does not require online.

 

[Mik_Pad]

Sent my tweet, the questions in this thread are superb. Good work OP.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Shh no answers

only Titanfall now

I can't help cause I don't understand twitter. I'm useless with these campaings ;-;

 

[m23]

Sent my tweet, the questions in this thread are superb. Good work OP.

All credit is due to Phawx. He set it up, I merely created the thread since he is unable to.

 

[ricardo_sousa11]

Its in Question 10.

Somehow I missed it...thanks =)

 

[amrod]

does he even post / have a account here?

 

[aquavelva]

Can we start a campaign to tweet Ja Rule next? I'd like to know his opinion about the goings on in the gaming world.

 

[nbraun80]

does he even post / have a account here?

no I don't believe so. We're just trying to have him look at the questions and answer them in his blog about family sharing that he said he will be doing.

 

[Justin]

He is working on a blog post detailing the feature that will be posted on the Microsoft site. The idea is just to let him see some of the questions people have so they hopefully get answered.

 

[statham]

does he even post / have a account here?

Hes doing a blog later this week about it, we are hoping he answers these questions then.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

does he even post / have a account here?

Well, he doesn't have to address the questions here.

As long as he gets them, and wants to answer them, I'm sure he will find a suitable place to do it.

 

[Phawx]

All credit is due to Phawx. He set it up, I merely created the thread since he is unable to.

It was a group effort. Keep the tweets rolling fellas.

 

[Yiorgos]

Can the OP please add if possible a question about what happens with non supported countries at launch? Something along the lines of "Are the checks ip based? Or is just ok if there is a game say from the UK activated on a UK Live account and the ip is irrelevant?" Thanks

 

[m23]

Can the OP please add if possible a question about what happens with non supported countries at launch? Something along the lines of "Are the checks ip based? Or is just ok if there is a game say from the UK activated on a UK Live account and the ip is irrelevant?" Thanks

I'm not sure I understand your question. We do have a question asking if people from different supported regions can share. These questions are not regarding the 24 hour online check.

 

[Alx]

I'm not familiar with tweeter at all, but if we all send a message to Major Nelson, isn't it some kind of spam / harassment ?

 

[Nori Chan]

Just tweeted it to him right now. How many is that?

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Can the OP please add if possible a question about what happens with non supported countries at launch? Something along the lines of "Are the checks ip based? Or is just ok if there is a game say from the UK activated on a UK Live account and the ip is irrelevant?" Thanks

I think they have said already that you need to activate the game in the country where it was bought, but after that you can use it in other regions.

But I may be mistaken, and I'm not sure whether this means that you have to buy games in your own country. If so, that would be the end of cheap imports from UK for the rest of EU. So I think that is worth asking.

I'm not familiar with tweeter at all, but if we all send a message to Major Nelson, isn't it some kind of spam / harassment ?

The people targeted in #PS4NoDRM were alright with it.

 

[Mik_Pad]

All credit is due to Phawx. He set it up, I merely created the thread since he is unable to.

Well good work both of you, I hope Larry responds.

 

[Yiorgos]

I'm not sure I understand your question. We do have a question asking if people from different supported regions can share. These questions are not regarding the 24 hour online check.

Let me put it in another way. Can someone from Poland(unsupported country at launch) get a game from the UK activate it with his/hers UK Live account even though the ip of the console is going to be a polish one.

 

[derFeef]

Did my part!
Well done OP and thanks for getting those questions together.

 

[m23]

Just tweeted it to him right now. How many is that?

24 so far who have stated that they've tweeted.

Let me put it in another way. Can someone from Poland(unsupported country at launch) get a game from the UK activate it with his/hers UK Live account even though the ip of the console is going to be a polish one.

I think they have said already that you need to activate the game in the country where it was bought, but after that you can use it in other regions.

But I may be mistaken, and I'm not sure whether this means that you have to buy games in your own country. If so, that would be the end of cheap imports from UK for the rest of EU. So I think that is worth asking.



The people targeted in #PS4NoDRM were alright with it.

I don't want to ask Major Nelson that since this whole thing is focused on Family Share. I think Hydrophilic's answer may help you.

 

[dragonbane]

Good questions. If he answers everyone of them at least partially, then we should have a good overview of the feature and its restrictions.

 

[RedNumberFive]

Transistors in the cloud.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

I don't want to ask Major Nelson that since this whole thing is focused on Family Share. I think Hydrophilic's answer may help you.

To expand on my answer this is what they said:

Military personnel will be able to take their Xbox One and play their games with them without an issue as long as the game has been ‘activated’ once in the U.S. Your games go with you and play, no issues.

Note that she only refers to the region-locking and not the online-requirement.

Source

 

[Gordon]

Tweet sent - this is one of the few areas where I might be able to be persuaded into considering an XBone at launch. If Major Nelson comes back with the answers we're all hoping for but not really expecting, things could get interesting...


@Justin - Nice username

 

[ultron87]

Sent a Tweet as well.

 

[derFeef]

 

[Yiorgos]

To expand on my answer this is what they said:



Note that she only refers to the region-locking and not the online-requirement.

Source

Thanks for the answers. Just wanted confirmation since xbox support chat already told me that the ip does not matter but given their mixed messages on twitter and chat just wanted to ask mn. its not like he is going to answer directly though as the question is too "explicit"!

 

[m23]

Awesome. Mission accomplished. Great Job guys. No more tweets please.

 

[Marleyman]

Transistors in the cloud.

Was this your tweet?

 

[dragonelite]

Edit:nvm probably reading fail

 

[bassman2112]

Good news, looking forward to (hopefully) get some crystal-clear answers - or at least less muddy ones.

 

[Phawx]

Nice! Well done everyone. No need to tweet anymore.

 

[m23]

Thanks again to everyone involved and especially Phawx for setting this whole thing up. Hopefully we get some clear answers.

 

[statham]

That was quick. Hi Major.

 

[Darklord]

Blows my fucking mind that this is even needed. How are these marketing people getting paid? I can take a shit that's more successful in the public eye than what they've done.

 

[JudgeB]

Nice to see him respond. Hoping he can at least answer some of these questions in his blog post. Thanks Major.

 

[Salaadin]

Nice. Good job

 

[bidguy]

i take back what i wrote earlier
you guys are awesome

 

[dragonelite]

Dam that was fast.

 

[RedNumberFive]

I think that you guys have some unrealistic expectations if you think that Major "Transistors-In-The-Cloud" Nelson is going to give you anything but a carefully curated PR response.

 

[Moneyhats2k5]

This should have been answered at E3, you guys shouldn't have to beg for clear answers.