Xbox One

[DirtyJerz32]

Re: Xbox One

Can't imagine you guys who are married. My Girlfriend doesn't want me to get either console.

When my wife and I started dating she knew what she was getting. I said, I have a video game hobbie. I could be doing a lot worse.

[bghost]

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Stupid question time.
Would I be able to download XBL games on my X1?

I still really want to get State of Decay but don't want to upgrade and then find out i have to keep my 360 in order to play it.

as I understand it, No, you will not be able to re-download any current XBL games to your new system without paying for that game all over again... holds true for both next gen consoles last I checked.

[Trapper700]

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If this is to be believed, it could explain why Microsoft wasn't loudly touting the benefits of Family Sharing.

"First is family sharing, this feature is near and dear to me and I truly felt it would have helped the industry grow and make both gamers and developers happy. The premise is simple and elegant, when you buy your games for Xbox One, you can set any of them to be part of your shared library. Anyone who you deem to be family had access to these games regardless of where they are in the world. There was never any catch to that, they didn't have to share the same billing address or physical address it could be anyone. When your family member accesses any of your games, they're placed into a special demo mode. This demo mode in most cases would be the full game with a 15-45 minute timer and in some cases an hour. This allowed the person to play the game, get familiar with it then make a purchase if they wanted to. When the time limit was up they would automatically be prompted to the Marketplace so that they may order it if liked the game."

Not exactly revolutionary when PS+ has been doing the same thing for quite a while now.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I don't get the automatic-utopian-dream-game world that people are popping up with. The family share thing was total speculation as MS never fully explained any of their features or restrictions much less why these restrictions were necessary in the first place.

If MS really wanted to give us gamers the "future" they would have done so in an approach that wasn't draconian and empowered corporations and major publishers even more. Its not anybody's fault, but Microsoft's. They had a vision that they could not project clearly or even talk about coherently.

[kingkilla56]

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If this is to be believed, it could explain why Microsoft wasn't loudly touting the benefits of Family Sharing.

"First is family sharing, this feature is near and dear to me and I truly felt it would have helped the industry grow and make both gamers and developers happy. The premise is simple and elegant, when you buy your games for Xbox One, you can set any of them to be part of your shared library. Anyone who you deem to be family had access to these games regardless of where they are in the world. There was never any catch to that, they didn't have to share the same billing address or physical address it could be anyone. When your family member accesses any of your games, they're placed into a special demo mode. This demo mode in most cases would be the full game with a 15-45 minute timer and in some cases an hour. This allowed the person to play the game, get familiar with it then make a purchase if they wanted to. When the time limit was up they would automatically be prompted to the Marketplace so that they may order it if liked the game."

Not exactly revolutionary when PS+ has been doing the same thing for quite a while now.

So the family share option was just fluff demos. That feature sounds ridiculous. The way it sounds in that link, its just a bunch of BS.

[mgoblue]

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Separate accounts my friend. We have a general house/bills account and separate accounts for everything else. It makes life easier. She doesnt get mad at me for spending 400-500 bucks on a console. I dont get made at her for spending hundreds on a bag or shoes or whatever else she may want.

Yeah...Though we put everything through a shared credit card, but I don't have a problem with her buying shoes, clothes or stuff. We get her nice purses when she needs them, etc.

I usually let her know what I'm doing, what I want to buy, but otherwise she's pretty cool with it. We know our finances, and we know that we don't really spend tons of money on other wasteful stuff (drinking, bars, expensive hobbies), so she'd rather me be happy at home.

I only want one system, but not sure I'd want to justify 2 systems to myself. There's other stuff around the house I'd rather spend money on, so it's one system for me. That's my choice though, not hers.

[TheBleedingRed21]

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You guys should have known you couldn't share your games with 10 people. They wanted DRM to make more money, they would never let you play someone's game like that lol

[Dispatch]

Re: Xbox One

If this is to be believed, it could explain why Microsoft wasn't loudly touting the benefits of Family Sharing.

"First is family sharing, this feature is near and dear to me and I truly felt it would have helped the industry grow and make both gamers and developers happy. The premise is simple and elegant, when you buy your games for Xbox One, you can set any of them to be part of your shared library. Anyone who you deem to be family had access to these games regardless of where they are in the world. There was never any catch to that, they didn't have to share the same billing address or physical address it could be anyone. When your family member accesses any of your games, they're placed into a special demo mode. This demo mode in most cases would be the full game with a 15-45 minute timer and in some cases an hour. This allowed the person to play the game, get familiar with it then make a purchase if they wanted to. When the time limit was up they would automatically be prompted to the Marketplace so that they may order it if liked the game."

Not exactly revolutionary when PS+ has been doing the same thing for quite a while now.

Call me skeptical but I know how the internet works. I know that Pastebin is completely anonymous and I personally don't trust it as a legitimate source. Thats just me though.

[kingkilla56]

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You guys should have known you couldn't share your games with 10 people. They wanted DRM to make more money, they would never let you play someone's game like that lol

I knew it sounded too good to be true. They wanted you to lend your games as a one time deal and the lendee became the owner. Then a "family sharing" option came out of thin air following the May 22nd conference.

Now it looks like that family sharing is a timed demo of the full game that would be accessed a limited number of times. If that link above was true, the author is just as removed from reality as MS big wigs are. This policy was "near and dear to his heart". WTF?

[Trapper700]

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You guys should have known you couldn't share your games with 10 people. They wanted DRM to make more money, they would never let you play someone's game like that lol

I agree. It wouldn't make much sense to allow people to get brand new games for essentially $6 through the Family Sharing program. If publishers were getting all up in arms about Sony allowing game sharing for 5 consoles (forced them to change it to 2 max), there was no way they were gonna allow 10 people to do the same.

[AirLobo23]

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If this is to be believed, it could explain why Microsoft wasn't loudly touting the benefits of Family Sharing.

"First is family sharing, this feature is near and dear to me and I truly felt it would have helped the industry grow and make both gamers and developers happy. The premise is simple and elegant, when you buy your games for Xbox One, you can set any of them to be part of your shared library. Anyone who you deem to be family had access to these games regardless of where they are in the world. There was never any catch to that, they didn't have to share the same billing address or physical address it could be anyone. When your family mzember accesses any of your games, they're placed into a special demo mode. This demo mode in most cases would be the full game with a 15-45 minute timer and in some cases an hour. This allowed the person to play the game, get familiar with it then make a purchase if they wanted to. When the time limit was up they would automatically be prompted to the Marketplace so that they may order it if liked the game."

Not exactly revolutionary when PS+ has been doing the same thing for quite a while now.

IF that is true about the family sharing then I'm glad Microsoft changed their policies yesterday. So we would have been able to play a glorified demo? Pointless.

[PAPERNUT]

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I knew it sounded too good to be true. They wanted you to lend your games as a one time deal and the lendee became the owner. Then a "family sharing" option came out of thin air following the May 22nd conference.

Now it looks like that family sharing is a timed demo of the full game that would be accessed a limited number of times. If that link above was true, the author is just as removed from reality as MS big wigs are. This policy was "near and dear to his heart". WTF?

I think the biggest problem of it all has been MS and their lack of clarity on anything. Even the simple things they cannot be clear on. I really wonder if any of the features on this console have been set at all as this is starting to get that rush job feel to it.

[AirLobo23]

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I agree. People had to have been pretty naïve to think that they would be getting brand new games for $6 through the Family Sharing program. If publishers were getting all up in arms about Sony allowing game sharing for 5 consoles (forced them to change it to 2 max), there was no way they were gonna allow 10 people to do the same. PSN game sharing is pretty sweet, though, because you get full access to digital games (including online) for half price if you split the cost with someone.

Careful, people get banned around here for referring to Internet masses as acting like children. Then again, your viewpoint is in agreement with the mods so you should be fine.

[aholbert32]

Not that shocking. It was an underhanded way to insult people who disagreed with his viewpoint. He also had 4 other infractions.

[aholbert32]

Careful, people get banned around here for referring to Internet masses as acting like children. Then again, your viewpoint is in agreement with the mods so you should be fine.

Lets slow down before you become the next ban. Plenty of people have disagreed with me and are still here so let's not try to turn it to that.