The idea is that ten people in your family group can all share your games. Think of it like a loaning system, but you're not loaning anyone a phyiscal product. If you're in my family group, you can play my games, and vice versa.
“I think the policy makes sense,” Spencer said. “It’s not ten different people all playing the game concurrently, but when you think about a real usage scenario, and we thought about it around a family, and I know certain people will create a family group of people that aren’t all part of the same family, and I do think that’s an advantage, and people will use that. I saw it on NeoGAF instantly, the Xbox Family creation threads, where people said 'Hey be a part of my family.'”
“No birth certificates will need to be sent in!” Spencer said when I asked if the service required a blood test. “I do think that’s an advantage of the ecosystem that we have.”
So that answers one question: Microsoft doesn't seem to care whether or not the ten people in the group are actually family members. They can be friends, roommates, boyfriends, girlfriends, your dog's groomer… you pick ten people, and you share games with them.
Is this some kind of killer feauture? Thread worthy?
Right now i can share my game with as many people as i want, as long as i want aaaaand sell it.
yeah sorry the 'some games not transferable' is basically a weasel way out.Quote from: MS Xbone EULA•Some games not transferable and have no resale value; restrictions on games usage apply.
Ooops, you can share but only stuff we "enable" you to share. That hot Titanfall game? Not transferable/ shareable in the first 3 months after release because FUCK YOU POORS AND GO BUY THE GAME.
I will be saving so much money next generation by not buying anythingi'm going back to old 4x space games and rpgs that run on windows 95 or lower. who's with me.
Quote from: MS Xbone EULA•Some games not transferable and have no resale value; restrictions on games usage apply.
Ooops, you can share but only stuff we "enable" you to share. That hot Titanfall game? Not transferable/ shareable in the first 3 months after release because FUCK YOU POORS AND GO BUY THE GAME.
I don't see a problem with this. I'll stay skeptical though until MS officially clears things up.Quote from: MS Xbone EULA•Some games not transferable and have no resale value; restrictions on games usage apply.
Ooops, you can share but only stuff we "enable" you to share. That hot Titanfall game? Not transferable/ shareable in the first 3 months after release because FUCK YOU POORS AND GO BUY THE GAME.
It could also be a marketing tool.You buy Titanfall and want to play with friends but all your friends are skeptical.So instead of trying to talk them into it,writing long forum post,recording videos,etc you just make them a part of your family.
They can play the game for free but there is a catch,you can't play together as a group unless they buy the game.Only you and one friend at a time,the rest have to buy.
In a family group, the head of household can always play any game; and one other member of the family, no matter where they are, can play too.]
Spencer: [After encouraging me to check Microsoft's published document on this] I do think that sharing in a family group is an important part of the positives in our ecosystem today...You don't have to send in your birth certificate. You define what a family unit is and the people who connect to you and how that library works.
Found in the latest Steam Beta update.
Update to Steam Beta. Steam > Settings > Beta Participation
Go to you Steam/Public/steamui_english to verify
(http://i.imgur.com/Qf0kCRD.png)
Or say hello to Steam, no?If only it was that easy.