Adinnieken said:
I never said it would help sales. I don't think it's any different than loaning a disc out. |
The difference is there is no risk or effort involved in lending this way. Just a simple family friend tag on your friends list. No having to meet up or mail the disc, no risk of it getting damaged in the mail or by your friend, no need to ask for it back. Instant and risk free lending all accross the country, it's far from 1:1 to lending discs.
If 10 people can share all there games together is true it will definitely hurt the sale of single player games.
'Hey can you family friend me for a couple of days so I can play your Tomb raider campaign and you can play my Bioshock infinite campaign?"
Just browse through your 1000 member friend list to find someone who has a game you want to play and doesn't have one of yours.
Sounds too good to be true. It also sounds like they are still making it up as they go along.
I would wait a year before stepping into the xbox one to see how it all turns out with owning, sharing and trading games.