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thranx on 12 June 2013
naimisharanya said:


What I am saying is that this won't be the case.

At the very least you can only play on one console per 24-hour period. But I highly doubt that downloadable games will be sharable - possible, but very, very unlikely.

They've never been shareable, so why would they be now? No, this "sharing" feature is there because we've been able to do that since forever with our physical copies.


If you have watched e3 and read the news from MS you would of known this already. its not new info, its just being clarified and they are going into more detials

 

Edit: the whole reason for the 24 hour check in is to allow for this type of stuff, and to play with no disc in weathera game is downloaded or bought on a disc its treated the same once put in the system and tied to your gamer tag.



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naimisharanya on 12 June 2013
Azerth said:
g911turbo said:
Azerth said:
So for comparison. ps4 I can give my game to someone to play but I can't play it
With the x1 me and 10 others can share the all our games and I can still play it as long as no one else is


Uh, skewed a bit.  Let me return the favor:

 

PS4 you can share your physical disc with unlimited other people to play, but you cannot play simultaneously.

Xbox One (according to THIS report, seems to change weekly) you can share your game [via library] with only 10 other people, but you cannot play simultaneously.

 

See what I did there?


Ok you caught me lol I'm Sry

But I think on the x1 the one who buys the game can access it no matter what, its the ones who are using the shared the game that only one can play at a time


NO!

1) You decide you want to play Halo 5 at your friend's house

2) You go to your friend with your Halo 5 disc

3) Insert it into his Xbone, register it, and since you are friends... viola.

4) Play Halo 5 till the sun comes up

5) Decide you want to go home to play some Halo 5.

6) Insert disc in your Xbone, enabling you to play Halo 5 and blocking your friend from playing.

Isn't this obviously what's going to happen? Has no-one here realized this? 



maximrace on 12 June 2013

OMG about the two people actually downplaying an awsome feature like this



naimisharanya on 12 June 2013
thranx said:
naimisharanya said:


forget about sharing those!!!


digital or disc, its all the same. no difference between the two at all except one is downloaded and one is not.

 
This isn't a "YOUR MY ARCH ENEMY AND I SWEAR YOU'RE WRONG" statement. It's just what I am thinking.

But I am thinking, seriously,

that you are wrong here.



riecsou on 12 June 2013

The most important part of the policy
" As we move into this new generation of games and entertainment, from time to time, Microsoft may change its policies, terms, products and services to reflect modifications and improvements to our services"



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naimisharanya on 12 June 2013
maximrace said:
OMG about the two people actually downplaying an awsome feature like this


This isn't a "feature". This is to make up for the fact that we've been able to play each other's games since the beginning of gaming.

OMG You're the one who should blush. OMG



thranx on 12 June 2013
naimisharanya said:
thranx said:


digital or disc, its all the same. no difference between the two at all except one is downloaded and one is not.

 
This isn't a "YOUR MY ARCH ENEMY AND I SWEAR YOU'RE WRONG" statement. It's just what I am thinking.

But I am thinking, seriously,

that you are wrong here.

you can either read what has been anounced or you can make up stuff. what ever suits you.



g911turbo on 12 June 2013
maximrace said:
OMG about the two people actually downplaying an awsome feature like this


More like skeptical on the details (which are extremely important).

 

On top of all that, Microsoft can get rid of it completely should they choose (they say right there on the link everyone keeps referencing, it's in plain fucking English), claiming people are abusing it. 



MCPOxxxAAG on 12 June 2013
naimisharanya said:
MCPOxxxAAG said:
naimisharanya said:
MCPOxxxAAG said:

Finally good news. Sharing like that is way better than having to walk a mile to a friends house just to give him a game. Good job, MS.

If MS would make a how-to video on this, they would absolutely trump Sony's lending video. Trolling the troll.


HOW SURE are you that you won't have to insert the disc and have it verified online before you can start playing?

I'm pretty sure it'll be the case.

because MS is going digital. what I got from that feature is that if my friend has access to my library, he can play any game from my library through the cloud or whatever.


What I am saying is that this won't be the case.

At the very least you can only play on one console per 24-hour period. But I highly doubt that downloadable games will be sharable - possible, but very, very unlikely.

They've never been shareable, so why would they be now? No, this "sharing" feature is there because we've been able to do that since forever with our physical copies.


dude I didnt magically write this without connection to the internet. If you are refering to having only 24 hours of offline gameplay on a foreign console, that wont be a problem for me or my friends. I never purposely go offline when I got a fine internet connection available and neither do my friends, and yes Im am aware of lots of people without a good internet connection and/or no connection at all. sorry but im not making sarcrifices for those people.

MS is trying to do away with physical copies, to move on to digital. and I think sharing games through Live is a good move and perfectly fits with what MS is trying to do, go digital. 



 

g911turbo on 12 June 2013
riecsou said:
The most important part of the policy
" As we move into this new generation of games and entertainment, from time to time, Microsoft may change its policies, terms, products and services to reflect modifications and improvements to our services"


Agree.  The above plus lack of many details / clarity is still concerning to me.