Xbox One family sharing works with friends!

[papamudd]

Also noteworthy is that this came out after the initial backlash and isn't actually possible yet... it is something there are going to implement (hopefully by release) and honestly I think they are counting on mindless consumerism to take this (to be fair "awesome") positive as something that outweighs all the BS and red tape. Honestly, when I first read about this, (almost a week before E3), I thought it sounded good as well and considered the capabilities of the move as well as the implications. One does have to wonder what the MS partners have to say about this as well, and I think MS is counting on the majority of the user base not utilizing this feature. So lets be honest here how many would actually use this feature and how useful would be with only 2 people able to play online at the same time?

The point is the implementation of the sharing with 10 people isn't exactly clear... I mean lets say we do have a community with 10 people all equally sharing games and what not... How many accounts can you have on one X1 system? Can the secondary user only play the game for 1 hour until it needs to sign in with the host account? Can the 8 other people be playing other games while the primary user is playing a game?

While it says you can share it with 10 people it doesn't really outline how that will be possible or implemented at all... Best case scenario is game share away just as long as no more than 2 people are playing the same game... However, given the red tape required just to give the game away it seems more likely that only 2 people can use the account at once, and the secondary account for only an hour. However, it still may be somewhere in between those 2 cases. If the latter scenario is the case then it really isn't any benefit at all other than PR spin. (Which MS is a major culprit I mean they got people to pay for using their own internet [XBL] that didn't actually provide any service on the OG system)

So if you were on the fence before and this made you jump back on the X1 side of the fence (for purchase, not console warZ) then you should probably wait to make your initial purchase until it is actually clear how it will be utilized next gen rather than getting into it and not getting what you thought you were going to get. Then and only then can one actually know how great or useless the 10 share plan is for gamers. Personally, I am going to believe the worst case scenario for now so that I may be impressed later rather than let down.