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Euphoria14 said:
chapset said:
Euphoria14 said:

Okay, after reading different explanations from different people I came to one conclusion on how this works, if we are to trust what the support team said.

 

  1. Gamer buys an XBox One.
  2. Gamer adds (10) people to his/her Family Group. This is called "Family Group" because it is looked at as how gaming functions within (1) household.
  3. These (10) people gain access to Gamer's entire library. However, they can't just play whatever they want, whenever they want. 
  4. When Gamer is playing a title (1) member of Gamer's Family Group can join in and play along with them. This is where the (1) at a time limit comes into play.
  5. If Gamer is playing no games the members of his/her Family Group are unable to play any of Gamer's games.
Out of the (2) scenarios I posted I believe this one to be the most realistic.

This make the most sense and would prevent abuse and it would be their way to remove split-screen multiplayer

Yes and while not exactly the same thing, it is somewhat similar to when Sony stated how you could be playing a game and if you needed help you could allow a friend to stream the game to their console and have them play portions of your game for you. They are features that try to replicate the advantages of multiple gamers being in one place without actually having to be in one place. Both features require the owner of the game to be playing the game.

wow yeah, your explination sounds far more plausible than what i was previously thinking.  and you're right, it sounds a lot like the feature sony stated other than to the best of my knowledge sony never said it was limited to just 10 people.  cool feature though.