| binary solo said: Ahh, interesting point of clarification, potentially. That actually sounds reasonably balanced as it prevents an exponential blowout of a single game being played by relative multitudes. Perhaps everyone's been reading it that way, but I wasn't reading it that way at all. So if this limitation is true then it does mean what I thought was being claimed was too good to be true. But that's because I misunderstood what the family sharing thing actually was. I'm still a little sceptical because it does still seem like more of a giveaway than MS or publishers would be prepared to give. But on MS's side if the sharing is behind the XBL Gold paywall then MS still gets paid, so maybe MS doesn't see it as a giveaway at all. I'm still anti MS's overall DRM on principle, because I believe that a game disc should be freely tradeable, and restricting that freedom, but giving people things like the family group still stinks. But the family group thing at least represents a bit of air freshener masking the the bad smell of game trading restrictions. |
Here's the thing - people have taken the last 2 months and gotten very bitter over the DRM situation, so the fact that this sharing is pretty amazing isn't peircing through the cloud of malice they've already built up.
When Halo 5 comes out, it essentually functions as 2 copies right out of the gate for a friend and I. What's more, if down the road a friend wants to play it when we're not on all the time, it's essentially another copy. Now, with that in mind, how insane would it be if you could ALSO sell that copy? How many would publishers sell then? You can only, logically, EITHER own and share a game, or get a single copy and sell it back. Microsoft opted to go the own and share route, which for a lot of people, and families in particular, is awesome. You and your Son/Brother etc. both want the latest Madden? 1 copy - done. Just can't resell it later. This method front-loads the value of buying games, rather than rewarding people for waiting and buying it used.
