Zkuq said:
Playing on the same account is a good way to mess up your account statistics and saves, offline or not. Family Sharing gives each player seperate settings, achievements, and saves, and I think that's a pretty huge benefit. Account statistics and such getting messed up is exactly the reason I didn't let my brother play on my account when I was younger. EDIT: And for the record, this is supposed to be similar to letting a relative/friend play on your PC/console. Of course you won't be able to do it when your friend/relative is doing it. There's a reason they call it Family Sharing, not Game Sharing or Library Sharing. |
It isn't supposed to be similar to letting someone borrow your console or your actual PC. It is supposed to be similar to loaning a physical game. If it were limited to not being allowed to play the same game you might have a point but it limits the entire account. You shouldn't have to stop playing game A while someone else is playing game B and so on. Simply logging in and placing your PC into offline mode to play without interuption while allowing a friend/family member to play a seperate or even the SAME game is far better IMHO than the so-called sharing plan.
So far the ONLY plus for the Family sharing option is the ability to filter allowed games which is little more than a parental control feature for those with kids. Outside of that Offline mode is just a better "sharing" solution IMHO.