Look who posts in this thread :) People got used to hate on MS so they now have to find new ways. This won't stop, I fear...

@walsufnir
Huh I don't understand your comment. The shared games thing doesn't matter anymore so there is no reason to talk about whether it was a full fledged sharing program or a demo. Personally I don't care because I was getting an Xbox for the exclusives so it either way I wasn't affected. I will later also most likely purchase a PS4 for the exclusives on that console as well.

damn....that would've caused one hell of an uproar

ethomaz said: Here an interesting hints found by a GAFer. Originally Posted by Quadraphonic: Moving this post here since this seems to be the new thread. What's funny is that they DID hint at this. In an obfuscated way. We just never noticed. Remember when the DRM was first revealed? The easiest complaint was "What if I wanted to take it to my friend's house?" Remember the response? http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/07/no-fees-for-xbox-one-used-games-but-24-hour-check-in-required-3832010/ http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/06/microsoft-details-xbox-one-used-games-always-online http://gamerant.com/xbox-one-internet-connection-requirement/ We just glossed over that because we figured, during the PEAK of the "24 hour check" freakout, that 1 hour offline for visiting a friend was just more shit on the cake. Nope. That was the max amount of time a friend could play a copy. Period It was in front of our face the whole time. MS always hinted to the 60 min Family Share feature but like everything said by MS was hidden in the confusion.

holy crap, didnt even think about that.

......but.......but.......

I was told repeatedly how awesome it was going to be and how it was going to save the industry and how it would make the XB1 walk on water and.....

ethomaz said: Here an interesting hints found by a GAFer. Originally Posted by Quadraphonic: Moving this post here since this seems to be the new thread. What's funny is that they DID hint at this. In an obfuscated way. We just never noticed. Remember when the DRM was first revealed? The easiest complaint was "What if I wanted to take it to my friend's house?" Remember the response? http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/07/no-fees-for-xbox-one-used-games-but-24-hour-check-in-required-3832010/ http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/06/microsoft-details-xbox-one-used-games-always-online http://gamerant.com/xbox-one-internet-connection-requirement/ We just glossed over that because we figured, during the PEAK of the "24 hour check" freakout, that 1 hour offline for visiting a friend was just more shit on the cake. Nope. That was the max amount of time a friend could play a copy. Period It was in front of our face the whole time. MS always hinted to the 60 min Family Share feature but like everything said by MS was hidden in the confusion.

Being at a friends house and letting him try a game has nothing to do with the family share plan. The family share plan was a folder in the cloud that could be used by anyone from your group of 10.

Yeah... for 60 minutes each game.

MarioTipsyAlvarez ⓒ ‏@STX21 3h

@aarongreenberg Is it true that the "family sharing" was only demos for like an hour? You weren't actually sharing the full game?

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Aaron Greenberg ‏@aarongreenberg

@STX21 No, that was confusing and not true.

https://twitter.com/aarongreenberg/statuses/347911202057379840

Exactly. This feature could easily still be used. You're all getting too excited...

Again going to a friends house is not the family share plane. So how is that being linked together? When you go to a friends house and signed in you were pulling the copy that is tied to your account....not from your shared folder.

And no those articles you posted says nothing about a 1 hour time limit to play before they have to buy. What it does says they get 1 hour before they have to check in online.

These are quotes staright from your links.

But wait, there’s more. Those gamers that happen to be using a friend’s Xbox One console will only be allotted 1 hour of playtime before they must hop online. Clearly, they trust gamers more when they’re on their home console.

Access your entire games library from any Xbox One—no discs required: After signing in and installing, you can play any of your games from any Xbox One because a digital copy of your game is stored on your console and in the cloud.  So, for example, while you are logged in at your friend’s house, you can play your games.

Players will be able to access their library from other consoles. "After signing in and installing, you can play any of your games from any Xbox One because a digital copy of your game is stored on your console and in the cloud. So, for example, while you are logged in at your friend’s house, you can play your games."

No mention of anyone having a trial version of the game. The only mention of it was 60 minutes offline play until you have to do a check in online.