Well, those are just fanboys/haters hoping for Microsoft to fail big time and creating or jumping on any stupid rumors of the mighty Internet when it fits their agenda... They are clowns :)

Don't worry, they will bring the family share back without the need for the check in. Competition will ensure that they find a way.

As for the family sharing NEEDING a 24 hour check in. I am pretty sure Steam's Family Sharing does not. Up to (10) people can be given access and only (1) at a time can play.

You weren't getting (10) people have access and all (10) can play at once.

Not sure why you bring Steam into that, if Steam does not need the check to share games, good for their customers :) But Xbox One required it and it was not bothering me. I prefer the 24h + the Family Sharing than nothing...

And yes, 10 people could play AT ONCE at 10 different games of your collections (as long as they were part of your family), it was at least the claim :) Now if you want to do not believe it it is fine, but the promise was very appealing!

Had my PS4 for 13 days, been online for one day to do updeats and get free Resogun and Contrast. So been happily offline for 12 days and counting.

How hard would it be to limit the 24 hour check to game sharers? Obviously those who dont go online cant game share anyway.

Its not rocket science.

PS+ does that already. get a 1 month trial and download all the games. If you want to stay offline then fine, carry on playing them for a month, but they will still expire after that. This doesnt mean the whole system will stop working, you will still be able to use it and play your physical games offline.

why couldnt MS with its great multiplayer capabilities think of something that simple?

I brought Steam into it because it is obvious that it IS NOT a requirement. It was just an anti-consumer policy added to their games.

You would prefer the 24h + family sharing than nothing. I would prefer no 24h + family sharing. Steam shows it can be done and just by knowing it can be done I don't understand why people would just go with the "whatever, i'll just deal with it" because that kind of laid back attitude will trickle across the entire industry.

MS also never claimed you can add (10) people and all (10) can play simultaneously. 

Edit - Also just think about it. What publisher or developer would allow (1) sale to be playable concurrently by up to (10) people? That is a loss of (9) game sales. Even Phil Spencer stated that it wouldn't be (10) people playing concurrently. It would be like a library check out system. (1) at a time and when one is done, the others can play.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/report/article/xbox-one-allows-you-to-share-games-with-ten-family-members-but-some-details

It will end up working just like the family share plan on Steam, which is still a fantastic feature. Just you watch.

Bought mine on us launch and havent connected it yet.

No update? No trophies? 

You crazy?

No use. I just convinced my mom to update her 0.5mbps connection to 3.5mbps. She just got it on wednesday but no router till last night

Ah, makes sense now, lol.