Xbox One users can share Gold privileges via 'Home Gold'

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Microsoft has detailed a new Xbox Live Gold privilege-sharing feature for Xbox One.

Called 'Home Gold', it lets an Xbox Live Gold account holder share their Gold status with multiple other Live accounts on a single Xbox One.

This includes access to multiplayer gaming, Game DVR, SmartMatch and entertainment apps including Skype and Internet Explorer.

The system will allow you to designate your 'Home' Xbox One with universal Gold privileges, allowing any Xbox Live account accessed through that console to benefit from your Gold status even if you're logged out.

Logging your account into a different Xbox One - such as at a friend's house - will enable all users on that console Gold access too, but only for as long as you're logged into that console.

This system is designed to abolish the need to share Live accounts, so every user in a household can have their own Xbox Live account without having to worry about paying for another $60 Xbox Live Gold subscription.

Microsoft has also confirmed that the same rules will apply to your digital games content - all users will have access to your digital games collection on your home console even if you're logged off, but other Xbox One consoles will require you to be logged in for access to your digital games.

Any content downloaded to other consoles while you're online will be deactivated once you log off, and further use will require a full purchase by a local Live account.

Microsoft originally planned to allow Xbox Live accounts to share their full games library via a 'Family Sharing' feature, but the feature was scrapped along with the console's always-online DRM policy that would have made game sharing possible.

Xbox One will be available in 21 markets this November. The Xbox One price has been set at £425 / €499 / $499.

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AdamuPosted:

Thats cool i guess

BozzzPosted:

So they just renamed family gold?

loadedbloomPosted:

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aNaughtyCuban
DontBeStupid This is pretty pointless really, because not many people console share anymore, my brother lives in the same house as me but uses a different Xbox 360 because we both play regularly.


QUIT YOUR WHINING. IF YOU DONT LIKE IT, THEN DONT GET IT.

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aNaughtyCuban
DontBeStupid This is pretty pointless really, because not many people console share anymore, my brother lives in the same house as me but uses a different Xbox 360 because we both play regularly.


It's more convienent for younger gamers. It seems like sharing a console is more common with younger kids. It's not a pointless feature, it's a convenience.


It probably just won't be used so much.

aNaughtyCubanPosted:

DontBeStupid This is pretty pointless really, because not many people console share anymore, my brother lives in the same house as me but uses a different Xbox 360 because we both play regularly.


It's more convienent for younger gamers. It seems like sharing a console is more common with younger kids. It's not a pointless feature, it's a convenience.

MagikPosted:

Magik
DontBeStupid This is pretty pointless really, because not many people console share anymore, my brother lives in the same house as me but uses a different Xbox 360 because we both play regularly.


my thought exactly...another useless feature. i got three xbox360's in my home what about me microsoft?

all is good though gonna grab me a ps4

MagikPosted:

DontBeStupid This is pretty pointless really, because not many people console share anymore, my brother lives in the same house as me but uses a different Xbox 360 because we both play regularly.


my thought exactly...another useless feature. i got three xbox360's in my home what about me microsoft?

FavismPosted:

this is good. although if you were to be banned for a week that would probably ban all the accounts on that console

Dr-JPosted:

good for people short on money

DontBeStupidPosted:

This is pretty pointless really, because not many people console share anymore, my brother lives in the same house as me but uses a different Xbox 360 because we both play regularly.


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