One of the big complaints when Microsoft reversed course on the DRM and online connection topics was that it put the brakes on game sharing. Today, Microsoft has revealed some new details about how you'll be able to use your consoles and games more conveniently.
The first thing that stands out in Xbox chief product officer Marc Whitten blog post is that users will need to assign their Gamertags to a "home console." Doing so will allow anyone using that console to access all of the games tied to the profile.
In turn, this allows a Gamertag to be signed in on both an Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Additionally, multiple gamertags can access the content on the home console. This includes multiplayer and entertainment. In other words, the Xbox Live family plan might be gone, but upon owning an Xbox One, it's obsolete (for the new console).
Everything else works like it does on the Xbox 360. You can log in and access your content from other Xbox One consoles, and as long as your profile is active, the games can be used.
This isn't the full package as originally intended, as the sharing of digital games across ten "family members" (that need not actually be family) is still not back. However, the door isn't closed on that making a return later on.
[Source: Xbox Wire]
Our Take
The biggest news out of this is how Home Gold will work. Not having to share a gamertag with family members is great for me. I'm excited that when I get an Xbox One my son won't accidentally kick me offline when he wants to watch Netflix.