When Microsoft pulled their Xbox One DRM-reversal, lots of people were happy. Others, not so much, and with fair cause: Microsoft didnât just remove the consoleâs onerous internet and used game requirements, they removed some cool-sounding features people that were looking forward to.
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In a new interview at IGN, Microsoftâs Marc Whitten says that the company might yet bring back some of the features people were sad to lose. He was responding to questions asked about a recent petition asking Microsoft to return cut features like the neat-sounding family sharing plan. Family sharing would let players authorize multiple Xboxes accounts to play their games, somewhat like how iTunes lets you authorize multiple devices to play your music.
He then explained that the features werenât removed out of spite, but for more practical reasons. Hereâs Whitten:
âWe took some feedback and realized there was some stuff we needed to add to the program. To add it to the program, we had to make room, just from a pure engineering perspective, to be able to get that work done. So taking Family Sharing out of the launch window was not about âweâre going to take our toys and go homeâ or something like that. It was just sort of the logistics of âhow do we get this very, very clear request that people really want, that choice, and how do we make sure we can do an excellent job of that, get to launch, and then be able to build a bunch of great features?ââ
Whitten didnât make any promises, but it sounds like itâs possible that Microsoft just might bring back the features people want. Which certainly seems like itâd be a good thing.
https://lastchance.cc/instant-xbox-one-nostalgia-524861820%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
