Can't play offline unless the console is set as my home xbox?

I have been a faithful Xbox user and gold membership subscriber for many years, since the original Xbox. I just recently started a new job that requires me to travel, so of course I bought a second Xbox One to take with me on the road so that my family could
have an Xbox One at home for their use. Imagine my frustration when I realized that I can't play the games that I own offline unless I set the console that I have with me as my home Xbox, thus not allowing my family to use any online gameplay on my Xbox One
at home. It's not my fault that the hotel that I am staying at is having internet issues. I feel that I should be able to play any title that I own offline, regardless of which console is set as my home Xbox.

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THIS NEEDS FIXED!

Assuming he is on his "home" console. I have two friends doing the "Set mine to home and I'll set yours to home" sharing feature; when X Box Live is down or they're having problems with their internet...they can't play.

All my games, disc and digital, work offline by using the "Go Offline" feature mentioned by Farscape247; you can find it in "settings".

Peace, J.R.

 

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Hi Mongo! Let me ask, have you set your Xbox One as your Home Console? If so, then you will be able to play offline, as well as any other profiles on your console. The License ONLY downloads to the console which is set as your Home Console, which means if
it isn't marked as Home you have to be logged into Live to play the game.

To set it as your Home Console, you'll need to press Menu, then go to Settings, at the left of the screen choose "My Xbox," then choose "My Home Xbox," and select to "Make this my home Xbox." That should download the license to your console and allow you
to play offline!

 

I understand your frustration, but that won't work.

Imagine it would work like you want: You could buy a console and a set of games, then sell the console including games to someone else, who uses your console exclusively offline. Then you buy a new console, load it with your games, and sell it off to another
one. Since you didn't have to buy the games again, you could personally profit from the games you sell with the console.

Additionally, many people are now playing games that have only been paid once, and the game publishers wouldn't earn money from the game they made.

So there HAS to be a way to check how many people are using the games you bought and limit that amount of people/consoles.

If you trust your family, you can set your travelling console (that has to stay offline for one reason or another) as the Home Console.

Then, while you're playing offline, your family can sign in on the family console with your Gamertag on a second controller, and that will unlock the games again on the family console, which can be used online.