Remote play for a family member. Can’t see the consoles

To my knowledge, these Games for Gold games are not available for purchase to secondary members of a Gold Family Pack. You can only get them as the primary member of the family gold pack. The only alternative I see is if your family members wish to play
these games you can download it to 1 console initially and all the profiles on that console can play it online or offline. They just wouldn't be able to play the games on multiple consoles.

Here's how it works:

1 - You buy a game & it links to your account; this makes you the primary owner.

2 - Any other profile on your console can play your game as long as your profile is on that console.

3 - How family members are chosen exactly is currently unclear.

4 - Family members can play your games on other consoles, but only 1 family member at a time.

5 - At any given time, you (as the primary owner) & ONLY 1 other family member can play the same game at the same time on separate consoles.

6 - However, you can have more family members on your console playing with you as well (so you could potentially have you & 3 other family members on 1 console (split-screen) & 1 other family member on another console for a total of 5 family members playing
the same game simultaneously).

7 - It is unclear as to whether multiple family members will be able to play on the secondary console at the same time as the primary console.

[quote user="Galactic Geek"]Here's how Galactic Geek assumes it works:

1 - You buy a game & it links to your account; this makes you the primary owner.

2 - Any other profile on your console can play your game as long as your profile is on that console.

3 - How family members are chosen exactly is currently unclear.

4 - Family members can play your games on other consoles, but only 1 family member at a time.

5 - At any given time, you (as the primary owner) & ONLY 1 other family member can play the same game at the same time on separate consoles.

6 - However, you can have more family members on your console playing with you as well (so you could potentially have you & 3 other family members on 1 console (split-screen) & 1 other family member on another console for a total of 5 family members playing
the same game simultaneously).

7 - It is unclear as to whether multiple family members will be able to play on the secondary console at the same time as the primary console.[/quote]



Fixed that for you. I am not convinced at all that #4 is correct, though I see how the MS quote could be interpreted that way. The Kotaku article does not contain a Microsoft quote confirming it, it's just the Kotaku author stating his analysis as fact.
You both might be right, but it's not known or confirmed at this point.

So if my family member lives in America and I live in England I can’t give them my account? It is my family at the end of the day I don’t see how that’s a crime tho but if it was other people sharing accounts it would be fine tho.

That seems ridiculous, can’t buy a present for a family member in another country?

Absolutely no way round it?