Via de såkaldte "familieindstillinger", kunne man tilføje op til 10 personer, der kunne bruge alle spillene i ens spilkatalog, men denne feature forsvandt, da Microsoft fjernede deres always online krav til maskinen.
Nu siger Xbox One chief product officer Marc Whitten, at denne feature kan vende tilbage, efter lanceringen af Xbox One, hvis der er nok spillere, der ønsker den.
If it's something that people are really excited about and want, we're going to make sure that we find the right way to bring it back
Family Sharing feature blev fjernet fra Xbox One, ganske enkelt fordi Microsoft pludselig fik ekstra arbejde med at fjerne hele always on arkitekturen fra maskinen og ikke fordi at man ikke ønskede at lave denne feature det var ganske enkelt bare ikke muligt at nå til lanceringen.
Whitten mener, at Microsoft nu er på helt rette spor med Xbox One, men vil gerne gøre kommunikationen med gamerne bedre:
I think it's pretty simple. We've got to just talk more, get people understanding what our system is. The thing that's really gratifying is that people are excited about the types of features that are possible, and it's sort of shame on us that we haven't done as good of a job as we can to make people feel like that's where we're headed