Oh IGN please stop messing up the information originally emailed out to selected users...
The real requirements are: you must have played any game or mode in the collection with an internet connected xbox one before the patch went live at approximately 12pm est December 20th. This so Microsoft knows who played or bought the game before the biggest bugs were stopped. No need to have actually tried multiplayer.
Huh. I sure hope you're right about that. Got a source on this tidbit?