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Steam Family "Sharing"


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I'm sure some of you may already have read about it, but Steam announced the ability of sharing games you have bought on authorized machines for other users.

 

http://store.steampowered.com/sharing

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/familysharing

 

Note the blatant catch though:

 

CAN A FRIEND AND I SHARE A LIBRARY AND BOTH PLAY AT THE SAME TIME?

No, a shared library may only be accessed by one user at a time.

 

Well, there goes that gameplay of Portal 2 with my siblings, and any playing together honestly. He actually already played it, but, well, that cut the fun from me actually playing the thing and realizing what I would do to get achievements, items, etc. Plus it obviously will void the chance of making my siblings' accounts to 'Full-privilege' accounts (I.E. Adding friends, joining groups, trading repeated/unneeded/unwanted items between users). I'm unsure whether if Valve is just being a complete ass out of themselves or if this is a joke this will have any effect, at all. I mean, I doubt all gamers have the financial acquisition power to buy multiple copies of the same thing, and even if they do have, they don't buy a second/third/fourth copy because, honestly, that's really stupid.

 

There is even a petition requiring an overhaul on the proposal.

 

What Steam users on SF-O think about this whole thing?

 

That being said, Valve I am disappoint. Again.

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It's a thoughtful feature but not something I could say I would really use. My BF has about 432432890 more games than I do, but I just use his account.

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I guess compared to what Valve could have done, which is absolutely nothing and not condone sharing purchased games, this is a great move for game sharing.  It seems to me a fair means of letting people play games that others own just as you would in real life by asking to borrow it for a time being. 

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If there's a game both me and my brother want, we wait until it's at its cheapest since we tend to be using Steam at the same time. I like my TF2 and Super Hexagon as much as he loves his games, so I don't think it's fair to hog his library.

 

The feature is cool, but I'd rather leave my brother's library alone. I don't really care for it that much.

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Yeah I'm not sure about your train of thought about not liking it because you can't play a game at the same time as someone else.  Who honestly expected that to happen?  I mean, if you want to play multiplayer so badly, you can get it on sale.  Portal 2 goes on sale almost every month.  Valve aren't being asses, they're giving you a way to let other people play your games.  I probably won't use the feature a lot unless I want a friend to try a game of mine before he buys it so we can play multiplayer.  

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Yeah I'm not sure about your train of thought about not liking it because you can't play a game at the same time as someone else.  Who honestly expected that to happen?  I mean, if you want to play multiplayer so badly, you can get it on sale.  Portal 2 goes on sale almost every month.  Valve aren't being asses, they're giving you a way to let other people play your games.  I probably won't use the feature a lot unless I want a friend to try a game of mine before he buys it so we can play multiplayer.  

Kage you have like, a million billion games. Just whore your account out to the highest bidder every month.

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