Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing

Guest · 1 Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 18:28

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http://store.steampowered.com/news/11436/

Bout time

Ars Diaboli · 2 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 18:37

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Read about it, and it looks shitty. It's as if giving someone your credentials to log in and play your stuff, but without actually giving them your user information.

Can't see myself using it. Maybe if just the game being played was locked, I would be all right with it. You know, like borrowing a game has worked since forever.

Guest · 3 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 18:38

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I think its a cool addition.

My wife can play my games soon. Thats kinda cool. Even though technically she could already do that....soooooo I dunno.

Ars Diaboli · 4 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 18:41

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Just seems useless to me, and it will be until you can use your account while a friend plays one of your games not being currently used.

Frostbyrn · 5 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 18:42

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Yeah I can probably get access to my sisters library Very Happy

HydrasBreath ♜ · 6 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 18:53

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So wait does this work on a game by game basis or is it that the whole library can't be used if the owner is playing?

sheep · 7 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 18:56

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But I don't want to share. Sharing is stupid.

Guest · 8 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 19:02

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HydrasBreath wrote:So wait does this work on a game by game basis or is it that the whole library can't be used if the owner is playing?

From my understanding the whole library is available.

Remember the XBONE was gonna have something similar to this but nixed it?

HydrasBreath ♜ · 9 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 19:28

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Sym wrote:

HydrasBreath wrote:So wait does this work on a game by game basis or is it that the whole library can't be used if the owner is playing?

From my understanding the whole library is available.

Remember the XBONE was gonna have something similar to this but nixed it?

No what I'm asking is let's say someone shares their library with me and I'm playing one of their games and then they log on to play something else.

The way the article was worded it sounds like once the owner starts playing a game that's it you have to stop playing the game even if it's not the same game as he's playing.

The Adli Corporation · 10 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 19:30

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HydrasBreath wrote:So wait does this work on a game by game basis or is it that the whole library can't be used if the owner is playing?

only one player can use the library at a time. if you want to play any game in the library, they have to come off or get kicked off automatically even if they are only playing one game.

Guest · 11 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 19:30

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Ah word

Yea re reading it that's the impression I got as well

Ars Diaboli · 12 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 19:31

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And that's why I say it's useless.

HydrasBreath ♜ · 13 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 19:33

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The Adli Corporation wrote:

HydrasBreath wrote:So wait does this work on a game by game basis or is it that the whole library can't be used if the owner is playing?

only one player can use the library at a time. if you want to play any game in the library, they have to come off or get kicked off automatically even if they are only playing one game.

Yeah that's what I thought they were saying. Yeah that's a pretty crap way to go about it.

Guest · 14 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 19:42

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Weak disregard this thread

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Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing

1 Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 18:28

Guest

2 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 18:37

Ars Diaboli

3 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 18:38

Guest

4 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 18:41

Ars Diaboli

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Frostbyrn

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HydrasBreath ♜

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sheep

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Guest

9 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 19:28

HydrasBreath ♜

10 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 19:30

The Adli Corporation

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Guest

12 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 19:31

Ars Diaboli

13 Re: Steam to implement Family and friends library sharing 2013-09-11, 19:33

HydrasBreath ♜

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Guest

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