I cannot imagine they’re going to keep family sharing as is - currently a couple of buddies and I shared a family account and now we all have access to over 700 games. I only had to coordinate with one of them, we all basically chained off each other. The abuse must be massive.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I was under the impression that if someone is playing a game from your library you can't access it unless you boot them out (or you put steam in offline mode, meaning no updates or multiplayer for the duration). Is that no longer true?

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You can just play another one of the 700. If you want to play together then you need multiple copies.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ooooooh. I was under the mistaken impression that your whole library was locked down, not just the one game. Good to know!

[–] Drigo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They changed that in an update a couple months ago, so it's only the game that is being played that's locked and not the whole library

Update: Steam news - Introducing Steam Families

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Wow, guess I'll never kick my old roommate off then.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah but that’s only a problem if both of you want to play the same game at the exact same time. It’s like sharing a physical copy of a game with your friend but it instantly transports to their computer/console.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I replied the same thing to another comment, but I had thought it locked down the whole library rather than just the one game being played. I could have sworn I ran into that issue but it's been a long time since I tried it do I suppose I misremembered.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Nope total access unless you both want to play the exact same game at the same time. It’s great lol

[–] wonderfulvoltaire@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How is that abuse? Imagine how many viruses you'll be avoiding by legitimately sharing games with your friends.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Come on dude…are you kidding? You and I could do a family share without any risk to each other and share our entire libraries tonight. That is not the sameas handing off to your buddies. I love the family sharing program, I am currently using it. I am not against piracy. Let’s get all that out of the way.

Surely you see the potential issue here if this is supposed to be a family sharing program?

[–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 3 points 4 months ago

Surely you see the potential issue here if this is supposed to be a family sharing program?

Just my brother from another mother fam, no hating.

[–] SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

I started elden ring from a family share recently, friend hasn't gotten the dlc so I'm just getting to experience the main game for free before deciding if I actually want to spend 80 on the game and dlc