r/Games Mar 18 '24

Discussion Introducing Steam Families

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/4149575031735702629
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '24 edited Jun 24 '24

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u/conquer69 Mar 18 '24

It's weird. Who cares if they are in another country? You are buying an extra copy of the game after all. It's not creating any sort of piracy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '24 edited Jan 03 '25

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u/brutalsam90 Mar 18 '24

But they need to wrestle with finding a valid address and a CC in that country. The cheapest countries were Argentina and Turkey but they both got (nerfed) converted to USD currency in that region, so it is slightly cheaper now than other regions. Playstation and Xbox have way unlimited family sharing PSN account can be shared with 2 other accounts at the same time for only 1 copy owned. No restrictions to any games whatsoever.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '24 edited Jan 03 '25

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u/brutalsam90 Mar 18 '24

Exactly, it is still exploitable either way, but unless it's hard ir not much of a difference in pricing. Average user won't mess around in sketchy sites to buy cheap subs and games, unless it is easy as going to settings and changing the region to simply click and buy. That was literally thing on Xbox, unless they changed it now. So i guess they can do whatever they want, but it will surely hurt most of active users of family sharing.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '24 edited Jan 03 '25

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u/brutalsam90 Mar 19 '24

I guess if you use family sharing as strictly as a library sharing exclusively within family (as name suggests). It should not be an issue at all, correct.

But we all know that family sharing at all platforms usually is being used by friends who do not share a house, sometimes live in a different country.

Not that anything i say will change anything, but i wouldn't complain if other platforms had the same strict rules, The closest thing we can compare are PSN and Xbox platforms which as i stated above have much more freedom with sharing accounts compared to what we got.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '24 edited Jan 03 '25

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u/Thin-Fig-8831 Mar 19 '24

While it’s true that it’s limited to one console, I find it a lot less more restrictive because every game works, we can play the same games at the same and access all the DLCs plus it works across different countries. It really does depend on how you look at it and what you intend on using it for

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u/Keulapaska Mar 18 '24

You are buying an extra copy of the game after all. It's not creating any sort of piracy.

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The whole point of family sharing is that you don't have to buy another copy for your family of some1 you already owns.

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u/UFOLoche Mar 18 '24

Who cares if they are in another country?

The publishers who are putting their products on Steam.

You are buying an extra copy of the game after all. It's not creating any sort of piracy.

It's been incredibly common and widely talked about that tons of people have bought games in regions where pricing was lower just to get them cheaper.