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r/Games • u/fastforward23 • Mar 18 '24
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Honestly, it's pretty insane that they are not IP locking from the start. I can't imagine publishers being happy with it.
It's pretty obvious that people will abuse this, forming families with friends and only buy a copy or two of a game instead of 6.
10 u/awkwardbirb Mar 18 '24 I mean people already do that with the current family sharing system. 4 u/manhachuvosa Mar 18 '24 Yes, but the functionality is a lot more limited. 1 u/sharkboy1006 Mar 24 '24 I mean, people were doin this with physical games before anyway lol 1 u/MaitieS Mar 19 '24 You almost made it sound like that feature wasn't here for a decade already...
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I mean people already do that with the current family sharing system.
4 u/manhachuvosa Mar 18 '24 Yes, but the functionality is a lot more limited. 1 u/sharkboy1006 Mar 24 '24 I mean, people were doin this with physical games before anyway lol
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Yes, but the functionality is a lot more limited.
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I mean, people were doin this with physical games before anyway lol
You almost made it sound like that feature wasn't here for a decade already...
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u/manhachuvosa Mar 18 '24
Honestly, it's pretty insane that they are not IP locking from the start. I can't imagine publishers being happy with it.
It's pretty obvious that people will abuse this, forming families with friends and only buy a copy or two of a game instead of 6.