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Re:Steam now allows you to copy games over a local network t... by goosedragons on Sunday February 19, 2023 @06:02AM (#34856485)
Yes, but you can log into another console with the same account and play the titles you own so long as you're online and logged in. So you can play a game you bought on your account while someone else plays a game bought on your account on the home console. So two consoles simultaneously.

What some people do is they set their friend's Xbox as their home console and their friend sets their Xbox as their home console and then they both just stay logged in and online on their respective consoles. This lets them play all their friend's games but they can still play their own.

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Re:Steam now allows you to copy games over a local network t... by CharlesW on Sunday February 19, 2023 @01:27PM (#34860331)
I think if you try this for a co-op scenario you'll find that it will fail, but it's possible it just failed for everything we tried. In any case, setting someone else's device to be our home console is a non-starter for me. Thanks for digging in with me on this, though!
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