Steam now allows you to copy games over a local network to another PC

Re:Steam now allows you to copy games over a local network t... by eropple on Sunday February 19, 2023 @03:21PM (#34861433)

> I'm not sure I understand. Is your idea that instead of per-person accounts, you would create new accounts for subsequent copies, and then the family would work out who logs in as what user?

Yep - that is the intended behavior at present, near as I can tell. Swap accounts as necessary.

> Families wanting to play co-op games together is a niche?

No, but hotdesking and a licensing service is something I don't think I've ever heard friends with kids ask for. (Steam has a licensed/hotdesked model for businesses, where that is a more common thing.)

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Re:Steam now allows you to copy games over a local network t... by CharlesW on Sunday February 19, 2023 @07:09PM (#34863330)

> Swap accounts as necessary.

It's an interesting idea, but I don't want to buy a copy for every family member when we'll never use more than 2 simultaneously.

> No, but hotdesking and a licensing service…

Steam Family Library Sharing already checks that there's an available license, and that it's not currently in use. I just want the ability to buy multiple licenses.

Or better yet, I'd prefer that Valve and other game app stores do what Apple does, and allow users within families to play whatever's "on the shelf", separately or together.

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