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This has been a rumored coming feature forever but I can't for the life of me figure out how this benefits steam, or even how they convinced publishers to take

by math0ne 13y ago

This has been a rumored coming feature forever but I can't for the life of me figure out how this benefits steam, or even how they convinced publishers to take part in this. Whats their motivation? Did they go over the publishers heads with this? I'm curious to see how this pans out.

wmf 13y ago
Pre-Steam games weren't tied to an account, so this is just bringing that capability back.
- chadwickthebold 13y ago
  'Pre-Steam'... My god, that makes 2003 seem that much longer ago... How can I be 23 and still feel like an old man? Makes one nostalgic for the days when games still came in boxes...
  - theandrewbailey 13y ago
    Last I checked (less than a minute ago), new games can still come in boxes.
    - VLM 13y ago
      Well, I'll head right over to CompUSA and buy... oh wait. Maybe I can buy a boxed game from Amazon?
      - nicolethenerd 13y ago
        I bought Portal in a box. I put the CD-ROM in and it prompted me to download Steam.
      - theandrewbailey 13y ago
        Yes, Amazon sells them. You can also walk into a Walmart and find boxes of console games.
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Pxtl 13y ago
> Whats their motivation? Probably the amount of customer-service time they have to spend on stolen accounts. Users can presently share an account with a friend... by using their own credentials on their friend's machine, which is a bad idea for like a bazillion reasons. This lets you do that without risking your credentials.
cdash 13y ago
Probably the part where when your friend decides to play the game you are borrowing from him you get a notice to buy the game or be forced to quit within a few minutes. Edit: It actually looks even more restrictive in that if your friend decides to play any game on their steam library then you will be booted.
- duskwuff 13y ago
  I don't think it'd work that way around - the owner of the library can kick out friends who are borrowing their games, but not vice versa.

by math0ne 13y ago

wmf 13y ago

Pre-Steam games weren't tied to an account, so this is just bringing that capability back.

chadwickthebold 13y ago
'Pre-Steam'... My god, that makes 2003 seem that much longer ago... How can I be 23 and still feel like an old man? Makes one nostalgic for the days when games still came in boxes...
- theandrewbailey 13y ago
  Last I checked (less than a minute ago), new games can still come in boxes.
  - VLM 13y ago
    Well, I'll head right over to CompUSA and buy... oh wait. Maybe I can buy a boxed game from Amazon?
    - nicolethenerd 13y ago
      I bought Portal in a box. I put the CD-ROM in and it prompted me to download Steam.
    - theandrewbailey 13y ago
      Yes, Amazon sells them. You can also walk into a Walmart and find boxes of console games.
  - deleted 13y ago
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Pxtl 13y ago

> Whats their motivation? Probably the amount of customer-service time they have to spend on stolen accounts. Users can presently share an account with a friend... by using their own credentials on their friend's machine, which is a bad idea for like a bazillion reasons. This lets you do that without risking your credentials.

cdash 13y ago

Probably the part where when your friend decides to play the game you are borrowing from him you get a notice to buy the game or be forced to quit within a few minutes. Edit: It actually looks even more restrictive in that if your friend decides to play any game on their steam library then you will be booted.

duskwuff 13y ago
I don't think it'd work that way around - the owner of the library can kick out friends who are borrowing their games, but not vice versa.