I cannot imagine they’re going to keep family sharing as is - currently a couple of buddies and I shared a family account and now we all have access to over 700 games. I only had to coordinate with one of them, we all basically chained off each other. The abuse must be massive.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I was under the impression that if someone is playing a game from your library you can't access it unless you boot them out (or you put steam in offline mode, meaning no updates or multiplayer for the duration). Is that no longer true?

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yeah but that’s only a problem if both of you want to play the same game at the exact same time. It’s like sharing a physical copy of a game with your friend but it instantly transports to their computer/console.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I replied the same thing to another comment, but I had thought it locked down the whole library rather than just the one game being played. I could have sworn I ran into that issue but it's been a long time since I tried it do I suppose I misremembered.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Nope total access unless you both want to play the exact same game at the same time. It’s great lol

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