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Steam Families is here (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 2 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/steam@lemmy.ml

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You can only add family members in the same steam store region.

[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah this has been a sticking point since the beta, they never responded to the thousands of comments complaining about it. It's pretty bullshit and makes this feature useless in many circumstances.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately over here it seems to be doing IP-based location as I'm not able to add my brother who lives in a different part of the same town.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 2 months ago

just have him login to your computer, then log him out, then add him as a family member, steam will see both use the same ip/computer, and bam, your good