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Kolanaki ,
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So what’s actually new or different about what has already existed for quite a while now?

MeekerThanBeaker ,

Same household only? Why can’t they just allow a certain number of people in your “family” use it? I have no kids, but I’d like to allow my siblings or in-laws use my games. They live in different cities.

bread , (edited )
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I really doubt they’ve got an IP lock in place; just set up a Family and invite your siblings and in-laws.

radix ,
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They do point out that they will be monitoring how it’s used, and could adjust things later.

Sounds like corporate-speak for “if people abuse this, we’ll lock it down harder.”

Even if people are using it to share with actual family around the country, they may get caught up in future updates that remove that feature. Also note that any publisher can opt out of the sharing. If EA or Ubi or some other big company doesn’t like the lack of limits, they may be able to force Valve’s hand in changing the policy.

The idea is wonderful, but there are a ton sof ways this could end up worse than the old system.

60fpsrefugee ,

I don’t think they put a restriction on household Internet IP, just that you can only share with people within your region.

MeekerThanBeaker ,

Region meaning country/continent? One of them lives across the country.

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