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Family Sharing

  • 17-10-2013 10:20am
    #1
    DeSelby83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,586 ✭✭✭


    How exactly does this work. I'm trying to share my library with my brother but have no idea how to do it. I'm in the beta for it but dont know any more than that


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  • #2
    Nollog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭Nollog


    It authorizes your games on the PC.

    So you sign in on the family PC, authorize it (in settings > accounts tab I think) and when your grandmother logs in on her steam account, she can pwn noobs in your games.

    https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3784-QLBM-5731
    It took me a while to get the wording too.


  • #3
    DeSelby83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,586 ✭✭✭DeSelby83


    /\/ollog wrote: »
    It authorizes your games on the PC.

    So you sign in on the family PC, authorize it (in settings > accounts tab I think) and when your grandmother logs in on her steam account, she can pwn noobs in your games.

    https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3784-QLBM-5731
    It took me a while to get the wording too.

    she is gonna love this, she loves a good game of dota :P


  • #4
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,601 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    The only drawback is that only one person can be playing a game on an account at any one time, but that's fair enough I guess.

    It basically removes the need to share a Steam account, which could be a risky business.


  • #5
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,281 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    It's a pity that even offline only games boot you off when someone else goes to play. I have my parents set up with my Steam account in offline mode so they can play Bejeweled, PVZ, etc. When Valve announced Family Sharing was announced I thought it'd suit them, but not with the current (understandable) restrictions.


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