• ABCDE@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Same region: same country. I tried doing it here (Cambodia) with a friend in Vietnam and it didn’t work, but when I was physically with them it did.

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    3 months ago

    omg yes

    I hope this is better than the current implementation. The current “any user playing any game means the entire library is unavailable” is dumb. Going to go read the fine print!

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      3 months ago

      That was changed a while back, the current restrictions are you can only have as many people playing any given game as you have copies in your current sharing library

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        3 months ago

        That’s awesome; I didn’t know they changed that. I haven’t tried to play multiple games from the same library for a long time now because I hadn’t heard about that restriction changing. Thanks!

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      3 months ago

      Yep, you can play any game as long as another person isn’t playing it, which is how it should have been but hey, can’t complain or criticise Valve now.

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        I wasn’t complaining, just annoyed with the (I guess now old) rules for sharing and the limitations it imposed. Not enough to stop buying games, though. I’ve been on Steam a long time and have a large library of games. We just got used to taking turns playing. Happy to see that change.

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    I’ve been using the beta version of this for a while and honestly it’s pretty awesome. In the ultracapitalistic future that we’re currently living in Valve is probably the only ones that would and could do this

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    3 months ago

    If this means you’ll no longer be able to share with neighbouring countries that’s a real shame.

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    3 months ago

    Yay I can finally lose access to family sharing with my literal sibling who lives in a different house… such an upgrade. /s

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      3 months ago

      You clearly don’t understand how it works. My sibling lives in another city, but we’re in the same steam family and have had no issues.

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        Well, my sibling lives in another country and I can’t share my library with them because arbitrary restriction. Yay.