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Steam :: Introducing Steam Families (steamcommunity.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Valve announced a replacement feature for both Family Sharing and Family View. Currently in beta.

Features:

up to 5 members
game sharing
parental controls
- allow access to appropriate games
- restrict access to the Steam Store, Community or Friends Chat
- set playtime limits (hourly/daily)
- view playtime reports
- approve or deny requests from child accounts for additional playtime or feature access (temporary or permanent)
- recover a child's account if they lost their password
child purchase requests

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[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

I'm starting to think these people think we use steam because we have to, and not because its a legitimately amazing games catalogue/storefront. It makes the "Steam is a monopoly" and "What happens when GabeN dies and Steam goes down the drain" comments make sense

[-] Spedwell@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You have to have never seriously engaged with the details of the Valve monopoly if you think that's what we are upset about.

We know Steam is an amazing storefront—I buy my games there because it's the best experience for the cost. But Steam charges a premium. And despite taking smaller cuts, competing platforms like Epic cannot actual pass those cost savings to consumers because Valve is strongarming game publishers into fixing prices.

[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

The fact that you think Epic is consumer friendly in any way tells me all I need to know about engaging you any further on this topic.

[-] Spedwell@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I said no such thing. Please come back to this later with a fresh mind, and remember how wrongly you interpreted what was actually said for the sake of trying to fire off a quick response.

But if you'd rather disengage altogether then it is what it is. Cheers.