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[–] 14 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Steam families freaking rocks, the original library sharing was a pain for my kids. I'm so glad they are doing this. On my next trip to the US I want to buy a deck for my kids but I don't know how, since it requires a US based account.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    What do you mean? I'm not from the US and I have a steam deck

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, I really like the fact that my son and I can play different games from the same library at the same time. Also, the bi-directional sharing is very nice, and the whole thing is much easier to set up than the original library sharing.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hope the Families beta is released to stable soon - the beta has some weird volume and display issues with some games (Gungeon is a good example).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah my sibling set up a Family, but I didn't opt-in on my Deck because it's still in Beta.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't think you can opt in, the Families beta isn't on the deck yet.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    What do you mean? My kids have been playing my library using the new Family Sharing rules for a couple months on my LCD deck by opting into the beta.

    And yes, the new Family Sharing is amazing. It’s made me want to buy exclusively into Steam ecosystem.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can I share a game with my relative who lives in a different country? Or does it need to be under the same Wi-Fi network?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    It does have to be in the same country. I don't think it has to be the same wifi network, although Valve does say that it's intended for people in a single household so they might change requirements later.

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