.. Some code buried in the latest Steam client beta (pictured above), first spotted by NeoGAF poster Grief.exe but which I can also see in my directory, has revealed the presence of something called a "shared game library". Here are the relevant parts:
- "SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicense_Title" "Shared game library"
- "SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicenseLocked_OwnerText" "Just so you know, your games are currently in use by %borrower%. Playing now will send %borrower% a notice that it's time to quit."
- "SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicenseLocked_BorrowerText" "This shared game is currently unavailable. Please try again later or buy this game for your own library." ..
Letting PC gamers share their games, then, would be amazing, though how Valve is selling this to publishers I have no idea. Maybe every single full game can now be its own demo as well? Maybe Microsoft's ten-person "family sharing" plan for the Xbox One, which sounds a lot like this, is helping soften the blow for this kind of stuff?
Kotaku: Steam Might Soon Let You Share Your Games With Your Friends
I guess this is pretty straightforward. You just lend it too them, and I guess you just get it back like whenever? I guess?. Like, the fucking guy that never gives you back 'Dead Space,' but fuck it I didn't really want it back anyway. Huh. Well, that's genuinely pretty cool. I wonder if Sony has any room in their engineering plan to also let you lend games out. Interesting..
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