I mean... They're saying they can't transfer games from one account to another right? But you could just put your account details in your will and anyone could login to your steam account and access your games, right?

Sure would be nice if they had the feature. But I'm not sure it's such a big deal.

[–] Godort@lemm.ee 48 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This is explicitly against their TOS. Whether or not you'll be found out is a whole other matter

[–] warm@kbin.earth 46 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I suppose they would only find out when the account is still in use after 130 years.

Or if they cared to check payment details and such.

[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What if I’m planning to live for more than 130 years, then what? Fuck big corporations /s

[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Start following the blue zone life style friend!

[–] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I can't be arsed to read the ToS again, but is it also forbidden to just share an account between several people?

My brother and I opened up that account six years ago and except for the times I forgot to turn my internet off to not be kicked out of games while my brother plays one we never had problems. It would be really shitty if we got into trouble for this because the account is valued somewhere between 1.500 and 4.300€ and is the most expensive thing I own except for my PC.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Probably technically, but I can almost guarantee you they quite literally couldn't care less about two brothers sharing an account. They're more worried about large groups sharing an account.

[–] Deello@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Over the years I have heard stories where Valve closes an account after the owners passing. This is usually because the poster said they had trouble with something and explained that the original owner passed. Valve then responds by closing the account and ignoring the issue.

With that said I don't think large groups of people can effectively share a library/account because only one person can play at a time. Small groups like spouses, parents, siblings or a small friend group is doable because it is easier to coordinate who is gonna use the account at any given time. This is especially true if they live together.

With the Deck, I have issues where I boot up a game on my living room PC and my Deck closes it's game making me lose progress on the Deck. Imagine that multiplied 20x. Getting kicked mid match, losing that boss fight, lose your high score, getting left on cliffhanger mid cutscene. The throw your controller rage stuff.

[–] geissi@feddit.de 6 points 5 months ago

This is explicitly against their TOS. Whether or not you’ll be found out is a whole other matter

Also whether or not those TOS are legally enforceable in every single country Valve operates in.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They can. I buy and gift games to my son all the time.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Gifting is not the same as transferring an already bought game to another account. Can you do that?

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

It the same mechanism. They can do it, they just don't want to.