In the last decade, digital platforms have brought a whole series of advantages when it comes to sharing content within the same family, such that it is no longer necessary to buy things twice. Be it movies, series, music and of course video games. But Steamit is unknown why, has taken longer than necessary to offer support to a request that the gamers They had been requesting for years.
Who more who less is part of a family and it is increasingly normal for parents and children to share a love for video games, so they walk around with the computer seeing who plays what and when, because Steam It does not allow you to have a session open on two computers at the same time and the progress games are exclusive to the profile we are using. So the arrival of the beta with these familiar functions has revolutionized half the planet.
Don’t buy games twice on Steam
This new family organization not only seeks to allow PC users from the same household to share the purchases made by the main account (or any other), but also to make it possible to enjoy that content on more sites at the same time and separate each profile. so that you have your own information on progress, games and more basic configurations. Although if you have doubts about what you can manage, here we tell you in detail what you can expect from this new function. Note:
- The families Steam They can contain up to six different members.
- There will be the option to enjoy the same game at the same time within the family and at the same time that another is on another computer.
- Parental controls arrive for profiles Steam marked as for children or minors.
- This supervision can be carried out from any device that has access to our account. Steam.
- The accounts may be of two types: adult and children or minors. The former are the ones who will be able to access all the functions and limit the use of the latter.
- These usage restrictions for children’s accounts have to do with access to the store, community, chats and forums, times, hours and days of play and connection, and friend management.
- Family Sharing now includes:
- Full access to purchased games by the family, from any of the linked accounts.
- The family library Steam will offer all members those games that they can use without limitations.
- Whoever buys the game is the real owner, although other members can play them as users of the family unit.
- Achievements, progress and saved games will be exclusive to each user.
- Minors will be able to purchase in the store but always under the supervision of an adult, who will have to approve these transactions.
- Once the purchase is accepted, the game becomes part of the minor’s account library.
How to try the Steam family beta now?
If you want to try how it will work (without problems) this Steam family planall you have to do is:
- Go to the menu Setting from Steam, top left.
- Select the option “Customer Beta Participation” within the menu that will appear before you.
- Finally, select «Steam Family Beta» from the list and accept when it asks for confirmation.
- Restart Steam for the changes to take effect.