I've been using the new Steam Families in beta for the past several months, and it's wonderful.
This feature is why I was willing to buy a Steam Deck several months ago, and I've been very happy with it.
Prior to that, I had been purchasing games on Steam as little as possible -- Epic Games Store, GoG, direct -- anything to avoid Steam, just because I was so frustrated with the old Steam Family Sharing setup and its library lock system.
Steam Families is everything that I've wanted it to be. Super pleased with it, and it's a very pro-user move. Highly highly recommended!
Yeah, Steam is surprisingly pro-consumer in unexpected ways. Not like they don't have their closet skeletons but they present themselves as nicer than others companies in the videogame sector with their actions.
I wonder if it is because ideology from the top or just a very robust good-reputation based company policy.
I remember in the early days the idea of not having physical copies and trusting Steam to continue to provide access to your content was quite a hard pill to swallow for a lot of people. It's somewhat ironic that while they paved the way, they have kept a good reputation while others that followed have abused this trust.
This feature is why I was willing to buy a Steam Deck several months ago, and I've been very happy with it.
Prior to that, I had been purchasing games on Steam as little as possible -- Epic Games Store, GoG, direct -- anything to avoid Steam, just because I was so frustrated with the old Steam Family Sharing setup and its library lock system.
Steam Families is everything that I've wanted it to be. Super pleased with it, and it's a very pro-user move. Highly highly recommended!