How will Steam deal with new players inheriting their parents account?

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Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală 21 hours ago

Gaming with digital front stones and live service has been around for 20 years or so and that coincides with Steam's lifespan

I have a collection of about 200 games ranging from one dollar scrap to entire high profile franchises

How will Steam and thereby the gaming industry react to new generations of players who need not buy games as their gamer daddies bequeathed on them dozens of games?

Now you're gonna say "oh i've got a bunch of snes cartridges from my dad but they're worthless nowadays" BUT this is Steam we're talking about

This is THE digital storefront for games globally. Every other mainline game store died with a whimper, only Fortnite Bootlauncher and GOG to an extent still hold on...to something...

So what's it gonna be? UK-ish laws where your account dies with you and y'er kids or person of choice won't get jack💩? Infinite game stacking?

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Wolfpig 20 hours ago

It is very optimistic to think that steam will be still around when that happens.

Anonymous Helper 20 hours ago

Valve does not recognize or permit transfer of ownership of an account. To them the creator of the account is and remains the sole owner of the account even after their death.

If you want to give your account to someone after your death, you need to write down login credentials and information required for account recovery to be handed over to someone after your death. Who ever receives the account should never disclose that they received it as Steam Support will lock the account if they suspect current user is not the creator. It's probably best that instead of using your account, they should for a Steam Family with it and share your games to their account instead so no suspicious activity can be detected on your account.

Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală 20 hours ago

Originally posted by Wolfpig:
It is very optimistic to think that steam will be still around when that happens.

Why wouldn't it be?

McDonalds and Coca cola have been around for more than a century

Crazy Tiger 20 hours ago

I don't know about you, but I never stopped getting and playing new games even though I had a bunch as a kid from my brother. And I still have the physical games I collected over the decades in the attic. Yet, I have loads of games on digital platforms.

With Steam it isn't different. Heck, the games my kids (one is an adult) mainly play are stuff I don't have. People will always want new stuff.

Also, it's quite a leap to think that when you die in 40-50 years (assuming one is around their 40s), your kids still want to play games you have that are 40-50+ years old. Or that they don't already have them themselves.

Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală 20 hours ago

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:
I don't know about you, but I never stopped getting and playing new games even though I had a bunch as a kid from my brother. And I still have the physical games I collected over the decades in the attic. Yet, I have loads of games on digital platforms.

With Steam it isn't different. Heck, the games my kids (one is an adult) mainly play are stuff I don't have. People will always want new stuff.

Also, it's quite a leap to think that when you die in 40-50 years (assuming one is around their 40s), your kids still want to play games you have that are 40-50+ years old. Or that they don't already have them themselves.

Gaming has largely hit the ceiling

Crazy Tiger 20 hours ago

Originally posted by Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală:
Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:
I don't know about you, but I never stopped getting and playing new games even though I had a bunch as a kid from my brother. And I still have the physical games I collected over the decades in the attic. Yet, I have loads of games on digital platforms.

With Steam it isn't different. Heck, the games my kids (one is an adult) mainly play are stuff I don't have. People will always want new stuff.

Also, it's quite a leap to think that when you die in 40-50 years (assuming one is around their 40s), your kids still want to play games you have that are 40-50+ years old. Or that they don't already have them themselves.

Gaming has largely hit the ceiling

I hasn't.

Anonymous Helper 20 hours ago

Originally posted by Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală:
McDonalds

Was founded in 1940 (though it did not become Hamburger restaurant until 1948). So it's been around "only" 85 years

Better pick would have been IBM that was originally founded 1911 by merger of 4 different companies though it adopted IBM branding 13 years later in 1924 (founding name being Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR)).

Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală 20 hours ago

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:
Originally posted by Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală:

Gaming has largely hit the ceiling
I hasn't.

How? Many games from 10 years ago look like they came yesterday

wesnef 20 hours ago

Originally posted by Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală:
Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:
I hasn't.

How? Many games from 10 years ago look like they came yesterday

And then you have the graphics snobs complaining that games from 4-5 years ago look "outdated" or "like a PS2 game" because they're not using the absolute latest bells & whistles from Nvidia.

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Brian9824 20 hours ago

It would depend on local laws regarding inheritance. The laws regarding digital inheritance are lacking currently, and as of know unless a law says otherwise digital accounts are not transferable.

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Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală 20 hours ago

Originally posted by wesnef:
Originally posted by Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală:

How? Many games from 10 years ago look like they came yesterday

And then you have the graphics snobs complaining that games from 4-5 years ago look "outdated" or "like a PS2 game" because they're not using the absolute latest bells & whistles from Nvidia.

Spoiled kids and trolls

The original (non-remastered) BioShocks, metro 2033 and last light redux heck Even half life 2 still look very good in some regards

The main problem is the death of art styles which allowed for games to look good with moderate polycounts

Now everything is ultra realistic slop with a bunch of unnecessary details added (like red dead redemption's realistic horse ball sack)

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Crazy Tiger 18 hours ago

Originally posted by Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală:
Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:
I hasn't.

How? Many games from 10 years ago look like they came yesterday

Because graphics aren't an indicator of it. It's an entertainment industry, which is why different art styles do well and other factors (like gameplay and fun) are more important.

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Chika Ogiue 18 hours ago

Originally posted by Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală:
How will Steam deal with new players inheriting their parents account?

The same way they already do. As long as a loved one provides you with the information required to access and prove ownership of their account after their death, Valve won't deny you access. Case in point: I took ownership of my father's account when he died several years ago. Steam support helped recover the account, too, because I had the required information needed from my father.

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Myrth the Plague 17 hours ago

Originally posted by Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală:
Gaming with digital front stones and live service has been around for 20 years or so and that coincides with Steam's lifespan

I have a collection of about 200 games ranging from one dollar scrap to entire high profile franchises

How will Steam and thereby the gaming industry react to new generations of players who need not buy games as their gamer daddies bequeathed on them dozens of games?

Now you're gonna say "oh i've got a bunch of snes cartridges from my dad but they're worthless nowadays" BUT this is Steam we're talking about

This is THE digital storefront for games globally. Every other mainline game store died with a whimper, only Fortnite Bootlauncher and GOG to an extent still hold on...to something...

So what's it gonna be? UK-ish laws where your account dies with you and y'er kids or person of choice won't get jack💩? Infinite game stacking?

They won't. For starters passing your account on is a violation of the tos and second the laws of the UK aren't steam's fault. They have to do what the law says or they won't be able to do business in that country.

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Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală 17 hours ago

Originally posted by Myrth the Plague:
Originally posted by Invadăm Alaska/Pișare Totală:
Gaming with digital front stones and live service has been around for 20 years or so and that coincides with Steam's lifespan

I have a collection of about 200 games ranging from one dollar scrap to entire high profile franchises

How will Steam and thereby the gaming industry react to new generations of players who need not buy games as their gamer daddies bequeathed on them dozens of games?

Now you're gonna say "oh i've got a bunch of snes cartridges from my dad but they're worthless nowadays" BUT this is Steam we're talking about

This is THE digital storefront for games globally. Every other mainline game store died with a whimper, only Fortnite Bootlauncher and GOG to an extent still hold on...to something...

So what's it gonna be? UK-ish laws where your account dies with you and y'er kids or person of choice won't get jack💩? Infinite game stacking?

They won't. For starters passing your account on is a violation of the tos and second the laws of the UK aren't steam's fault. They have to do what the law says or they won't be able to do business in that country.

I mean how would they be able to figure out?

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