Also no need authorize each machine, and games are shared in both directions.
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Dagnet@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Wait, now someone can play a game from my library while Im playing another? That’s huge
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It also allows you to own multiple copies of the same game, which is another huge step in regards to parental controls. If you and both of your kids enjoy a game, you can buy three copies for your account and set restrictions on when/how long they can use it.
DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Does it? I assumed it works like this but I could be wrong.
Three out of five members in the family has the same game. That means three people in the family can play that game at the same time.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I don’t think it does. It allows 3 members to play if there are 3 copies in the family, but each account can still only have 1 copy. You can’t buy 3 copies for your account.
Drusas@kbin.run 6 months ago
If your family library has multiple copies of a game, multiple members of the family can play that game at the same time.
Sounds to me like no, only if you're playing the same game which you both have copies of (which seems kind of pointless).
Losboy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Think we can play separate games and not lock others accounts while playing.
Family Sharing enables you to play games from other family members’ libraries, even if they are online playing another game.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Doesn’t work for me. I tried this with my little brother after setting up family sharing. He used to be able to play my games on his account when I wasn’t playing. Now he can’t even do that anymore. Family sharing sucks now.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
If you’re playing the same game and both have copies, then that wouldn’t even be library sharing yet. That’s just normal use.
They’re pointing out that for multiple users to play the same game at the same time, you need multiple copies. With just one license for each game, different members can play at the same time, but they can’t start up a game that someone else is already playing, if there’s only one copy to go around.
Now if more than one member has a game, the number of copies in the family becomes the limit for how many can play that game at the same time. So if two people have a game, but the family has five members, any two members can play the game at the same time, not just the owners.
And at the same time the remaining three members could also play whatever else, still at the same time.
blue_struct@feddit.de 6 months ago
No, basically all licenses in the family are pooled together. You own game A and B, you can play game A, someone else game B. There are 2 licenses of game A in the family, two people can play it at the same time.
Basil@lemmings.world 6 months ago
WOOHOO
Contramuffin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Same thoughts. Mainly because it’s such a pain to explain how the library access system works in the previous family share.
Dagnet@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Now just need to be able to ‘hide’ some games from sharing and we are good to go!
RenardDesMers@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I’m pretty sure you can set games as private now, but it sure took them some time.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
It’s not clear if that hides games from being shared. The info page explicitly states that ALL eligible games are shared.
To get control of what an account can and cannot see/play, the account has to be configured as a child.
systemglitch@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You can.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Looks like this might only be possible by setting the other accounts to being child accounts.