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Steam made an estimated $1.7 billion in September, an all-time new record
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Yeah you can.
But Steam doesn't want it, according to a support rep:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2347640/steam-says-you-cant-leave-games-in-your-will-but-us-law-might-disagree.html
This means you can leave your login details in your will, but Steam can block the account. Also, in case the login details in your will are not correct anymore or no login details were shared, Steam will not give access.
eh, idk, I think people worrying about passing down their antique game collections to the younger generation are sorta like all the old people thinking their kids are gonna want their stamp collections or old timey 'country rose' antique dish sets. Even worse, because it's not like you can even re-sell those games to make a tiny profit at a flea market or whatever.
What if a 30 year old dies and their 10 year old kid can't play the games anymore that they were playing by using family sharing?
An outlier case, which doesn't justify changing the setup and introducing even bigger issues/abuses to solve.
If accounts allowed transfers, I'd personally have no issue with doing something like:
That sort of abuse would be far more common, than the outlier case you've listed for a young parent passing down games to a kid that's fairly close in age.
Facebook requires a public obituary before an account is put into the RIP mode.
I can just imagine the public obituaries including peoples steam gamer tags in order to meet this requirement. Rest in peace 69TIGOLBITTIESLOVER69.
And/or the outrage as Steam starts doing Know-Your-Customer compliance things, requesting gamers submit ID so that the public obituaries can be matched to their accounts.
I dunno, I inherited my grandparents' SNES and my uncle's PS1 and Sega Dreamcast. I probably played those consoles more than they ever did. Granted, those consoles weren't that old by the time I got them
I mean, unless I'm physically unable, I'll be gaming until the day I die. Sure a lot of my steam library will be some ancient games, but there will be plenty of current ones as well.