{"id":35803,"date":"2013-06-20T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T04:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=35803"},"modified":"2013-12-11T17:48:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T17:48:14","slug":"valve-may-introduce-a-game-sharing-feature-to-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/valve-may-introduce-a-game-sharing-feature-to-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve may introduce a game sharing feature to Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/8\/8a\/Square_Steam_Logo.png?resize=500%2C366\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Valve may be introducing a game sharing feature within steam. In the newest Steam Beta Client update, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=595606\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=595606', 'NeoGAF ']);\" >NeoGAF <\/a>member spotted three lines of code that make reference to game sharing. The lines are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicense_Title&#8221; &#8220;Shared game library&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicenseLocked_OwnerText&#8221; &#8220;Just so you know, your games are currently in use by %borrower%. Playing now will send %borrower% a notice that it&#8217;s time to quit.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicenseLocked_BorrowerText&#8221; &#8220;This shared game is currently unavailable. Please try again later or buy this game for your own library.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently as soon as you purchase a game on steam, its tied to your account.\u00a0You can gift a game to another Steam user, but then the ownership is transferred to them.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing has been confirmed by Valve, but it would sure be interesting if this feature was introduced.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Like us on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a> Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Folding@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 164304<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">SETI@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 138705<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1', 'World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech']);\" target=\"_blank\">World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve may be introducing a game sharing feature within steam. In the newest Steam Beta Client update, a NeoGAF member spotted three lines of code that make reference to game sharing. 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