Comment on Steam :: Introducing Steam Families
geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 7 months agoProbably less geo-location and more just shared IP block/address
Comment on Steam :: Introducing Steam Families
geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 7 months agoProbably less geo-location and more just shared IP block/address
Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
I experimented around with it in the beta out of curiosity.
I’m assuming this is based on account region (i.e. purchase region) and not IP.
Lem453@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Wireguard makes everyone one big happy family!
Pyro@programming.dev 7 months ago
If this is based on store region, VPN is not enough. You’ll need a payment method from that country as well.
Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Assuming it is store country that is checked: Simply VPN-ing doesn’t change that. Instead you have to make a purchase in the new place with “a payment method from the region you have moved to”. From experience this locks your account to the new region for 3 months. What would be interesting to know is if you can be in a family and then change regions afterwards without getting auto-kicked.
Needless to say, my experiments ended at trying to see if they have any kinds of restrictions in place (unlike for the original family share) and I don’t wanna buy a throwaway game and lock an account into a different region for 3 months just for shits and giggles.
yamanii@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You should remember that valve already threatened VPN users after everyone was buying games in Argentina.
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Worth noting that this could also potentially be due to differences in censorship/rating laws across country lines. For instance, Germany has some strict regulations regarding Nazi imagery in media. So games need to have a specific Germany-friendly version if they feature that kind of imagery. And Steam may not be able to serve two different versions of the game with a single license.