Yeah, I think that’s the general idea. They are seperate instances of Steam that could be signed into different accounts. So yeah, if you’re doing multiplayer of one game, each account would need to own it. That would be the exact same limitation at a LAN party anyway. This just lets you host said LAN party on a single beefy box, and use thin clients for each gamer, like an RPi4, a tablet or even an Apple/Android TV.
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ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 2 months agostill steam prevents you from running more than one game at once from one account
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
kambusha@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I believe this is akin to an open-source version of Stadia or Geforce now. Essentially, you have a powerful server that can be used by multiple users to play their own games. So, along with a couple of friends, you could purchase a powerful server, and then connect to it with a weak home computer.
abeltramo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well said! That’s exactly the idea!