tbh i kind of understand the local connection requirement. it really makes it similar to sharing a game with a friend you know in person. without that the floodgates would be open to sharing games with literally anyone online.
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kaitco@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Even though this is an annoying DRM layer, I do like the innovation attempted here.
Back in the day, you’d hand your disc to your friend and then they’d hand it back to you some time later. Digital has given us a lot more freedom in how we game, but the ability to share had been removed. This at least seems to be offering a solution, at least for those who either don’t want to or are unable to just Arr! the games.
All they need is to remove the asinine local connection piece, and make the timeframe longer.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
smeg@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
How would you make it so you can only share games with your family? As in what technical definition of “family” would you use that can’t include your friends?
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i assume similar to how apple does it - everyone you add to your “family” must share the same payment method. so naturally you will limit that to only people you highly trust.
Kelly@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
For child accounts the trust might extend to blocking purchases in the general case and having the kids send purchase requests to the parent for approval.
Of course this leaves the child account restricted is such a manner it would be unappealing if there wasn’t an actual parent-child relationship IRL.
smeg@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Interesting, does that mean there is just one primary account and to be part of a family group with it you essentially can’t have your own account or purchases?
arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
It depends on how it works, 14 days and then the friend has to buy it or renewed every 14 days. If it is the latter and if it eventually goes online (which I think it will with the online subscription) it is a way, not the best way but a way, to stop scammers from building up massive stolen libraries because, unlike piracy, these games would actually be getting stolen from whoever lent it out since they can’t play them. If it is 14 days and then the friend has to buy the game, it’s a stupid limit.
drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I think it’s going to be mostly school kids sharing games with their friends, like their parents before them but digitally.
Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
How is this innovation, though?
It’s a specific type of DRM/sharing scheme, but it’s not really innovative.