Valve has announced a new program today that makes it easier for Steam gamers to share their downloaded game titles. Called Steam Family Sharing, the program allows Steam gamers to share their library of titles with as many as 10 additional computers. Any title in the library can be shared, but only one person can use the sharing program at a time. The Steam Family Sharing Program will be launched in limited beta next week, initially only 1,000 Steam accounts will be given access.
The way the program works is that a user will send a request to the lender, who will then authorise their computer. The authorized computer takes up one of the 10 slots that are available, it will then be able to access the games library. Each Steam user will be able to save their individual game progress and achievements, even while playing shared titles. As previously mentioned, since only one user can access the shared account at a time, any connected user will be logged out once the account lender signs on. Users won’t be able to share region locked games out of their particular region, also, during the beta stage titles which require subscriptions or third-party serial numbers won’t be supported.
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