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Valve confirms your Steam account cannot be transferred to anyone after you die (www.techspot.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you cannot pass on your ownership rights to your purchased games to your children, then you cannot pass on your copyright either, I guess?

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's ridiculous. You should be free to give away, sell, or trade digital games just like you can with physical copies.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In the EU, you can.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

But only the whole account, or did that change

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not the whole account, only individual games.

Last I heard, Steam hadn't actually implemented that functionality yet, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

It would probably take someone to sue them, but they would have to implement it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Transferring the whole account after you die is what this post is about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Agree, even more so with the private cloud data. If your loved one dies and you want to visit multiplayer you created together in open world builders it would be shitty to take that away from them. Eg: Father and son played Minecraft together on LAN server or whatever (If that even is a thing)