I guess it’s more of a situation where they can’t penalize you if you buy and sell accounts.
But to answer your question, you would exchange your password for money and the account is now theirs with no fear that Valve will ban them for breaking a rule. They have to allow it but are not required to create functionality in Steam to make it easier.
Eh, I’ve been a lot less tempted by steam sales lately. Better to get stuff off of sites like GOG where possible, because you can usually get a DRM-free, offline installer as a backup
I have a screenshot from a time in an MMORPG where a member died before they could do a global event quest they’d always wanted to do. There was a player-driven server-wide memorial event where her character was run through the quest by friends so that her name could be honored by a global broadcast message.
The game and the servers are now gone, but that screenshot of everyone holding torches for her character on that day still means a lot to me 20 years on.
So yeah, I think a steam account can fit that billing as a memorial.
This is a really interesting question. In my opinion, absolutely yes. It’s a piece of someone’s hobby, a passion large or small. A time capsule of things that made someone happy.
Beyond that, in cases like the authors friends love of Sea of Thieves, it can show a bit of the community they sought, the people they interacted with. A small tendril of ourselves, reaching out and entwining with others.
And, for those who maybe only knew the person online, never had the chance or want for an in-person meetup, it’s a place to mourn. A digital marker of a life once lived, a finished book of memories. The games themselves may come and go, but the traces they left will be there, captured in achievements and screenshots, to be shared as long as a copy exists.
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accounts are “non-transferrable,” but how would they actually know if you handed over your login info to someone
They don’t, it’s just to dissuade people from selling accounts and cover their ass.
If I can’t sell a thing then do I really own it?
Europeans can sell their steam game.
Wait, can we ?
https://www.eurogamer.net/eu-rules-publishers-cannot-stop-you-reselling-your-downloaded-games#comments
I guess it’s more of a situation where they can’t penalize you if you buy and sell accounts.
But to answer your question, you would exchange your password for money and the account is now theirs with no fear that Valve will ban them for breaking a rule. They have to allow it but are not required to create functionality in Steam to make it easier.
That’s interesting I didn’t know that, thanks!
No
ok, well…over 14 years i’ve amassed over 200 games; no way i’m letting that evaporate into nothing if i find out my days are numbered
Eh, I’ve been a lot less tempted by steam sales lately. Better to get stuff off of sites like GOG where possible, because you can usually get a DRM-free, offline installer as a backup
That’s not really the point of the story.
But yeah, I plan to hand down my accounts for everything, including Steam.
Not as long as a Steam account can’t be part of an inheritance. At least not legally so. At best, it just becomes a historical note.
I have a screenshot from a time in an MMORPG where a member died before they could do a global event quest they’d always wanted to do. There was a player-driven server-wide memorial event where her character was run through the quest by friends so that her name could be honored by a global broadcast message.
The game and the servers are now gone, but that screenshot of everyone holding torches for her character on that day still means a lot to me 20 years on.
So yeah, I think a steam account can fit that billing as a memorial.
Holy shit that referenced poem hits fucking hard.
Interesting article
This is a really interesting question. In my opinion, absolutely yes. It’s a piece of someone’s hobby, a passion large or small. A time capsule of things that made someone happy.
Beyond that, in cases like the authors friends love of Sea of Thieves, it can show a bit of the community they sought, the people they interacted with. A small tendril of ourselves, reaching out and entwining with others.
And, for those who maybe only knew the person online, never had the chance or want for an in-person meetup, it’s a place to mourn. A digital marker of a life once lived, a finished book of memories. The games themselves may come and go, but the traces they left will be there, captured in achievements and screenshots, to be shared as long as a copy exists.