please give us a friend edtion.

[zeroTWOeight]

just saw a game that had a friend pass option, this is such a great idea. there are games that i'd gladly buy a second copy of just to be-able to have a buddy play or try it with me. it be nice to just say hey lets try game X, and send an invite for them to unlock and play together with you for a session. a great example of this are fighters, not everyone wants to buy a copy of said game, we all have friends/family that are casual gamers that like to mash and have fun with you, and chances are will never play said game for a more than a session or two, but regardless it would still be a nice way to hang with them, and get a little more play time from those types of games.

[Seraphita]

This is not Steam's decision, though. The publishers or developers whatever are the ones that allow a friend edition to exist. Steam's system allows it to be done but they're not the ones who decide what games gets it. (As Friend pass means lost money, too)

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by zeroTWOeight:

please give us a friend edtion.

just saw a game that had a friend pass option, this is such a great idea. there are games that i'd gladly buy a second copy of just to be-able to have a buddy play or try it with me. it be nice to just say hey lets try game X, and send an invite for them to unlock and play together with you for a session. a great example of this are fighters, not everyone wants to buy a copy of said game, we all have friends/family that are casual gamers that like to mash and have fun with you, and chances are will never play said game for a more than a session or two, but regardless it would still be a nice way to hang with them, and get a little more play time from those types of games.

Guest passes were a thing and they were also region restricted.

But Remote Play Together is a thing that is available on many titles.

[Seraphita]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Guest passes were a thing and they were also region restricted.

But Remote Play Together is a thing that is available on many titles.

:nkCool:

I almost forgot remote play but that's more like playing local MP anyway. Friend edition is like saying "Buy a game, get 1 free". it makes sense for like 2 games on steam.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Seraphita:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Guest passes were a thing and they were also region restricted.

But Remote Play Together is a thing that is available on many titles.

I almost forgot remote play but that's more like playing local MP anyway. Friend edition is like saying "Buy a game, get 1 free". it makes sense for like 2 games on steam.

Basically...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/322330/Dont_Starve_Together/

... yeah.

[Seraphita]

Ah yeah, it includes a key you can send to a friend. The only other games I can think of was this coop game named It takes two? (And another game similar to this one)

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Yeah. The 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 pack games were also a fun thing.

[zeroTWOeight]

i get it, but it would be a great feature.

i guess i was thinking it wouldn't be a loss of money because it would still require me to buy another copy, i was thinking along the lines of being able to lend the second copy to a friend on my friend list. say i got a game like spy party, it's something i convince a friend to play for a few sets but not enough to justify them buying it. i could gift them a copy, but then after a week or a few weeks of playing they'll move on, and then i'm back to playing with random strangers, only to repeat the cycle if i find another friend.

the money part makes sense because in this case i would have bought 3 games, 1 per friend+mine, vs just 1 for me and 1 to lend out, but that is too much of a price barrier for me, so now this game sits unplayed in my account. again i'd gladly pick up a second copy if it meant every now and then i could play with a friend when we felt like it. we currently just cycle through the free to plays games but it be nice to find an inexpensive way to have some online party games for friend groups.

[zeroTWOeight]

Originally posted by eram:

Originally posted by Seraphita:

Ah yeah, it includes a key you can send to a friend. The only other games I can think of was this coop game named It takes two? (And another game similar to this one)

im doing the guest download thing with split fiction. its fun :)

this is the game that kicked off the idea, i have so many random fighters that my old college buddies would love, if they only tried them. but sadly i can't get them to commit to buying any of them and they are too remote for local play. and play together never works well for fighters in my eyes. it just be nice to give one a call and relive some old days with out breaking the bank and a big commitment. you buy a game like tekken 8 not on sale, and if you don't get your moneys worth out of it you just feel guilty for spending it on something that your not playing.