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You can't take it with you, but you can't leave it for someone else either: Valve says you aren't allowed to bequeath a Steam account in a will (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 5 months ago (15 children)

It is bullshit tho. I feel like for how massive these libraries are, I should be able to do that. Even if it requires a death certificate to make the transfer.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Add it to the list of ethical circumstances for piracy.

In fact, for the titles I cared about, I would contact the studio/publisher themselves, explain the situation, send a death cert and a steam account, and see if they would allow a transfer or grant a new key. If not...they're part of the problem.

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

I guarantee that you'll get crickets for 99% of those emails

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

Yeah, but I would say trying to contact is the right thing to do here before pirating.

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