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Valve confirms your Steam account cannot be transferred to anyone after you die | Your Steam games will go to the grave with you (www.techspot.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I personally don't value them differently, but I see your point.

The wonky ownership of these games is actually the reason I've been pretty much exclusively buying stuff on GoG for a few years. I don't know their stance on inheritance, but at least the hypothetical grandchild won't need perpetual access to the account to keep playing the games.

In the end, clear legislation is kinda the only thing that can resolve this mess.