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PC gaming boom: Steam sets new record with 41.6 million concurrent players
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Could run it through an emulator depending on what game in the series you are playing. I've done that for a few titles when couch co-op is happening.
That's a reasonable idea. It's just hard to fathom why this is a feature not commonly supported on PC despite being available on less powerful consoles. To play local co-op on PC, I need to buy the full series for each additional player who are then required to have their own hardware. Not economical when you just want to play with your kids.
Suddenly it seems reasonable to buy one console and one copy of the game.
I believe steam remote play and Family Sharing are both designed to accommodate that issue - although that doesn't solve the hardware problem admittedly.
I'll have to look into that. My understanding was that only one account in the family could play the same copy at a time.
For LAN/Offline play I believe there's no limitation. You can also have "multiple" copies (get the game for 5 bucks on a steam sale compared to console), for multiple user online play.