Guest inoubliable Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I'm so not tech-savvy enough to figure this out on my own. (Yeah, tech-savvy. We'll go with that. I feel slightly less stupid if we make this a "tech" problem. LOL.) I want to purchase http://store.steampowered.com/app/230940 It's on sale for another dozen hours or so. It fits in well with what we're studying. My kids will love it. My question is this: I see a Four Pack. Can I purchase the Four Pack and get keys or licenses or copies or whatever for myself and my three kids? Do I just get codes to give away to the kids that they then redeem on their own Steam accounts? (I'm guessing this is how it works, but realize that I could be completely off.) Would it be easier to just log into our individual Steam account and purchase the game on each account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venia Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Whenever we have bought a game on steam, it was linked directly with the account that it was purchased on. We could log on on multiple computers without a problem, but we had to log onto that specific account to play, even in offline mode. You could log into their account to make a purchase, but if they have more than one account you would have to purchase it for each account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 That's what I figured. So then I didn't understand the point of a Four Pack. Eh. I'll probably just go log in/out of four different accounts and buy it four different times. Fun times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I *think* when you purchase a four pack, one goes into your account and can't be gifted. The other copies go into your inventory and then can be gifted to friends. I do know from our experience that you can't gift all 4. So one of the sets will go into the purchasing account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I *think* when you purchase a four pack, one goes into your account and can't be gifted. The other copies go into your inventory and then can be gifted to friends. I do know from our experience that you can't gift all 4. So one of the sets will go into the purchasing account. That's what I was thinking - that one would be linked to me, and the others I could gift to the kids' accounts. It doesn't make much sense any other way but I don't want to go back and pay for individual copies later if it doesn't work that way. I can't find anything on their site that explains this further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 So, it turns out....that's exactly how it goes. A Four Pack gets you one for yourself immediately, and three to gift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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