Steam Cyber Cafe Program

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Wow that's awesome! So I have a few questions that I can't seem to find answers to no matter how a phrase my google search. So first I don't understand the game licensing. Does each game have it's own licensing agreement I have to look into, in order to legally have them on my PCs and charge people and hourly rate to use my PCs? How do I go about getting these licences and how much do they typically cost? (I seen somewhere that the Blizzard license cost $10, 000?

That's ridiculous. Heroes 2 Patch No Cd. ) Will these licenses include me being able to use their logos to advertise my cafe? How do I find a leasing company for the PCs? Or is it better just to buy the PCs out right and upgrade every couple years as necessary? Is the Steam Cyber Cafe program worth being a part of?

How does that program work? What does valve typically charge to be a part of this program? I have a crap load more questions lol but these are the main ones I can think of.

Thanks so much in advance for answering questions and taking the time, just being a good person in general:) EDIT I am planning on doing this in Ontario, Canada. There won't be any real game licensing fee. Steam used to offer like 400 games for $90 per year per seat. This no longer exists. Now they urge everyone to use their own accounts. Blizzard has it in the EULA for Starcraft II and WoW that the clients can be used in Lan Cafe's. Melodia Domnisoara Domnisoara Ce Program Aveti Diseara there.

For games that require their own accounts the customer needs the account! As long as you aren't pirating games, or opening a chain with 12-15 stores the big companies don't care.

As long as your buying legit copies of the games!

Since you will be running a Site License Server to share your pool of commercial licenses, you do not need a Steam account for each PC. Instead you will need one commercial Steam account that you will use to sign up for the program and then one account for each Site License Server you will be running (generally one per physical location). We will require businesses to create a new Steam account specifically for commercial use.

You will not be able to use your personal Steam account for these activities.