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Should We Be Able to Sell Used Digital Games?

"While it might seem like common sense that you can’t sell something that doesn’t physically exist, the option of selling used digital content obtained through services such as Steam or IndieCity is heavily debated in places like Germany. "

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majiebeast4109d ago (Edited 4109d ago )

Yes i bought it i own it i should be able to sell it. That would certainly clean up my steam list.

cl19834109d ago

It all depends on what you bought. The best way that can explain it is by comparing buying a car too leasing a car. You technically don't own a leased vehicle, it's actually owned by the dealership.

GrieverSoul4109d ago

@cl1983

True!
BUT... you dont pay full price for the car. You pay a monthly fee. The service I relate this leasing is PlayStation Plus.
Buying a full price game should enable you to sell it later. But its too late of a concept to implemente now. Independent of what we might think.

Tzuno4109d ago

Well that's why people should stick to Physical copies otherwise they sign their doom nice and slowly.

1nsomniac4109d ago

You dont lease any game unless you've rented it etc, but then obviously you cant sell it & you've not bought it. Thats just common sence tho so I dont know what point your trying to make. you dont buy a leased car or if you do then its yours to sell as you feel like.

darthv724109d ago

sold me his 360 slim cause he needed the cash. He sold with it a stack of physical games but also several digital games saved to the hdd.

He went so far as to change all sorts of the account information to link up with mine and while I am able to download my gamertag to this other system, not all of the digital games are available for me to earn achievements on.

Some of them are open for me to sign in and play so long as his profile remained on the system. Others, i have to sign in as him first, then using a 2nd controller sign in as myself and those previously locked games are available for me to play and earn achievements on.

If you sell your system and want to give up your rights to the digital content then the buyer should have the right to accept a license transfer. But it would seem that the nature of license transfers are tied to the system...not the user.

Id like that to change but I doubt it will anytime soon. I know he wont ever use his gamertag anymore so i wont delete his profile but its a drag to sign in as him, then as myself to play a damn game.

kayoss4109d ago

I think we should look at how other software are handled. Windows OS software can't be resold. Also virus software can't be sold either. I would love to sell some of my digitally owned games but implementing a process can be complicated.

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Bimkoblerutso4109d ago

If you buy into "digital games," you are not truly purchasing anything. You are essentially paying for a license to play the game. Hell, even physical copies of our games these days come with so much DRM BS that it would be innaccurate to say that we truly own anything but the flimsy boxes they come in.

People should have realized this a LONG time ago. There wouldn't really be a problem with this if there were any real advantages to paying for the "service" rather than an actual product. Retail pricing stays EXACTLY the same despite the massively reduced overhead, DRM is even more prevalent and restrictive, and yeah, there's ZERO resale value.

Steam has done a lot to make things more appealing with their ridiculous sales and attempts at providing convenience, but for the most part, the digital revolution is just one more way to control consumers.

JaredH4109d ago (Edited 4109d ago )

They would not have a way of implementing this, especially with sales changing the prices of games drastically every so often.

The closest thing would probably be letting you gift the games you bought for yourself to other players.

grailly4109d ago

the problem I see is that a "used" copy would be exactly the same as the new copy, game prices would quickly swirl into oblivion. I would guess most games would cost less than half the original price after a month.

shutUpAndTakeMyMoney4109d ago (Edited 4109d ago )

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majiebeast

Yes but your steam account will be refilled with f2ps..
PC would be irrelevant for sure next to consoles. Ubisoft, Activision, EA would only make f2p pc games. Happy joy? :)

Lol Buy a $30 game on steam sale for $7.50 then sell it for $5 to someone who will sell for $5 who will sell it for $7 and so on. This would truly kill pc imo.. AAA devs would run.

Also why buy a game to support you when people can pirate? Either way the devs get nothing. No one will buy from you they don't care to support you. The creators of the game? sure.

lol Valve would have provide servers for resellers? 3 Years later they will be out of business.

I rather not sell my games so pc can grow.

Saryk4109d ago

The consoles grew and there was trading! And they had physical items, those physical items cost money to make, digital doesn't have that issue!

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Rubberlegs4109d ago

You can't trade in PC games so it shouldn't be any different with digital versions. It would also be difficult to put a price on them because of how cheap they go for during sales. Sleeping Dogs was on sale for $10 last week, its standard price is $40.

Its rare that I ever spend full price on a new release going digital. With sites like Greenman Gaming they run deals all the time that knock off anywhere from $10-$20.

hano4109d ago

Oh yeah? I bought DMC for 49$ because I wanted the game and it would usually go for low price on steam (I can't really buy it) only after 6 months to a year after release.

OhReginald4109d ago (Edited 4109d ago )

If that happens what stops someone from a selling a game for a penny to a friend just so he can have a go at it?

maniacmayhem4109d ago

What's stopping them from doing that now?

kevnb4109d ago

naw, software doesnt break after a set amount of time. Unless we start leasing software and selling that lease, it wont work.

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein9d ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii9d ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo9d ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows909d ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel19899d ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus8d ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha9d ago

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Inverno9d ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan9d ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno9d ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life19819d ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn6699d ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life19819d ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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