Why i can't sell my account?

[YaskoBG]

What is the logic behind this?
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This is a perfect waste of money - not selling your account. What if i have invested ♥♥♥♥ ton of money in vidgames (cuz they are expensive af), decide to stop playing and i cant sell all this, which is MINE? I dont get this...

[YaskoBG]

Oh, and if someone wants to play these games, but he cant buy them trough steam? Or he cant afford a game i have and i am selling the account cheaper than the game?
Note* i have the game in the account

[Ruse]

Read the TOS. You don't own the games on your account. Valve owns them, you're only renting them.

[YaskoBG]

Why is this a one time option? I cant refun after some time playing/owning the game

Originally posted by Theresa Barkskin:

Read the TOS. You don't own the games on your account. Valve owns them, you're only renting them.

[FFL2and3rocks]

Steam doesn't sell games, it sells licenses that give you permission to download and play the games.

Obviously they don't want you to sell your account because Valve and the publishers wouldn't make any money from that transaction. Publishers have never liked used games cutting into their profits, even since long before Steam existed. So you can't transfer any of your games to someone else, but in exchange, Steam has better sales. If the publishers had to worry about people selling their accounts left and right, then they would never agree to participate in any sales.

[RHYMIN SIMON]

Account selling is against the TOS. So there is no need to discuss further more ....

[wuddih]

with that mindset you might wanna look out for a job in the criminal sector.

[YaskoBG]

This aint fair... However, i checked and we cant withdraw the game at all (or the product or whatever)

That basically is not fair m8.

[cinedine]

Originally posted by Theresa Barkskin:

Read the TOS. You don't own the games on your account. Valve owns them, you're only renting them.

Valve also does not own the majority of games on Steam. And you are not renting them.
You acquire licenses to use them within the terms of these licenses. Some are even transferrable.
However, licenses that enable you to use Steam's services for those games are NOT transferrable. They are also different from the actual game licenses.
And to make matters even more complicated all your inventory items are also just licensed. Those licenses are transferrable, too, although Valve does not acknowledge transfers outside of the means provided by them (trading, marketplace).

[RHYMIN SIMON]

Originally posted by S.R.R.YaskoBG:

This aint fair... However, i checked and we cant withdraw the game at all (or the product or whatever)

That basically is not fair m8.

you accepted the Steam Subscriber Agreement with using this software.

if you dont like it , dont use it anymore

[Wolf Knight]

and you agreed to this setup when you made the account, and you agreed to it everytime they do a steam update and you click the I ACCEPT