Selling games you dont use anymore.

[proofan]

Hello!

Is it just me that should love a function that let you sell your games?
I mean there is no problem selling games on disc..

Maybe there is some security reasons but what is them? theres alot of selling digital stuff.

And ofcourse steam will have a % for the sell. the consumer should make some though :)

[Cathulhu]

Why should they allow that? Digital copies don't degrade, so the game copy would be as good as a new "unused" digital copy, for which Steam and the publisher can charge full price instead.

So. Why should Valve and the publisher allow the sale of used games when it costs them money they would get if they sell the games full price instead.

No to mention games being sold after an account hijack.

[Gwarsbane]

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Hello!

Is it just me that should love a function that let you sell your games?
I mean there is no problem selling games on disc..

Maybe there is some security reasons but what is them? theres alot of selling digital stuff.

And ofcourse steam will have a % for the sell. the consumer should make some though :)

If you had used the search feature you would have seen that no its not just you that has suggested this bad idea.

Yes there are problems with selling games on disc seeing as how developers have been trying to kill off the secondary market for a long time. Also discs degrade over time, digital only games do not degrade over time. There is only so many discs out there in the wild where as digital only games are an unlimited number forever.

You do know that developers and what ever platform the discs are being sold for see zero money from the used discs that are being sold right?

Why would the developers and Steam want to less then selling the game new to someone?

Right now, the developers make 70% of what ever they are selling it for, lets say $70 bucks. So they make $49 dollars. Valve makes 30% of that $70 bucks, so $21 dollars.

So since you are selling a "used" game you would not be able to sell it for 70 bucks, at best you get 50% for it. So $35 bucks.

Explain to the Developers and to Steam why they should accept anything less then 70% and 30%.... What do they get out of selling a game that doesn't degrade, that there is unlimited numbers of for less than 70 bucks that they are getting for the game?


Again you are asking the developer and steam to take less money they are already getting so that you can also get a cut...

How much of that $35 dollars should you get? Whos pocket does it come out of? If the game is still selling for $70 dollars, why should they accept anything less then $49 and $21 dollars? If the Developer has put it on sale for anything less than $70 dollars, why should they both accept anything less than 70% and 30%?


Are you starting to see the problem yet?

[FFL2and3rocks]

When you ask to sell your games, you are also asking for higher prices and no more sales.

[Nx Machina]

You do not buy a game you buy a licence for the game.

[proofan]

I understand all your arguments hehe. i just wanted it to be possible i guess :)

I am sorry for the dumb suggestion

[Tanoomba]

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It would be cool if we could re-sell games we'll never play again.Or even just trade or give them away.

I buy a game, beat it, give it to a friend, he beats it, gives it to someone else, they beat it, etc, etc. Why would someone buy a game when they can just wait for their buddy to give it to them? To say nothing about people selling these games via 3rd party transactions.

It sounds like a nice idea, but it would be exploited to the point where it would lose Valve and the studios WAAAAAY more money than it's worth.

[Tito Shivan]

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I understand all your arguments hehe. i just wanted it to be possible i guess :)

I am sorry for the dumb suggestion

Not a dumb suggestion. Lots of people would like to give away their used games, just like they do on console. It's just that the implications of doing that, considering both the volume of digital licenses that'd be available for 'selling' and the lack of friction digital licenses have, make up for a scary panorama for both devs and storefronts. And they're the one you need to get on board to make it work.

[76561198407601200]

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Hello!

Is it just me that should love a function that let you sell your games?
I mean there is no problem selling games on disc..

Maybe there is some security reasons but what is them? theres alot of selling digital stuff.

And ofcourse steam will have a % for the sell. the consumer should make some though :)

They will get 100% of their portion of the sales by not allowing you to cut into their profits.

[Psymon²]

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Hello!

Hi

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Is it just me that should love a function that let you sell your games?

no 😭

[Tito Shivan]

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They will get 100% of their portion of the sales by not allowing you to cut into their profits.

They're already angry at game stores making money hand over fist, depredating their revenue by selling second hand copies to possible customers. And that considering the high friction physical game resale represents.

Opening a user market, with zero friction for instant, worldwide game transfer and a supply pool of (hundreds? Thousands of? )millions of game licenses is pretty much a nightmare scenario for most game developers.

Imagine the reaction of filmakers and the movie industry if theaters allowed users to resell their movie tickets after watching the movie.