I have a HUGE idea that could make STEAM a ♥♥♥♥ TONNE of money AND would be AWESOME for gamers. Who do I contact?

[Puggles2g]

I am in Australia and have no idea about working on the Steam CLient from a Dev side but I have a really great idea that could revoutionse the way we game as friends, but could also make Steam ALOT of cash. FOR FREE! All above board, all legal AND actually HELPING the gaming community, yes thats right you heard me HELP the GAMERS! And still make BIG BUCKS! So please, who do I contact. I want to make sure this idea reaches the right ears or it could be stolen and used by competitors which would be DEVASTATING for Steam AND Steam users.

[Gwarsbane]

引用自 Puggles2g：

引用自 Tito Shivan：

I really hope you're not talking about Robot Cache...

Besides. It has already been tried in the past:
https://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/22/green-man-gaming-buy-sell-trade-games/
It didn't last long.

Oh ♥♥♥♥. I can dream but cant I? LMAO I should never engage in these discussions drunk.... French courts usually suck but the ruling that games could be resold SHOULD be enforced. The devs have a right to perks BUT SO DO GAMERS! Most gamers dont drive what devs drive, do they.....

Let me guess... you read about the ruling from 2019 and didn't keep up with the appeals....

I don't speak french so here is a translated link, I will also provide a link to the original page in french.

Justice puts a stop to the resale of dematerialized video games
From Oct 2022.
https://www-numerama-com.translate.goog/politique/1157708-la-justice-met-un-coup-darret-a-la-revente-de-jeux-video-dematerialises.html?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Original Link
https://www.numerama.com/politique/1157708-la-justice-met-un-coup-darret-a-la-revente-de-jeux-video-dematerialises.html


Short version, French appeals courts ruled that people CAN'T resell their digital games. So its not over yet. They can take it to a higher court, not sure if they will or not. All we can do is wait and see.

Its not over till it gets to France's version of the supreme court.

[Harley]

It is a cool idea. Being able to sell digital keys that you purchased on the Steam Marketplace. With Steam gaining a small percentage for processing. But, that will probably never happen.

[Start_Running]

引用自 Harley：

It is a cool idea. Being able to sell digital keys that you purchased on the Steam Marketplace. With Steam gaining a small percentage for processing. But, that will probably never happen.

Yeah because no developer would want to sell on a platform that actively shafts them.

[Boblin the Goblin]

引用自 Puggles2g：

引用自 Tito Shivan：

I really hope you're not talking about Robot Cache...

Besides. It has already been tried in the past:
https://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/22/green-man-gaming-buy-sell-trade-games/
It didn't last long.

Oh ♥♥♥♥. I can dream but cant I? LMAO I should never engage in these discussions drunk.... French courts usually suck but the ruling that games could be resold SHOULD be enforced. The devs have a right to perks BUT SO DO GAMERS! Most gamers dont drive what devs drive, do they.....

That ruling was later overturned in Steam's favor later on.

[Satoru]

引用自 Tito Shivan：

引用自 Puggles2g：

And the GIFT idea not the re-selling one is now being adopted by another company you will all see soon and I am to thank for that

I really hope you're not talking about Robot Cache...

Besides. It has already been tried in the past:
https://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/22/green-man-gaming-buy-sell-trade-games/
It didn't last long.

RobotCache you don't even recover the electricity costs of running your PC to mine their nonsense. And I already live in a part of the USA with fairly low electricity. Unless you live in Khazakstan or something (which incidentally rioted a while back because bitcoin miners were milking their electricity causing prices to rise) the RobotCache gives you back less money than even Gamestop would.

[Harley]

引用自 Start_Running：

引用自 Harley：

It is a cool idea. Being able to sell digital keys that you purchased on the Steam Marketplace. With Steam gaining a small percentage for processing. But, that will probably never happen.

Yeah because no developer would want to sell on a platform that actively shafts them.

Indeed. But, I enjoy the idea of being able to have full ownership over one copy of a game if you purchase it and being able to sell it. But, that's probably why most games are no longer available as physical copies to avoid resale.

[Tito Shivan]

引用自 Puggles2g：

Oh ♥♥♥♥. I can dream but cant I? LMAO I should never engage in these discussions drunk....

Best piece of advice in the whole thread.

引用自 Puggles2g：

French courts usually suck but the ruling that games could be resold SHOULD be enforced.

Decision has been appealed and is still going in court.

OTOH you have german courts ruling in the opposite direction. (See VZVB vs Valve ruling)

引用自 Satoru：

RobotCache you don't even recover the electricity costs of running your PC to mine their nonsense. And I already live in a part of the USA with fairly low electricity. Unless you live in Khazakstan or something (which incidentally rioted a while back because bitcoin miners were milking their electricity causing prices to rise) the RobotCache gives you back less money than even Gamestop would.

I have to admit I was actually surprised at the store actually launching, because everything I read about them screamed "Investor trap"

[Puggles2g]

Im so sorry people this was a really interesting discussion but i got a message from Steam team saying this was an innapropriate post. NOT A BAN they said just innapropriate. I think I made big pappa SteamValve mad. So we end it here ay? Its always good talking to you guys but to get your opinion. OK later all see ya in another thread maybe. Severus out.