trading games

[vanishedchief2021]

i know valve wont be making any money from it but it would be super cool if you could trade you're unwanted games with people on the marketplace. it will be super convenient for people that use this store and because no other store does this it might bring more people to steam it totally is a digital future

[vanishedchief2021]

So what you all are telling me is buying digital games is worthless and a waste of money and just stick to free to play games.

[Wolf Knight]

Originalmente postado por vanishedchief2021:

So what you all are telling me is buying digital games is worthless and a waste of money and just stick to free to play games.

no, what we are telling you is your idea of trading games is worthless. Epic gives away games for a reason, they are trying to build up their user base, and they pay the game developers for those games. the epic store is not running at a profit for them currently.

if you want to be able to trade your games, come up with a way for it to work.

keep in mind that if you make it ME ME ME as a view point, it wont work. you have to deal with multiple parties that have an interest in it.

Steam
the Game devs
the end users

your current design drives away the developers. so free trading is not going to work. they want their cut of the money or they walk, and they decide what the price is for their game.

[Brian9824]

Originalmente postado por vanishedchief2021:

So what you all are telling me is buying digital games is worthless and a waste of money and just stick to free to play games.

No, buying digital games with the intent to re-sell isn't exactly a wise move, but most people buy them to play.....

[Crazy Tiger]

Originalmente postado por vanishedchief2021:

So what you all are telling me is buying digital games is worthless and a waste of money and just stick to free to play games.

Nobody said that. Besides, with entertainment products value is subjective. If you consider digital licenses without resale/trading/lending to be worthless, that's fine of course.

As said, a secondhand market is something most game devs/publishers don't want. So why would they now be interested in your suggestion?

[UrbanMech]

Originalmente postado por vanishedchief2021:

So what you all are telling me is buying digital games is worthless and a waste of money and just stick to free to play games.

What are you trying to do? Buy an investment? You should look at another type of product than video games. So yea that would be useless.

If you want a game then buy it. Companies make games to make money. Used copies denies money from the company. It's not useless to buy if you want to play the game.

[vanishedchief2021]

This all digital future doesn't seem right it just makes games feel more worthless no wonder Xbox went down the subscription route because no one buys games on Xbox because they have brains.

[TPGamesAU]

I've had offers. But I'm not sure if I can trust the buyer, it's a mess.
Contracts are important, and need to be vetted

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originalmente postado por TPGamesAU:

I've had offers. But I'm not sure if I can trust the buyer, it's a mess.
Contracts are important, and need to be vetted

Offers to trade your bought games on Steam?

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originalmente postado por vanishedchief2021:

This all digital future doesn't seem right it just makes games feel more worthless no wonder Xbox went down the subscription route because no one buys games on Xbox because they have brains.

They went the subscription route because studies showed people are more willing to pay a little per month than a larger amount at once. They also already had the server infrastructure to do so and saw a profit opportunity.

If you think that buying a digital game is pointless because you can't trade it, their subscription is even more pointless because you don't even own the license of the game you're playing. At any moment it can be removed from the service and you lose your access unless you buy it separately.

[Brian9824]

I mean whenever possible when I buy games for switch I buy them physically. Like i'll be getting the physical megaman battle network edition, i'm getting the physical final fantasy pixel remaster, etc.

Like the option to be able to re-sell or trade them, but never expect that with digital games

[vanishedchief2021]

Originalmente postado por SlowMango:

Originalmente postado por vanishedchief2021:

This all digital future doesn't seem right it just makes games feel more worthless no wonder Xbox went down the subscription route because no one buys games on Xbox because they have brains.

They went the subscription route because studies showed people are more willing to pay a little per month than a larger amount at once. They also already had the server infrastructure to do so and saw a profit opportunity.

If you think that buying a digital game is pointless because you can't trade it, their subscription is even more pointless because you don't even own the license of the game you're playing. At any moment it can be removed from the service and you lose your access unless you buy it separately.

Now you see what i mean digital games are worthless if you could trade in your old games wouldn't make digital games worthless it will make worth buying.

[Mad Scientist]

Originalmente postado por vanishedchief2021:

So what you all are telling me is buying digital games is worthless and a waste of money and just stick to free to play games.

Well, physical games have value due to not being able to be sold indefinitely; rarity & popularity primarily along with condition or being "NIB" - New In Box.

Digital games are primarily chosen for convenience; you don't have to drive anywhere, wait for a delivery etc, you just download it. That, and the high opportunity for large discounts. They're not meant for investing as they have no value especially when the service states licenses are not transferable. Though physical goods can exchange hands, hence why rarity counts.

I can often get 4-8 steam games legitimately from humble for $1, so you can see the issue there...

Originalmente postado por vanishedchief2021:

Now you see what i mean digital games are worthless if you could trade in your old games wouldn't make digital games worthless it will make worth buying.

They're supposed to be worth buying as a source of entertainment, not as an investment. Physical rarer games, trading cards or other physical goods would be better if one wants to create an investment.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originalmente postado por vanishedchief2021:

Originalmente postado por SlowMango:

They went the subscription route because studies showed people are more willing to pay a little per month than a larger amount at once. They also already had the server infrastructure to do so and saw a profit opportunity.

If you think that buying a digital game is pointless because you can't trade it, their subscription is even more pointless because you don't even own the license of the game you're playing. At any moment it can be removed from the service and you lose your access unless you buy it separately.

Now you see what i mean digital games are worthless if you could trade in your old games wouldn't make digital games worthless it will make worth buying.

You buy games because you enjoy playing them, not because you can trade them off.

[vanishedchief2021]

Originalmente postado por SlowMango:

Originalmente postado por vanishedchief2021:

Now you see what i mean digital games are worthless if you could trade in your old games wouldn't make digital games worthless it will make worth buying.

You buy games because you enjoy playing them, not because you can trade them off.

I love playing games i just thought it would be a nice way to make your library a little smaller come on it would be cool.

[Cathulhu]

You only want new games for free by recycling your old games.