trading games
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
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Cathulhu 18 MAY 2023 a las 6:54 
Steam was made to eliminate game trading, so don't expect such a thing to ever happen.
If it would, publishers would leave Steam entirely the same day.
Última edición por Cathulhu; 18 MAY 2023 a las 6:55
Vinz Clortho 18 MAY 2023 a las 6:59 
What are you, some kind of socialist?
Brian9824 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:00 
It wouldn't be so great for the developers who would lose billions of dollars which is why it isn't a thing. Steam doesn't own the licenses and they can't facilitate trades for items that don't belong to them.
vanishedchief2021 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:14 
What about a token every game you trade in you get one token one tokens worth 50p.
Brian9824 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:15 
Publicado originalmente por vanishedchief2021:
What about a token every game you trade in you get one token one tokens worth 50p.

Why would Valve pay you for something that is worthless to them? There is no reason for any developer or steam to facilitate this. It does nothing but hurt them.
Última edición por Brian9824; 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:16
Mad Scientist 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:18 
Publicado originalmente por vanishedchief2021:
What about a token every game you trade in you get one token one tokens worth 50p.
Bundle sites can often give multiple games for $1, so this seems a little overpowered for value. That and they'd basically be giving credit out of their pocket for no realistic reason, so I can see that as a huge loss potential than a gain.
Última edición por Mad Scientist; 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:18
Wolf Knight 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:18 
Publicado originalmente por vanishedchief2021:
What about a token every game you trade in you get one token one tokens worth 50p.
todays thread.....

why would steam give you anything for your "used games"? they can generate unlimited copies of it, issue an unlimited number of licenses to accounts.

the game developers have final say in this. they want to be PAID for their games, so every time a license gets added to an account, they get paid for it. you buy a game activation key, they already got paid for that license. you buy from steam, they get part of what you paid for the game.

if the devs say NO to trading licenses, then that is final. they said no already.

if you want to be able to sell/trade your games, take it up with your lawmakers. until they force the issue, its unlikely to ever happen. you may get what you asked for, but it will definitely not be what you wanted.
Última edición por Wolf Knight; 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:20
vanishedchief2021 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:18 
People aren't worthless to valve the more people here the better.
Brian9824 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:21 
Publicado originalmente por vanishedchief2021:
People aren't worthless to valve the more people here the better.

Valve already has record breaking numbers of users, getting more users that cost you money isn't a sound business move. Thats the problem Epic Games is having where they have lots of users, but they dont spend money. Its cost them over a BILLION dollars so far.

You want free stuff, but it has to be balanced by benefits to the person you want it from. This idea comes up all the time and its a bad one every time it comes up.

There is no benefit to Valve or anyone else to pay you for something that is worthless to them.
Cathulhu 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:22 
Valve isn't a charity organization. They like to make money. Trading games does not generate revenue, it does the exact opposite. Find a way for trading to be possible without having an impact on revenue.
Gwarsbane 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:24 
Publicado originalmente por 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

It would be super cool if people used the search feature and read all the other threads on the topic they want to post about first and either add to an already ongoing thread or just realize that their idea is really bad to start and that there is no fixing it to make it a better idea.

What you want means much lower money for the game Developers and for Valve. Lower money means less sales. Less sales means angry posts on the forums wanting more sales. Also means the sales that do happen will no longer include anything above 30% off.

Why do you think you never seen physical games on sale for deep discounts in stores?

It also means they will consider upping the prices and looking into stronger more invasive DRM. They would also include making everything subscription based.

"For the low low price of 50 bucks up front and just 1 dollar a month you can play our game. But soon as you stop paying the 1 dollar a month you loose access to that game and everything you have in the game. Want to play the game again? Give us another 50 bucks and start paying 1 dollar a month."...

Thats what it would more then likely end up like.


Publicado originalmente por vanishedchief2021:
What about a token every game you trade in you get one token one tokens worth 50p.

GOG did that.... they stopped doing that... can you guess why?

Publicado originalmente por vanishedchief2021:
People aren't worthless to valve the more people here the better.

Valve makes record profits every year. Valve also has higher number of active users every year. Your idea won't cause even more people to join Steam, if anything it will only hurt Steam.
Última edición por Gwarsbane; 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:25
Crazy Tiger 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:31 
Game developers/publishers already were trying to kill the secondhand market (which includes selling, trading and lending games) with various forms of DRM before everything went digital. Going digital simply meant that they could enforce it much better.
vanishedchief2021 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:31 
The problem with epic they give too many free games away making games seem worthless one lousy token isn't gonna make the games seem worthless.
Brian9824 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:34 
Publicado originalmente por vanishedchief2021:
The problem with epic they give too many free games away making games seem worthless one lousy token isn't gonna make the games seem worthless.

No, but again, its not going to benefit anyone except users who want free stuff. There are free games on steam too afterall.

Again steam has no interest in paying you for useless stuff they can't do anything with.
UrbanMech 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:44 
Publicado originalmente por vanishedchief2021:
i know valve wont be making any money from it but

Not even about Valve. Valves release schedule on non-F2P games is almost non-existent.

Almost every other developer would pull out and Steam would just be a F2P store. Killing the store with a feature that doesn't even get used because there's no games to trade to buy.
Última edición por UrbanMech; 18 MAY 2023 a las 7:46
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