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Cybersquirt Mar 13 @ 4:15pm
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I'd love to see a flea market or barter area (forum?) to trade - a game for a game.

I understand I don't exactly own the games in my library, it's a contract with STEAM but there has to be some way for us players to offload or trade games we waited too long to play and realize it was a waste of money.

Ideally, I could post them on the card trading forum -- I mean, I'd be thrilled to get six cents for Alan Wake.. :berserk:
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HereIsPlenty Mar 13 @ 4:19pm 
You must realise that this is a non-starter. The licenses are non-transferable.

Leaving aside why this is a bad idea for devs or for Steam, how about for users?

Supposing your account gets phished and someone plunders your game collection the way they currently can plunder your inventory?
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ุ Mar 13 @ 4:21pm 
Licenses are permanently locked to your account unless the dev revokes the copy/game key. So, nothing to trade.
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Cybersquirt Mar 13 @ 4:34pm 
Originally posted by HereIsPlenty:
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Leaving aside why this is a bad idea for devs or for Steam, how about for users?
People don't like all kinds of things now. It'd also be a boon for Steam BECAUSE the "licences" are actually a contract with Steam, mostly.

Supposing your account gets phished and someone plunders your game collection the way they currently can plunder your inventory?
...just, wow. :DTwenty:
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Cybersquirt Mar 13 @ 4:36pm 
Originally posted by Leonardo Da Pinchi:
Licenses are permanently locked to your account unless the dev revokes the copy/game key. So, nothing to trade.
Devs? Or STEAM? I never read the fine print.

Honestly I just want to trade Alan Wake for ANYTHING :steamfacepalm:
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FFL2and3rocks Mar 13 @ 4:58pm 
Be careful what you wish for. If you want to sell or trade games from your library, then you're also asking for higher prices and no more sales.
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Wolf Knight Mar 13 @ 5:14pm 
Originally posted by cybersquirt:
Originally posted by Leonardo Da Pinchi:
Licenses are permanently locked to your account unless the dev revokes the copy/game key. So, nothing to trade.
Devs? Or STEAM? I never read the fine print.

Honestly I just want to trade Alan Wake for ANYTHING :steamfacepalm:
if you want to be able to trade your game licenses, you need to get your lawmakers to force it.

use the search next time, this has been brought up far too many times and its extremely rare for anyone to bring anything new to this party.
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HereIsPlenty Mar 13 @ 5:17pm 
Originally posted by Wolf Knight:
Originally posted by cybersquirt:
Devs? Or STEAM? I never read the fine print.

Honestly I just want to trade Alan Wake for ANYTHING :steamfacepalm:
if you want to be able to trade your game licenses, you need to get your lawmakers to force it.

use the search next time, this has been brought up far too many times and its extremely rare for anyone to bring anything new to this party.
On the contrary, the OP has brought Enthusiasm! And you yourself have brought Humour! Imagine the petition going before the EU to have licenses transferable just so someone can trade off a copy of Alan Wake...
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76561198407601200 Mar 13 @ 5:23pm 
Originally posted by Wolf Knight:
Originally posted by cybersquirt:
Devs? Or STEAM? I never read the fine print.

Honestly I just want to trade Alan Wake for ANYTHING :steamfacepalm:
if you want to be able to trade your game licenses, you need to get your lawmakers to force it.

use the search next time, this has been brought up far too many times and its extremely rare for anyone to bring anything new to this party.
Alts be here...
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Deadoon Mar 13 @ 5:30pm 
Originally posted by cybersquirt:
People don't like all kinds of things now. It'd also be a boon for Steam BECAUSE the "licences" are actually a contract with Steam, mostly.
Actually, steam wouldn't benefit because if two people trade games which they don't want, then they would have up to two less sales because they potentially would have bought the other game if not for someone else having it to trade to them.
Last edited by Deadoon; Mar 13 @ 5:30pm
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ExperimentalGamer Mar 13 @ 6:21pm 
If you'd be happy for just six cents to be rid of the game, it sounds like you really just want it gone. Steam already has a method to remove games you don't want from your account. It isn't perfect, but it at least gets the game out of your library.
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HikariLight Mar 13 @ 7:30pm 
Originally posted by ExperimentalGamer:
If you'd be happy for just six cents to be rid of the game, it sounds like you really just want it gone. Steam already has a method to remove games you don't want from your account. It isn't perfect, but it at least gets the game out of your library.
Even then, the license for the game is permanently attached to the account.
Even if you don't see it in your library anymore, the license is still there.
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