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ggrobot
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 Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:16 am Post subject: Man sells Steam account for $1,000 on eBay [28381] |
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Destructoid reports that eBay user dave311freak sold his Steam account for $1,000, which contained 139 games (which includes Grand Theft Auto IV, Modern Warfare 1 and 2, and Borderlands) and was estimated at a value of $2,700: more time with his family and less time playing games. For $1,000, you can take your fami
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wredota
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| Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:41 pm Post subject: what if |
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| Quote: | | What if Steam actually set up a system where you could sell your Steam game licenses to other users if you so wish. |
I don't think game developer and seller is interested when user sell used games. They probably will prefer users to purchase only NEW games.
It's simple, one user sell game to other - they get money only once, one user buy and stop playing, other user buy - they get money twice .. |
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nb411
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| They would only do such a thing, if there was a way to profit from it. Like a steam brokerage charge or something - like ebay fees. |
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Neosapience
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| Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:57 am Post subject: Re: Man sells Steam account for $1,000 on eBay [28381] |
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| ggrobot wrote: | | This gave be an interesting idea. What if Steam actually set up a system where you could sell your Steam game licenses to other users if you so wish. You could set up a price and users could search for people selling it and then pay for it... |
Valve's 'STEAMâ„¢ SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT' and EULA state specifically that you can not resell your account. They do this because they sell more copies of the games they have available.
The only way they'd ever implement such a system is if they had some serious competition and their competitor was doing it. |
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