Can you sell games bought on STEAM?

bored of MW2

brother wanted to play it.

how to transfer the game to his account?


also..it highlights the flaw of buying games on steam..i.e u cant sell them.


wanted to try BF2..but damn..games are so expensive these days that clubbing/drinking/partying is cheaper

 

you cannot.

you would have to give him your username and password.

 

Once the game is tied to an account (yours or the account you are giving it as a gift) you cannot transfer it. I'd follow the above post suggestion.

 

Clubbing/drinking/partying is definitely not cheaper, especially when you end up bringing someone home.

 

If you're talking BF2 as in Battlefield 2 it's $14.95 at Direct2Drive.com this week only.

http://www.direct2drive.com/2/8556/product/Buy-Battlefield-2-Complete-Collection-Download

Considering I have over 600 hours in this game, I'd say $50 is worth the price. Granted it is starting to lose its popularity due to Bad Company 2 coming out, but there's still tons of servers. Plus there is a BF2 demo.

 

Steam games are yours and yours only. You could sell your entire account but its against the TOS and possibly a risk to your identity.

 

LOL, I must dispute this, we go out atleast once a month .. YES were old but hey. granted we are the DD's so dont drink alchohol when out, and well I always take someone home. hot little 5'11" brunette I been married to for 16 years

total cost ... some gas .. and when we wind up driving more young ones home they usually cover that too and we pull a profit !!!!

 

you must not drink that much then....

i'd agree that it is cheaper just to drink at your own house, alone, but that isn't fun! it's way too easy to spend well over 60 bucks at a bar in an hour or two.

and it isn't a flaw - not many people sell their games. if your brother wants to play it then just give him your account info...

 

I doubt he has that problem.

 

Gaming isn't that expensive. If you invest the extra money up front for a capable machine, say an extra $500 over a basic decent laptop or desktop that lasts you two years and say you buy one game a month for $50, that's still way cheaper than clubbing/drinking, etc. You can easily blow $50 at a bar in an evening. But $50 on a game can typically last you 10-50 hours or more depending on the game.

However, I am a bit disappointed in not being able to resell your games. Seems like Steam would like this. Another way to profit, if they set the price, and you only get a portion of that. It does suck for letting soeone try a game for a bit though.

 

Alright let's stay on topic here. Let's try to stay away from the alcohol subject, shall we? Thanks.

On topic: No you cannot transfer of sell games you bought on Steam. You can buy a game as a gift to give to somebody, but that's different. Also, selling (or giving away) your Steam account is also against their ToS. However, I don't see anything wrong in letting your brother play MW2 on your account. To me that seems to be well within reason.

 

i also see no problem by letting ur brother play it.. just give him ur account details...

 

Oh crash, you're just angry because you're a Sharks fan...

<... runs away ...>

 

Lol maybe you accidentally posted in the wrong thread because I wasn't angry about anything in this thread..

 

Be wary about buying from Ebay....Bought a "supposed" gift version of MW COD 2 and in about 3 days after adding it to my account, my account was suspended and I had to go through several headaches to get it active again. They did tell me that if it happened again, my account would be disabled permanently

 

You're lucky that Steam gave you your account back. Many people have had their accounts disabled from events like this and Steam refuses to activate them again, even if the user unknowingly violated their ToS.

 

Yeah, that's not safe when you have hundreds of dollars worth of games. You could always make multiple accounts though.

 

Actually it depends on how good your lawyer is. You are legally allowed to re-sell software regardless of what the EULA says, but you'd have to sue Valve over it (twice; once over the illegal arbitration clause and then again over the actual first-sale violation).

So, it's probably not worth it, but maybe someday some eccentric millionaire who's bored of Counter-Strike will do the work for us. One can always dream, anyways.

 

Right, that's what concerns me the most. I buy all my games legitimately, Steam games through Steam only or retail chain. But I just hate to fathom the day that something odd happens and lose the hundreds of dollars of games I have sitting there in my collection over some fluke or misunderstanding, or if my account gets hacked, whatever.

 

steam blows chunks. period. it's a giant DRM conspiracy to keep/prevent users from recouping any of their initial investment by reselling their games; which somehow is supposed to increase the number of games sales, as used games won't be available.

it's also a rather flawed system. i have a copy of HL1 (complete package) that i bought brand new several years ago. it has never been out of my possession, and i've never given my cd-key to anyone. while i never intended to use it on steam, my inability to run blue-shift and opposing force on my vista-equipped sager lead me to try steam for product updates.

come to find out, my key has already been registered. even though i have the disks & keys (and provided a picture of everything to steam), i'd have to PAY them additional funds in order to acquire a new key.

STEAM. period. i hate everything about it. i only have an account because it was REQUIRED to play HL2. even now, i continually keep mine in off-line mode.

 

I like it mainly because they offer some rock bottom deals. Otherwise I hunt for best bargain most of the time. It is convenient too, but just to control hungry.

If they offered a used game market and Valve controlled the price, I think it would make everyone happy and put more money in Valve's pocket, and a few bucks in your own from a game you don't play any more. Plus people would be willing to pay like $15 where they wouldn't consider even paying $40 or $50.