Sold BC2 on ebay but guy can't play online.

I sold BC2 on ebay recently but the guy says he isn't able to play online because it says the cd key is already in use. I am the sole owner of the game since I bought it on Best Buy.

Does the guy need the email address and user name already associated with the game to log in as well? I would think he would be able to just create a new account. Not sure.

 

He will probably need your account.

 

Was BC2 for consoles????

He needs a new VIP code or whatever it is called to play Online. IF for PC then something is wrong....

 

Read this:

Battlefield Blog

So, Yes. You need give the guy your account name and password as well.

 

Or give him a full refund if you have other games tied to your account that you don't want to give up.

 

you would have to give him your full EA account, with all your titles attached to it

sorry mate

 

Many companies say that reselling hurts their income, as fewer people buy new game, but just let some games pass around between people for a lower price. Killing resale and pre-owned, they think they will make more money.

There is talk about doing it with console games too!

 

Say hello to the new world of computer games. Just think of a game as a service and not a product, because that's all they say it is. You pay money to use a service (like electricity, internet, cable TV, etc) but can't transfer it to someone else.

I still haven't figured it out how these publishers can get away with it though. It's one thing to protect your stuff with copyrights and such, but to enforce legal action because you don't want someone else to make a profit blows my mind. Seems like that should be illegal. Imagine if once you bought a car, you could never sell it, heck even give it, to anyone else ever again. You can use it as long as you want, but it can never change hands again.

 

Honestly this wouldnt be an issue if there wasnt so many crappy games out there. You can tell if a company has confidence in its product by what kinda demo's they put out for it.

 

Well there's always a third option. After all, you are legally entitled to re-sell your game. Know a really good lawyer, and have lots of free time and extra money on hand?

 

Those are not even a good examples as you can transfer those to someone else quite easily at that...

 

Not really. It's like software, it's treated like a new customer with a new product. You move somewhere else, you're still using electricity, they're not using yours...

 

But the essence is that companies are trying to make us believe games are services (well, they say lincenses...), and as such they are not products and thus we hold essentially no rights on the game save using itself.

 

It definitely shouldn't be like this. I don't think there is a game out there worth keeping for a very long time. If it is going to be like this they should make the game cheaper. Paying $50 for a license to play the game is absurd. Heck guys on consoles can go rent a game and pass it(considering how most games are so short) in 3 days for like $5.

Most people will still pay for the games despite this.

Any way I just gave the guy the account info tied to the key. My strategy has been to always create a new email for each game I buy.

I like reselling a game so that I can just use it to buy a new game. Going to be getting BlackShark

 

Yes, that is an option in order to circumvent such obstacles. In my case it has been a couple of years now since I have bought a game for the intiall retail price (be it brick and mortar or digital distribution).

 

I read somewhere people can still trade games but to play online they have to purchase a license for a nominal fee of about ~9.99.

Maybe this was another service

 

Do you have any source?

 

i think it was for older games and not for BC2...