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    Theoretical cheap game scheme

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Idyllic, Feb 8, 2009.

  1. Idyllic

    Idyllic Notebook Consultant

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    What if you rent a PC game and were the first person to activate it on steam? Would you inherit that cd key as basically your own, and could you play online and without the CD just as if you bought the game? Everyone else after you could this install and play the game, but they simply couldn't play online nor activate it on steam. Or is there something that they do to stop that?
     
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    Nobody rents out PC games because of that. You can't trade in PC games for the same reason.
     
    insaneXIII, Feb 8, 2009
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  3. Idyllic

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    My local game retailer rents out PC games.
     
    Idyllic, Feb 8, 2009
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  4. insaneXIII

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    Why? It is exactly as you say, the first person to activate the game gets the game. Steam doesn't let you activate a code twice and they don't let you un-activate a code either.
     
    insaneXIII, Feb 8, 2009
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    stupid retailer if they rent out steam games...
     
    aan310, Feb 8, 2009
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    People aren't dumb enough to rent out Steam games for other people to activate their keys.
     
    cathy, Feb 8, 2009
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    I've never seen a place that rents physical PC games. That also sounds like a kindof stupid idea because some games don't need the CD to play in the first place, like UT3. And as others have said, the first person to put in the CD key and register the game would technically own the game. You can't rent out PC games because of those two reasons, CD keys, and the fact that you install the game on your PC, so even when the game is taken back to the store, you most likely still have it on your pc, which also makes me think that it probably isn't even legal to rent out PC games.
     
    unknown555525, Feb 9, 2009
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    No one can rent PC games as the code can only be used once, and idk why people take games from that seller when they know...
     
    gary_hendricks, Feb 9, 2009
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    so what about blockbuster video, they rent out games (or they used to). i havnt been in one of their stores for years but im sure i saw an advert over christmas about renting them.(this was in the uk).
     
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  10. Bungalo Bill

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    Blockbuster has console games, not pc.
     
    Bungalo Bill, Feb 9, 2009
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    that answers that one,thanks Bill
     
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    They did used to rent out PC games but that was somewhere in the vicinity of more than 5 years ago but I guess they stopped because they worked it out...
     
    Jahar, Feb 9, 2009
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