German group sues Valve

I'd rather have huge steam sales than being able to sell my games. And steam sales are most likely dead if steam is forced to make that change (or people will buy game cheap and sell them for a higher price later).

So I'm not really happy about this.

Not to mention there is a difference between used digital and used physical.

People like to get a new shiny box, so if the box is used it comes with all the downside. So you still have an insentive for getting the games new.

There is none in digital sale. Who will buy a game new when he can get it at half price for EXACTLY the same thing? Devs will loose a lot, and it will be even harder on smaller devs teams.

"Users should be able to resell the games they OWN." Agreed.

Yes - yes they should. So long as Gamestop can do it with any console & handheld game ... but shitty they are suing. Too many lawsuits ....

Well...this is stupid.

Too me, I don't don't see the problem here... I live in Brazil, and buying games on Steam are MUCH cheaper.. Even full retail price. And not being able to pass to another acount, it is a deal you accepted when you signed up for Steam... Im okay with that...
Not mentioning that Steam gives you opportunity to buy games now and then for mere two bucks... The market for this kind of promotion would die if there were people buying cheap and gaing profit...
It's a choice you make when buying online. As long as there are retail options that you can buy and sell, I don't see why a new bussiness deal should adapt to an old one, if the old is still here...

I pray they win. I'd kill to sell even half of the games I own on Steam that I'll never play ever again (or at all).

Why is America always behind the 8-ball? We need laws to protect our post-purchase redistribution of work, not belly-aching about how "guns don't kill people, video games do."

yea... if this would happen that would also most likely be the end of steam sales... as mutch as id like to be able to resell i rather have the cheap sales

CD Projekt Red.. best dev studio in gaming

It'll be interesting to see what the Germans has to say about this.

I can understand why consumers would want to sell their licenses to other to gain a couple of Euros, but in my opinion it has to be done in a way where the developers can gain something from it. After all, I do believe the developers have the right to get some money for each person that purchase their game.

I mean, I'm all for getting games cheaper, but I also want to support the developer/publisher (which goes hand-in-hand except for indie-games).

One alternative could be to be able to "sell back" the game to Steam, gaining some in-store credit. Next purchase could be for another developer, but the same goes for other people (they "trade in" another game and buy the game you had). Since used digital goods have the exact same quality as a new digital goods, this is probably one of the best ways to deal with it.

Another alternative could be to use the Steam Marketplace to sell games. Although this would benefit the one purchasing the game for less money, it would never let the developer get barely any money (unless Steam change their fee to be higher).

PC games differ from console games due to activation codes, so they'll probably lose. if it were an xbox or ps3 market issue then I wouldn't be surprised if they won.

Yes! Finally someone decides to take a stand against the greedy corporations and stop them from crushing us with their ridiculous limitations!

...And they start with Valve!?

That's like going back in time to kill all the nazis.... and starting with Schindler... :S

Wait, you can sue for that?

What a world!

I hope they win. That would cause a precedent for all the other markets out there: appstore, amazon, xbox live, etc. It will be far batter for us consumers.