How to make untradeable PC game tradeable?

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ahcollins3 Posted: 03-09-2010 4:24 PM

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There are some PC games that are attached to Steam accounts or have some lame copy protection that makes them untradeable.   My suggestion is to post a disclaimer on Untradeable Pc games that the only option is a sealed complete package.

 I know there are other scenarios available.  I for one have a copy of Half-life 2: Episode 1 available to gift to someone over Steam.  I'm sure there are some people who may have opened a game and never played it and would like to trade, but an unsealed product opens the seller or buyer up to fraud by those lacking scruples.

I'm not a programmer so I don't know the kind of effort it may take to adjust for those specific games and eliminate the disc+manual and disc only options.

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ElfShotTheFood replied on 03-09-2010 7:43 PM

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What's to stop a dishonest person from listing a Steam game with a used key as unopened?

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ahcollins3 replied on 03-09-2010 7:58 PM

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It wouldn't, but it would be a negative for them and they would be out the postage.

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tranceFusion replied on 03-09-2010 9:15 PM

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same here.. wish I could trade my extra licenses of Steam games. if you can do it for console arcade games, why not steam?

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DogByte64 replied on 03-09-2010 9:16 PM

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This is why I think this whole digital gaming revolution is bad. That and the internet might explode in the future.