This has been suggested before, many times.

It won't happen unless law changes force valves hand.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/discussions/forum/0/4031346570760174942/

Originally posted by allihate:

wanted to recommend steam to implement re-selling option for owned games

You cant sell something you dont own.
What you have is a personal license to play the game.

You didn't read the policies you agreed to, did you?

Originally posted by Abigail From Sexy Ukulele Dept.:

This has been suggested before, many times.

It won't happen unless law changes force valves hand.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/discussions/forum/0/4031346570760174942/

It's not a Valve issue. It's an industry one.

Originally posted by allihate:

not sure if anyone else already suggested this, but wanted to recommend steam to implement re-selling option for owned games, similar to having them physically, as not everyone is a collector and some want to resell to fund buying new games quicker.
even if the resell is with steam credit, still would be a great option for now.

Valve is not going to cannibalize their successful store because some people think it would be swell if they did.

We only own the digital rights to play the game Developers own the rights only.Valve / Steam is just a store front and they have to pay fees to sell the games for developers.
The legalities are huge where copyrights and ownship apply.
Applies with everything we purchase regarding music. games CD Video Movies you only have to look at the product Copyrights.

And what's in for devs in this second hand market?

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

And what's in for devs in this second hand market?

I wouldn't want my game being sold at a storefront where everyone just shares copies.

Originally posted by The End:

Originally posted by allihate:

wanted to recommend steam to implement re-selling option for owned games

You cant sell something you dont own.
What you have is a personal license to play the game.

I get that you mean you want to sell your license. In the "old" days, we bought a CD, which was also a license to play the game. We could, however, sell the license. There was just the problem that it could not be re-registered. This should actually be a thing. After all, there are many resellers on the internet, who sell licenses for games.

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

And what's in for devs in this second hand market?

Nothing, because they already got paid for that license. You should not profit over and over from a single license.

Originally posted by Ceana of the Crags:

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

And what's in for devs in this second hand market?

Nothing, because they already got paid for that license. You should not profit over and over from a single license.

But think about this:

Every resold license is a dev license not sold.
And those licenses can be resold infinite times.
With zero friction (unlike physical games), and global reach.
And there's a supply of hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of second hand licenses.
At a cheaper price than the dev pricetag.

Originally posted by Ceana of the Crags:

Nothing, because they already got paid for that license. You should not profit over and over from a single license.

You purchase a personal licence to activate on your account. That licence is non transferable and yet you deem users should be able to sell that licence and profit from it, those selfsame users who did not create the game.