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Xbox Fans Plead With Microsoft: 'Don't Forget About Us Physical Gamers' (www.purexbox.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can if it's DRM-free.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not legally AFAIK.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

GOG's EULA allows you to legally transfer any games as long as you destroy all not transferred copies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How does that work with the licence grant in their systems? Is the burden of proof on you, or do they have a mechanism to transfer that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It works on the honor system, which is just a fancy way of saying it doesn't. Mainly because nobody wants it. Turns out reselling, as a concept, doesn't really make sense when games go on sale all the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It certainly does, or at least trading does. There have been times when I want a friend to try a game, but they're not willing to buy it. If I could swap a game with them (or just gift one), then they could.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Why would I swap a game for my friend to try it out when the next sale will probably happen in a couple of weeks? Literally yesterday I bought The Master Chief collection for a fiend for 10 USD. The second-hand market only really applies to anti-consumer companies like Nintendo where several years old games still retail for launch price.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because $0 is less than $10.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

And 1 copy is also less than 2 copies.