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| happydolphin said: What are online passes for 2nd hand games, I never heard of these. When I mentioned a virtual mechanism for selling pre-purchased digital games, I meant a way to sell games that you already bought in the past, off a digital system, and by sell I meant digitally, online, 2nd hand. It's an out of world idea, but it could be nice. qtn on your initial post. Do you think the profit to cost ratio for digital games is lower than that of DLC? |
Never heard of online pass / project 10 dollar? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/eas-project-ten-dollar-explained.
A lot of games on ps3 and 360 come with a code nowadays to activate online multiplayer or get extra content. The code only works once, you can buy a new one for $10 on the psn store and xbox live marketplace.
Being able to sell your digital license for a game to someone else would be great. But I don't think publishers are interested in such a system. They'll be happy to get rid of the 2nd hand market. On steam you can gift digital games and trade gifts with someone else. However once you have activated a game you can't trade it anymore.
On my initial post, I don't think the profit to cost ratio for digital games is lower, I merely suspect that most of the digital income comes from DLC and project 10 dollar. I can't imagine many people paying full price for a console game digital download. But maybe I'm wrong, full price games seem to sell well enough on steam.
