[Paratech]

I purchased the Orange Box with the intent to give away the parts I didn't need, Half Life 2, Ep 1 and 2, and Portal. I figured I could do some good and get Team Fortress 2 cheap.

The weird thing was Steam didn't want to let me give Ep 2 nor Portal. In fact in the end I was NOT permitted to give away a copy of Portal even though I previously owned a copy of the game.

The weird thing to me is you can gift the set, but you can't gift some of the parts, which makes no sense. Some people may have spent $49 when Half Life 2 was released and not wanted to spend another $39 for Orange, others may not want everything, others may buy the additions, why not let us choose what to do with our extra copies? After all if the person I gifted the games to enjoys them he may buy Team Fortress and they get another $10-$20 and if they don't they got me to buy Half Life Eo 1, Ep 1 and 2 pack, Portal, and the Orange Box, isn't that good enough?

I swear they are so greedy they can't see that giving duplication helps them in the long run.

oO :???:

 

[Gossamer]

Wow,

Valve gets 5 more EA points.
A new megalomaniac is on the rise.

They did send me an extra Heavy poster when I ordered my TF2 poster bundle though; so I'm on good terms with them.

 

[70597]

oO They should let you transfer the games as gifts..when I bought the orange box ages ago it added 1 copy of HL2 and one copy of EP1 to my gifts place and I was able to give them away just fine. Maybe they changed the rules?

 

[Spyhop]

Para, you screwed up I think. I was able to gift my Orange Box duplicates away.

 

[Princess Garnet]

Nope. It's been Valve's policy all along not to be able to gift duplicate games. The lone exception was/are the Half-Life 2 games if you purchase The Orange Box. That's why those of you who've gifted those games could do so. They didn't change their policy. It's just that one game.

Gift the game(s) you'll be getting a second copy of before you buy the extra(s).

 

[Samor]

I'd wish you could gift any game you stopped playing.. but obviously they won't allow that, as there'd be lots of games circulating around groups of people that way.

 

[Demi Fiend]

It's weird though. Since you bought the product you should have the right to give it away, it's yours isn't ? It's like they are owning what you own. Doesn't make sense at all. Looks like a Mafia or something :lol:

 

[Samor]

hm, with pc games, I think that officially you're just buying a license, not the actual game.

I'm not sure how it is with console games.

 

[Ahielia]

It's weird though. Since you bought the product you should have the right to give it away, it's yours isn't ? It's like they are owning what you own. Doesn't make sense at all. Looks like a Mafia or something :lol:

Except the mafia owns everything, and you own nothing You lease their stuff.

 

[Demi Fiend]

hm, with pc games, I think that officially you're just buying a license, not the actual game.

I'm not sure how it is with console games.

I dunno. I never used Steam. When I buy a game I go into a store and get it, with the box, manual and everything else, like I always did since 19 years ago.

It feels like the game is mine.

 

[Samor]

...and you're still just buying a licence, but one with a box and manual.

But, having a box and manual is nicer already.

 

[Demi Fiend]

Well. But if I want to give the disc, the box and manual away for a friend, I simply give it. As a birthday present maybe, or because I'm sick of the game, whatever the reason.

 

[Squall-Leonhart]

....games with cd keys..... as long as you have (or give it to another person...without keepign a copy) you or that person can just download a replacement disk image without retribution....

 

[Demi Fiend]

Yeah, that sounds more logical.

 

[Ahielia]

The idea of Steam is good, since if you lose your disks for whatever reason, you can just download the games if you want to install/play the games again.

Anyone know if you can download Far Cry via Steam? (Yes, bought the game a few years back)

 

[Demi Fiend]

I know, I just don't get why you cannot give your copy away. But if that's their rules there's nothing that can be done about it. Just don't feel right to me.

 

[Samor]

The idea of Steam is good, since if you lose your disks for whatever reason, you can just download the games if you want to install/play the games again.

Anyone know if you can download Far Cry via Steam? (Yes, bought the game a few years back)

yes, but you'd have to rebuy it. Except for Valve's own games, games bought in stores aren't the same as the steam versions.

 

[Paratech]

It accepted my Unreal Tournament III code for some reason?

 

[Samor]

well, maybe that one's an exception, but most games that are bought in stores don't automagically work in steam.

 

[Paratech]

I agree, I just thought it was strange....