These systems already exist on steam. They are called returns. I can’t return a game on a steam, and then put it into “offline” mode, and keep playing it. I’m not sure why people think it’s such a huge technological hurdle to do. It’s not. Most of what would be needed already exists. It only doesn’t exist because…

That’s not true though, as most games (especially the games in question) have multiplayer modes and additional content. As far as single player campaign only games, this already exists in the form of brick and mortal used game selling and buying and services like gamefly. The only difference online is convenience.

this is exactly right. Digital resales would destroy the artificial price control on the software marketplace, making games cost what consumers are willing to pay, rather than what the company wants to sell it for.

Yes and person A can go to gamestop, sell their physical game, have it transfered all the way to person Z, and then person A go back to gamestop and person A buys back the original second hand copy they sold to secondhand to person B. Theoretically it is infinite in physical goods too, because while you have a point…

I don’t think you get it, a good, digital or physical, can only be resold once. It’s not like I can go to steam, sell a copy of grand theft auto 5 that I just bought for 20$, redownload it, and sell it again. Once I sell my copy of grand theft auto 5, I lose possession of it, meaning I can’t play it, download it, sell…