[showsover]

Indeed, the whole "you're not buying a game, you are buying a license to the game" is a bad argument that is used to justify not allowing resale. The only party it benefits are the companies, not the people.

It also kills the joy of discovering old games in the attic when you're moving and sitting down and playing a bit, or passing on games to your kids.

[markx2]

I have 9000+ games on Steam and many others on EA, Ubisoft etc. Value is zero.

I recently catalogued and valued my physical game collection across multiple consoles. Value is over £10,000 and that value will only go up as time passes.

[chii]

in the attic, you discover your grandpa's steam account scribbled onto a piece of paper with the password.

You try to log in, but turns out you need biometrics to access the library!