Selling old PC games?

[Karenj2]

Is there a good place to sell old pc games? We've got lots. I was thinking of GameStop or some such place, or would selling them on eBay be better?

 

[Ashley Kees]

Try Movie Trading Company first. They buy even old NES games. They also buy CDs and I have gotten a better price from them than Game Stop, Half Price Books, and CD Universe. Check them out, then eBay or Craiglist.

 

[starwood]

Check half.com.

 

[Ellisa]

Lots of places don't accept computer games anymore.

 

[Strangeite]

Lots of places don't accept computer games anymore.

Sadly this is true. Particularly for newer games. The sad fact of the matter is that when you buy a computer game today, more than likely you are not actually buying the game. You are renting it.

The reality is that these games come with a DRM scheme that requires online activation and have a limited number of installs. They say this was done to combat piracy but in reality it was to kill the resell market.

So, if you have a game from the last five years or so, it probably can not be sold, because you don't really own it.

 

[WallE]

Game Stop / EB games stopped buying and selling PC games a few years ago. That is really too bad as I was able to get some good deals on older games.

 

[Karenj2]

Thanks for the info! Some of these games are OLD, but I think they all still work. When we had our desktop computer, we installed/uninstalled/reinstalled the games as necessary, because they took up so much room. Some of them (like Civilization) only run while the CD is in the PC.