The end of selling game codes you get from buying a new GPU on the Members Market.

Ace Modder · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:05

Seems Nvidia are not happy with people selling the codes.

I wonder if OCUK will continue to allow these to be sold on the MM (won't matter for long anyway, because Nvidia are putting a stop to it)

http://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/ma...promo-game-codes-to-stop-you-selling-them-on/

BriT · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:09

lol tight *****. You pay £600 for a 1080 or whatever and they are worried about you making 40 quid from selling them?

asim18 · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:13

lol what next...

They will start having DRM just to install drivers lol, you will only be able to activate your graphics card once. You wont be able to sell your old graphics cards on eBay because the market for used GPUs is thriving and eBay are taking 10% of the sales while nVidia gets zilch.

Ace Modder · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:14

Silly isn't it. Surely the games are meant to be a nice way to enhance the sales by offering a nice extra, but this is screwing that up for people now.

I hope AMD smash Nvidia with their new cards now. Nvidia forcing people to tie steam/uplay/origin accounts to GEFORCE experience. I wonder if they are doing this so they can slurp up your gaming data habits to sell on. Either way, its crap.

Feek · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:17

Before this discussion gets right under way, please do not turn it into an AMD vs Nvidia thread.

Ace Modder · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:17

I wonder if this is the UK sales rep for Nvidia, after seeing this announcement?

https://www.********.com/view?i=844_1486047349

adolf hamster · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:25

Surely its ok if you already have the game?

neil_g · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:30

adolf hamster said:
Surely its ok if you already have the game?

If the article is correct and you never actually get a code to sell on, you just won't be able to sell it.

Ace Modder · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:30

Well reading the article, I have a feeling you get a code you put into GEFORCE experience which will check you have the relevant card, so you could in theory sell to somebody who has the same card, but that limits your customer base I suppose.

Five.Stars · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:41

Will it not be a case that you will redeem code via GE which as you say, will check you have a qualifying card. Once it validates that it will give you the key to be put in to Steam/ Origin/ Uplay to redeem?

Therefore, technically once you have gotten this code from Nvidia, you can still sell this without redeeming it yourself?

Afterall, Geforce Experience isn't a platform in itself to install games and I don't believe it links to your Steam/ Uplay/ Origin accounts!

Five.Stars · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:42

And it also has to be pointed out, it has ALWAYS been against the T&C's to sell these games.

Kelt · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:44

Pretty mean spirited move from Nvidia.

If AMD do a game code giveaway in the future and don't follow suit, it would sway me to buy from them and not Nvidia.

Kuros · 2 Feb 2017 at 21:58

A little disappointing to hear this, to be fair.

I gave away the games I got with my intel i6700k to friends (because I didn't want to play them)...

I guess this will just mean they'd sit there unused.

markomania · 2 Feb 2017 at 22:03

I guess you could link your friends steam to your pc briefly so giving it to them should still work?

Still a crappy thing to do

Maccy · 2 Feb 2017 at 22:08

They can continue to be sold until the block is put in place.

cheesyboy · 2 Feb 2017 at 22:25

Suspect it'll be the game publishers pushing this, not Nvidia.

I mean, why would Nvidia care?

Nate75 · 2 Feb 2017 at 22:45

cheesyboy said:
Suspect it'll be the game publishers pushing this, not Nvidia.

I mean, why would Nvidia care?

Good point. Also if one did and the other didn't for 2 similar performing cards it may swing you to go the other, amd?

Tom0 · 2 Feb 2017 at 23:00

What happens if you wanted to gift it to someone?

Like a friend and I swapped game codes. I had a code for a game I already had (Assassins Creed). He was in the same situation with a different game (Rainbow Six). He wanted my code, I wanted his. They were equal value at the time so we swapped and we had both games without wasting a code.

Just miserly.

Kenai · 2 Feb 2017 at 23:03

Ace Modder said:
Well reading the article, I have a feeling you get a code you put into GEFORCE experience which will check you have the relevant card, so you could in theory sell to somebody who has the same card, but that limits your customer base I suppose.

Especially so as a good chunk of those people with the same card will already have the free games from buying their own card

Hades · 2 Feb 2017 at 23:06

Ace Modder said:
Well reading the article, I have a feeling you get a code you put into GEFORCE experience which will check you have the relevant card, so you could in theory sell to somebody who has the same card, but that limits your customer base I suppose.

Well that's great when you want to upgrade your own card. When I next buy a card I'll just have to assume the games are worthless and consider whether the price is worth it for the card alone.