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[Wiitard]

Can I sell my neighbor's house on ebay?

No, but you can sell him into alien slavery.

 

[SaggyMonkey]

Just snap the discs and toss them, selling them on ebay would probably get you sued.

 

[davepoobond]

There's something I don't get:

Just what is so "unethical" about selling review code? Isn't it similar to selling a retail copy of the game except for the fact that you got the game free because of your profession?

there's a difference between review code and receiving a retail copy of the game.

the review code is not meant for the general public to play, even if it does work on regular consoles (i have a ton of those discs. i don't want to sell them anyway since they're cool games, but it kinda sucks because i'm a completist and like to have the box and everything for my collection)

retail copies of the game, you can "get away" with selling it, but the publishers/developers sending you a retail copy of the game aren't exactly giving it to you to sell it, since it will only help the used market which they absolutely hate. its "unethical" in that reason, that you get something for free, sell it and make money off of it, and help in the proliferation of the publishers not making money off of their product.

 

[Zenith]

its "unethical" in that reason, that you get something for free, sell it and make money off of it, and help in the proliferation of the publishers not making money off of their product.

but considering they only send you it in the hope that you write a good review and in essence give them free advertising it's hard to get worked up about a company losing just one potential sale.

 

[davepoobond]

but considering they only send you it in the hope that you write a good review and in essence give them free advertising it's hard to get worked up about a company losing just one potential sale.

doesn't mean it makes it ethical all of a sudden.

and it really is advertising at the cost of one product. that's what the point of reviews are

 

[Dot50Cal]

I might be interested....if they had more sparks in the review builds. :lol

Spoiler

this is a joke

 

[DDayton]

Wait five years, then sell it quietly to a collector.

 

[Ravidrath]

If you were smart, you'd've sold preview copies to HK bootleggers like Halverson and crew did with Resident Evil 2.

...Good thing you're not, 'cause that didn't work out well for them.

 

[Wiitard]

doesn't mean it makes it ethical all of a sudden.

and it really is advertising at the cost of one product. that's what the point of reviews are

Sorry, but it is unethical all right: you entered into a contract with a publisher on your own free will. The contract is: you review the game in return for one non-resellable copy. Period. Now you are violating the contract you entered into. Yep, this IS unethical.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

No, but you can sell him into alien slavery.

Damn, but I don't believe in aliens so that gets me nowhere.

At least not visiting aliens. Traveling across the cosmos would take damn near forever and I don't believe anyone is ever going to bend space and time like they do on TV or in the movies.

But that is a whole other thread I suppose.

Selling review code is still illegal, right guys? :lol

Hell, all you have to do is think of how the artist/engineer would feel in that case, and you have your answer.

 

[Zenith]

doesn't mean it makes it ethical all of a sudden.

but it doesn't make it the crime of the century either. people are acting like the guy offered to sell his first-born.

 

[cvxfreak]

Review code is different from review copies that are exactly the same as the final retail game, right? I've amassed a few review RE games over the last two years but they're just the retail versions in different "Not for resale" cases. Haven't sold any myself though.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

but it doesn't make it the crime of the century either. people are acting like the guy offered to sell his first-born.

There is right, and there is wrong. This is wrong. Some things are truly black and white.

No one said it was equivalent to selling their first born, but expect to get in trouble if you get caught. Common sense prevails.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

doesn't someone on this board sell copies of games he's supposed to review?

 

[Viddie]

I would never sell review code, publishers here aren't stupid and there are people in the industry who are KNOWN to be selling code; it's ends up destroying your reputation as a journalist.

 

[Flynn]

The proper way to deal with review code is to put it in the shredder when you're done with it.

 

[Night_Trekker]

If you were smart, you'd've sold preview copies to HK bootleggers like Halverson and crew did with Resident Evil 2.

RE1.5 actually leaked at some point?

EDIT: Oh wait. Nevermind.

 

[WickedAngel]

"Release the Hounds"

 

[HylianScribe]

You shouldn't sell it period if it is a review copy, final product or not.

However, the "NOT FOR RESALE" line is BS. GameStop/EBGames buys the Zelda Collector's Edition back from anyone and re-sells it...and it clearly says "NOT FOR RESALE" on it. Unless I'm missing something.

 

[TxdoHawk]

I suppose technically such a thing is illegal. Personally, I doubt anyone is going to care (all games mentioned are long past the point of being actively printed), but then again, there are "people" (and I use the term loosely) who hold the rights to decade-old games that both refuse to reprint them and actively prosecute anyone who tries to distribute them, so who knows.

As others have pointed out though, you probably won't get much over $10 for all of them, and that's before Ebay's cut.