Auction For Hitman Tag Hit Hard By eBay

[Davey Woo]

I rmeember people used to try and sell their COD4 accounts for the high accuracy rating, LIVE quickly shut that down

 

[mooncalf]

I know I shouldn't be surprised that people would be willing to shell out at least 500 bucks for that names, but I kind of am. I know it's cool to have, but I just can't fathom paying, especially that kind of money, just for a particular gamertag.

'What's in a name? A rose by any other would smell as sweet.'

Put another way, agreed. MMO characters getting sold I think is a little different, paying for the time spent on leveling that character, still seems a bit silly.

 

[guardian001]

Damn that was a good idea. Too bad it didn't work, that would have been a good way to make money.

 

[darthzew]

OK, whoever has "Master Chief" could make a ton of money!

 

[zoozilla]

If it were that easy to make a couple hundred bucks, would I still be trying to keep up in the gaming world with the little money I have?

No. No, I wouldn't.

 

[Duol]

I think it's a good thing they shut it down... In the long run anyways. It all seems like fun and games right now, with everyone thinking about how they will make a couple of hundred bucks some time, but that's not the reality. If it became popular then companies would take over, grabbing the newest names as quickly as possible and selling them. Defeating the purpose of being able to choose etc. Goes hand in hand with MMO account trading in my opinion.

 

[KarmicToast]

Actually the legalese is this: You don't own your gamer tag(or screen names, email addresses, etc.) If you read the terms and conditions then you will realize that you are simply borrowing them from the parent company. If you tried to sell it, therefore, you would actually be trying to sell Microsoft's property.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

You know what this story tells me? For any given thing, there is somebody willing to both buy and sell it.

Case in point: I sold my dignity and ideals long ago. My job was the buyer.

...You work for EA?

 

[Lopunny]

You know what this story tells me? For any given thing, there is somebody willing to both buy and sell it.

Case in point: I sold my dignity and ideals long ago. My job was the buyer.

...You work for EA?

Oh Snap!

[Edit] Sorry! this came up as a related thread to something else, i didnt check the date