You'd be surprised... (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Friday, July 24, 2015, 17:00 (3647 days ago) @ Xenos

It's not that different from micro-transactions, except the publisher gets none of the financial benefit.

That wasn't really my point. I think if they introduced end of round trading it could cause this kind of issue, but I think it would be a pretty small group of people that would actually pay for this.

Extorting money out of people is easier than you think.

I've been paid to help people get things that they want in games (all within the ToS, of course), and I've seen people offer money and codes in exchange for help. It would be ridiculously easy to take advantage of at least a few of the countless kids on XBL by asking for their login info, codes, or CC#s, and exploiting them.

Heck, go to the LFG sites, and you'll see people offering "pro" services in exchange for money.

If you fish in a lake with hundreds of thousands of hungry fish, you're bound to get a few bites.