Yes, but those Steam Codes were sold at a standard price. When a game is delisted, people with unclaimed steam codes may sell them at a higher price due to value.
That's not just happened with those codes.
That happened too with rare physical games, comic books, or toys.
The first maker/developer/publisher also didn't get more other than fair ammount from the initial price.
It is. Which is why I'm not as attached to Sonic Rumble Party or any mobile game.
It's not for our generation, it's for the newer generations. SEGA used to have premium mobile games where we only paid once but that era has long time gone. Gamers nowadays prefer free-to-play games in which they could choose what will be their sacrifices for the added contents : time or money.
Plus, there's no detective equivilent to "See you in awhile, crocodile!".
Let’s not get snappy about it