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People would cry out in anger if Samsung would forbid them to resell their TV.
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But you can't resell your TV license.
Goods are resold because when you no longer need them they're just clutter and dead weight, effectively costing you for their storage. When a licensed product is no longer required (like a rented car or an MMO subscription), people stop paying the license and stop being granted said product.
In the case of upfront licensing, the same rules apply, except the product is effectively granted to you until the company goes bust. When you no longer need it, the only things you're legally entitled to do are either to (fraudulently) claim for a refund, keep the product anyway, or opt to terminate the license and lose access to the game you bought; Just like being able to terminate your old EULAs by frying your game discs.
Note that digital distribution =/= licensing. Most indie games bought directly give you ownership of the files you paid for. Steam doesn't do that for various reasons including the ability to patch games on a whim, regulate piracy and stop free-to-play game bots. As well as it being cheaper, of course.