They buy games and gift.
Or get some gifts as part for promotion and gift.
There ARE generous people in the world...

When I got my dota entry I came here and gave one of the copies away. Because yes. lol
Why does it have to be all about getting and not giving? People like to gift things. :D

hmm all games I gifted, I bought them on steam

A game magically appears in our inventories, so we give them away

I think nearly every gifter buys games for trading and gifting.

I don't understand why people buy games for trading with other games in forums. Buying the game they want is easier.

My games were found on the second shelf in my ass. I dug in thoroughly and finally I was in luck. The games were in heaps. I'm just generous to give things away that come out of my ass.

What if I told you, people buy those games

i buy my games , and often give/share those with you !

I played TF2 and got some game I didn't want as a drop so I gave it away.

I get the games I gift from a Nigerian prince. Unfortunately he can't gift them himself because he lost the password for his online-banking account, so I buy them myself to gift them in his name and he sends me a million dollars every few months via snail mail. Unfortunately the first mail was lost (such things can happen, Nigerian post office isn't organised very well) but the next one should arrive soon.

All of my giveaways are usually torrent links which i send to the winner(s) later. I never bought a single game for this site

I buy the games i giveaway.

I'm not sure how many people buy games specifically to give away, but some probably do, especially with the $1 minimum indie bundles (because they're so cheap). Others probably get them for free one way or another, or end up with extras from purchases they make for themselves. For example, I bought the Potato Sack Reunion bundle on Steam a few days ago, but already had two of the games in it, so I ended up with one extra copy of each that I gave away here. I don't think that happens with Steam purchases normally though, so this may have been a special case, but you get the idea.

Believe it or not, people actually do buy the games to gift them.

This thread again? SGifts surely feels like a Groundhog Day.

Most of sg users are game developers. We just love to gift our game away.

I get my games from 3rd parties, sponsors or the likes. If I already own them, whats the point? Sometimes I get some via doubles like steam packs that put what you already own in inventory or the three4free from AMD for spending $500+ on a new GPU... minus well go to a person who is appreciative. Other times? I buy multiple copies on sale or packs and then I forget I own them.. or trade up.

I throw the different colored prinnies around util they explode. They leave random games on the ground after dying, so I either take them or give them away.

I had a lot from last Christmas sale last year, 2011.

I have them from various sales. :D