Excellent prices on Witcher 3, Arkham Knight, Dying Light, etc

If you want to buy from unauthorized resellers, that's your business. But do something for me quickly.

Go to the Steam forums. Type in www.kinguin.com or www.g2play.com, post it and see what happens. Now make another post, this time typing in Greenmangaming.com. Now see what happens.

Now ponder that for a bit.
 
Case in point: Ubisoft is removing games from uplay libraries that were purchased from 3rd party sites (g2a, etc)

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Eugene said:
Case in point: Ubisoft is removing games from uplay libraries that were purchased from 3rd party sites (g2a, etc)

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To go hand in hand with that, the two things I posted earlier:

Rebellion revokes 7000 Sniper Elite 3 keys, mostly from third party sites

G2A's and Kinguin's parent company, 7 Entertainment, found selling Humble Bundle keys; profiting off charity.

EDIT: This as well...
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In case anyone was wanting a list of (mostly all that i know of) authorized Steam key resellers:
 
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meh, ahh well, in the worst case i have lost 350 bucks. but given that Witcher is not UBI title, i think i should be fine.
 
No. They own GOG.

Either way like I said, if you want to buy from these places then by all means do. That's your business. Just know that there's a reason Steam and other platforms don't condone them. Just don't cry when you wake up one morning and your game has been revoked.
 
Graal said:
No. They own GOG.

Either way like I said, if you want to buy from these places then by all means do. That's your business. Just know that there's a reason Steam and other platforms don't condone them. Just don't cry when you wake up one morning and your game has been revoked.
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Then steam holds no reason what so ever to give you a refund because it was breaking their SSA, you will have to request it from the site you purchases the key from. I can almost say with one hundred percent certainty that they will A) Refuse or B) Ignore your requests.
 
Hiro said:
meh, ahh well, in the worst case i have lost 350 bucks. but given that Witcher is not UBI title, i think i should be fine.
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It's not just Ubi titles. The thing with 3rd party resellers is that the devs don't make any money off of them. That's why so many are cracking down right now. That's another thing to think about too. If you like the specific developer, you aren't actually supporting them by using G2A.

Maybe it's a difference of opinion, but there's no need to lose 300 bucks. It's not petty change you know :p.

Why take the risk when you have an authorized site selling the game at the same price?

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Doesn't CD Projekt Red own G2A?
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Like Graal said, they own GOG. I didn't include them on the list 'cause they don't sell Steam keys, only DRM Free copies. They are definitely legitimate though, no shady business going on there.

Graal said:
No. They own GOG.

Either way like I said, if you want to buy from these places then by all means do. That's your business. Just know that there's a reason Steam and other platforms don't condone them. Just don't cry when you wake up one morning and your game has been revoked.
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I have a feeling quite of few people are going to get screwed over with those Witcher 3 keys. All other legitimate sites are selling GOG copies, which makes obvious sense, CDP-RED wants to promote their own store. So where are G2A and the like getting their supposed Steam keys for so cheap...
 
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Well i will just warn people about buying Witcher 3 from Kinguin. They do not give you the Steam give until 1 day prior to release, which is a BS if you ask me. See below, i bought a SteaM key, it should not matter whether this game is PreOrder/Early Access/Released, you should be able to load the key immediately and gain whatever benefits there is to be gained. So Kinguin is taking chances with this, since it means they are selling something they do not have and will probably only give me the key when they can get the key cheaper than i paid for it.
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I got Arkham Knight from GMG (bye-bye playfire credits), which is a steam key...which I have not yet gotten. Not receiving/loading a key for a game that isn't out yet isn't a new thing. But agreed, I wouldn't trust some of these 3rd party reseller's with 30c let alone $30
 
Another thing to ponder; does nobody find it suspicious how many of these resellers operate out of asian countries? Just like gold-sellers...
 
Turns out the revoked keys were bought with stolen credit cards from Origin.

EA has confirmed Ubisoft's assertion that the fraudulent keys in question were purchased from Origin. The company provided us with additional detail.

"A number of activation keys for Ubisoft products were purchased from Origin using fraudulent credit cards, and then resold online," an EA representative told us via email. "We identified the unauthorized keys and notified Ubisoft. If you are having trouble with an activation key, we recommend you contact the vendor who sold it to you for a refund. We strongly advise players only purchase keys from Origin or trusted resellers. For more information on our policy is available here: http://help.ea.com/en/article/should-i-purchase-my-ea-downloadable-games-from-cd-key-sellers/."

EA has since removed Ubisoft games from Origin. The publisher says this was to "protect against further fraudulent purchases."

We removed Ubisoft games from Origin to protect against further fraudulent purchases. We've followed up with EA with a request for more information, including why Ubisoft games were targeted and how removing that publisher's catalog improves security.
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Ubisoft is apparently reinstating the fraudulent keys for players who had already started playing:

In January, we reported extensively on a situation involving fraudulent Far Cry 4 keys. Ubisoft had discovered that the keys were bought with a stolen credit card and decided to deactivate all of them.

Ubisoft has continued to investigate the matter and has amended its decision. “After further investigation into the matter of keys that were fraudulently purchased on EA's Origin store, we are reinstating keys for consumers who already had successfully activated and started playing the games,” a representative told us via email. “Any remaining fraudulently obtained and resold keys have been deactivated.”

The publisher says it will continue to deactivate fraudulently purchased keys in the future. “We are working with EA to prevent situations like this from happening again, and we will continue to deactivate keys that are found to be fraudulently obtained and resold,” we have been told. “We strongly recommend that players purchase keys and downloadable games only from the Uplay shop or trusted retailers.”

Retailers Kinguin and G2A both issued statements on the matter in January when their customers reported that keys purchased from the sites were made inactive. You can read our previous coverage for more on this story.
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That is really unexpected. They definitely didn't have to do that, considering that the keys were bought using stolen credit cards. An oddly nice gesture by Ubisoft. I guess I could go all conspiracy theorist and say that's it's only for some good PR, which Ubi definitely needs after last year. Seriously though, people please buy your games from reputable sources.
 
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