[MENTION=9032]StaggerLee[/MENTION]
Actually there's a lot of misinformation going on, plus language barriers. CDPR never said anything negative towards GMG. All they said were that they never authorized keys for them to sell.
CDPR had discussion with GMG, and what I'm assuming went down was that GMG wanted to sell some of the keys at a loss, using their promo codes, thus undercutting GOG and every other site that sells TW3 keys. CDPR said no, so GMG went and sourced keys from another place. They list Namco on their site, so they probably bought retail copies in bulk, as Namco is the European partner for retail copies, hence why they also say that the codes will only become available on launch day. They'll just take the GOG codes out the box, and send those to their buyers.
Which makes GMG hypocrites. That's the sort of behavior that authorized key resellers should not engage in. It's not illegal, but it's going against what CDPR wanted, and will no doubt ruin the relationship between them for future titles. It makes GMG no different to other unauthorized sellers, like G2A. CDPR, however, are receiving revenue from these sales, although not directly. Namco is probably the ones being paid, who'll in turn pay CDPR their cut, which will be significantly less than if people bought directly from GOG.
To use an analogy, let's say you want to buy some oranges from Woolworths. Woolworths asks you nicely not to sell them to anyone, only eat them yourself. So you say no, and buy some from Fruit and Veg instead. You sell at a loss, but everyone buys from you instead of Woolworths. Obviously you've now pissed off Woolworths, but the consumer doesn't care, because they've just saved money.
There is one caveat though. If Namco sold GOG codes to GMG directly, and not retail copies, they would be in violation of their agreement with CDPR, as it states that they can only sell retail copies. No doubt CDPR have bought some keys from GMG, to see where they came from. They'd have every right to deactivate them if this went down, or if they were sourced from a region where games are a lot cheaper, like Russia.
No one is really in the wrong here, but GMG are playing a dangerous game. They were not authorized to sell codes, so they shouldn't be.
I am guaranteed to lose the CD within a week, so i prefer the luxury of being able to re-download the game at any point. pricing is pretty much on par for this game.
