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Astute analysis, Valve's proximity to the secondary market seems to be the issue here. They also appear to allow you to generate keys for games that can then be
by cmdrfred 11y ago
Astute analysis, Valve's proximity to the secondary market seems to be the issue here. They also appear to allow you to generate keys for games that can then be sold[0][1]. This provides you with an indirect way of cashing out your earnings.
[0]https://www.g2a.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-steam-cd-key-global.html https://www.g2a.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-steam-cd-k... ($7.23 USD vs Steam price of $19.99 USD)
[1]https://www.g2a.com/mass-effect-trilogy-origin-cd-key-global.html https://www.g2a.com/mass-effect-trilogy-origin-cd-key-global... ($13.66 for all 3 Mass Effect games or $34.99 on Steam)
- ac29 11y agoI'm under the impression those "cheap keys" are from other regions where games are sold for cheaper, and can potentially get your account locked.
- jeeva 11y agoThey don't allow end-users to generate keys for games - that is restricted to the publishers or game creators (in smaller cases). The keys on those sites are generally sourced from physical copies in cheaper regions (as mentioned in a sibling comment), cheaply sold bundles (Humble Indie Bundle, and other similar sites), and other such sources. You could possibly make an argument for gift-copies of games[0] being resalable, or games that can be added to third party systems (ME2 gives a CD key that can be added to Origin, for example) though the latter would be limited to one attempt per-game per-account. [0]http://www.g2play.net/category/24773/factorio-steam-gift/ http://www.g2play.net/category/24773/factorio-steam-gift/