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If the problem is as pervasive as the devs portray it, these sites will quickly cease to exist--G2A would quickly gain a reputation for selling keys that will b

If the problem is as pervasive as the devs portray it, these sites will quickly cease to exist--G2A would quickly gain a reputation for selling keys that will be useless after 2-4 weeks, and the benefit of getting the game for cheaper would be outweighed by the risk of the key going bad. That doesn't seem to be happening though. I don't buy the argument that a huge number of G2A customers simply never notice that they've lost access to the game (not to mention what that implies about the quality of your game). I'd never heard of G2A before this, but I'll be checking them out the next time I'm considering buying a game.

dkersten 7y ago
> I'd never heard of G2A before this, but I'll be checking them out the next time I'm considering buying a game. Why not just pirate it like the developers ask? Its cheaper for you and its not supporting people profiting off fraud.
- caymanjim 7y ago
  The developers don't want people to pirate their games. They're just saying that pirating is less loss to them than the key resellers are, because the latter actually cost them time and effort on top of the lack of sale. Why not buy the game the honest way like a decent human being?
  - dkersten 7y ago
    Right, but the person I replied to said they will now buy from G2A. My comment was specifically a reply to the text I quoted. I didn't say they should pirate instead of buying from the dev or a legit store, I said why not pirate instead of buying from G2A. Personally, I don't understand why people who can clearly afford it would pirate (or buy from G2A) at all, so I don't exactly condone it, but if they said they would do the exact thing the devs said not to, then why not do the other option that the devs said they'd prefer? > Why not buy the game the honest way like a decent human being? I do. I haven't pirated any games since I was a student, about 15 years ago (and have even bought most of the games that I did pirate, since then). I feel like my comment was taken out of context.
- shados 7y ago
  Can't wait for the wave of "Its okay to pirate, the devs ASKED us to!" excuses popping up from this.
greycol 7y ago
G2A does have a bad reputation but if all you search for is 'cheap game' or see an ad in pcworld or a sponsored shoutout on a youtubers channel then you don't know this. (a search for 'g2a' is much more informative that a search for 'cheap game') Stories like this hopefully inform more people of g2a's reputation. The other issue is if 1 in 5 of the keys on g2a aren't real but the discount is 30% off it's still rational as a customer to buy from them if you buy in bulk. It off-loads most of the cost of fraudulently obtained keys onto the developer in support costs and charge backs for fraudulent key purchases. Highlighting that rational does not equate to moral or even ethical. Also the problem doesn't need to be pervasive across games to be devastating for a developer. If only 1 in 100 developers have this issue with g2a that doesn't stop it from possibly being a business destroying issue for that developer while it's a minor issue for the others.

dkersten 7y ago

> I'd never heard of G2A before this, but I'll be checking them out the next time I'm considering buying a game. Why not just pirate it like the developers ask? Its cheaper for you and its not supporting people profiting off fraud.

caymanjim 7y ago
The developers don't want people to pirate their games. They're just saying that pirating is less loss to them than the key resellers are, because the latter actually cost them time and effort on top of the lack of sale. Why not buy the game the honest way like a decent human being?
- dkersten 7y ago
  Right, but the person I replied to said they will now buy from G2A. My comment was specifically a reply to the text I quoted. I didn't say they should pirate instead of buying from the dev or a legit store, I said why not pirate instead of buying from G2A. Personally, I don't understand why people who can clearly afford it would pirate (or buy from G2A) at all, so I don't exactly condone it, but if they said they would do the exact thing the devs said not to, then why not do the other option that the devs said they'd prefer? > Why not buy the game the honest way like a decent human being? I do. I haven't pirated any games since I was a student, about 15 years ago (and have even bought most of the games that I did pirate, since then). I feel like my comment was taken out of context.
shados 7y ago
Can't wait for the wave of "Its okay to pirate, the devs ASKED us to!" excuses popping up from this.

greycol 7y ago

G2A does have a bad reputation but if all you search for is 'cheap game' or see an ad in pcworld or a sponsored shoutout on a youtubers channel then you don't know this. (a search for 'g2a' is much more informative that a search for 'cheap game') Stories like this hopefully inform more people of g2a's reputation. The other issue is if 1 in 5 of the keys on g2a aren't real but the discount is 30% off it's still rational as a customer to buy from them if you buy in bulk. It off-loads most of the cost of fraudulently obtained keys onto the developer in support costs and charge backs for fraudulent key purchases. Highlighting that rational does not equate to moral or even ethical. Also the problem doesn't need to be pervasive across games to be devastating for a developer. If only 1 in 100 developers have this issue with g2a that doesn't stop it from possibly being a business destroying issue for that developer while it's a minor issue for the others.