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The people who buy the game then resell the key on other websites for less than you find it on steam. They can buy many licenses when the game is on sale, so ev
by swid 5y ago
The people who buy the game then resell the key on other websites for less than you find it on steam. They can buy many licenses when the game is on sale, so even if there is no chargeback, the devs can lose money through these methods. Otherwise it is still a money laundering tactic.
Here’s a blog post where they talk about this eco system.
https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-303 https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-303
- flotzam 5y agoOK that kind of makes sense: "fraud" = making geographical or time-limited price discrimination less effective
- kova12 5y agoI'm failing to understand why is this considered fraudulent. Buy low sell high, this is how all trade works. People buying multiple keys for resale is just an unintended consequence of underpricing the product.
- swid 5y agoIf the purpose is to avoid KYC laws and turn bitcoin to cash, it isn’t hard to understand why Steam wants to avoid these types of customers. Also, they aren’t buying low and selling high, they are buying low and selling even lower because they are okay with a lossy conversion.