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What are your thoughts on steam key sites? have you even bought a key from sites like g2a? are they a scam or are they cool, also do you have a story to share about steam keys.

i was planning on getting a mystery pack from g2a or whatever its called but im not sure if its a scam or not.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 94 points 1 year ago (18 children)

It has been said by many indie developers many times that purchasing games through key resellers is objectively more harmful for the developers than piracy entirely.

Key resellers tend to buy keys in bulk using credit cards. When the bank reports the card stolen, steam issues refunds. The developer of the game is responsible for these charge backs, not the storefront.

Basically, if you buy games from key resellers not only are you not giving developers money that they deserve, but you're literally taking it out of their pockets. Do not buy from key resellers, pirate instead.

Source via BBC News

[โ€“] Bazzatron 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Okay, noted, buy all my Ubisoft and EA games through G2A etc ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

you have 300 IQ over here

[โ€“] Crow 3 points 1 year ago

This is a great idea. Now only if they made any games I actually want to ownโ€ฆ

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