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Please stop running ads from Sapphire, while they're cross-promoting with G2A.
G2A is a barely-legal service, which is defrauding hundreds of thousands out of developers of all sizes via money laundering of stolen credit cards.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ty-key-sellers
http://tinybuild.com/g2a-sold-450k-w...-our-game-keys
http://fusion.net/story/210610/riot-...-championship/
https://www.destructoid.com/-fraudul...d-292837.phtml
http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/9/8006...ket-game-codes
Bloody hell, thanks for the heads up.. shocking i will never use them again.
Is there no facility to cancel game keys that have been obtained fraudelently? That way dodgy resellers would quickly be found out and stop being used.
I believe, trying to cut through some of the headlines, that stolen keys are often banned but G2A and other key sites do not intentionally buy stolen keys. In the event that the key was stolen and subsequently banned they give you a new one.
If you want more confidence in your purchasing then buy direct from Steam/Origin/UPlay, but at extra cost.
Tiny build seem to suggest TV ere is but it's lots of work for them, then refuse (quite rightly to be fair) to send a list of codes to g2a. So although g2a appear to be pretty scummy I'm not sure what they can do.
Been aware of G2A for years and this is hardly their first PR uproar about stolen keys, but was not aware Sapphire had ties to them. I'm in favour of pulling their ads until they address the issue. And ye while what people are saying is true about them acting as a facilitator, somewhat akin to Ebay, they also know that it is enough of an issue to sell you a service in which they will replace it if it gets deactivated. Personally I take that as an admission directly from them that they are shoveling stolen property, and charging you for protection from it.
Ofcourse its partially the sellers responsibility, but its also G2A's responsibility to run a tight ship.
For those not in the loop, there have also been major uproars when this happened with Sniper Elite 3, and a bunch of Ubisoft games bought on stolen credit cards via Origin and then resold on G2A. The latter of which I believe Hexus reported on, and I'm sure theres more I haven't kept in the loop with.
http://www.fortressofdoors.com/g2a-p...ur-currencies/ (indie dev begging people to pirate, not use G2A)
Looks like G2A are taking reasonable steps to prevent fraudulent keys from being sold: http://www.pcgamesn.com/punch-club/g...ious-key-sales
Stolen and scammed keys should be blocked, there is no question of that. The consumer of said key should be reimbursed by the retailer of the key - at their own cost.
The idea that unused keys cannot be sold on is what I really dislike about the software industry at all. You used to buy a physical game and sell it on when you were done. I find the idea of licensing to one owner and denying the right to transfer that license an action of greed. Of course they will make more money if everybody buys games new, doesn't mean it's a sound practice.
This has been done