If you cannot fathom that there is a categorical difference between these two, you are either ignorant of or have failed to grasp the underlying issues of the debate. (The merits of or objections to which are subject for a different discussion).
Trading between peers (for profit or not) or reselling through legitimate means is a different story altogether, developers are paid for the initial purchase, and arbitrage is exploited in accordance with common market procedures. The harm this can cause to devs and the ecosystem as a whole is evident. G2A even profits from the very theft that they enable by charging you, the consumer for basic consumer protections that are considered a given in any other industry. Not to mention that the rights holders for the content don't even get paid in the case of chargebacks. G2A is a platform that enables theft, fraud, causes additional costs to the developer through chargebacks, and by extension, can be utilised as a tool for money laundering. (Seriously, look up arbitrage if you aren't familiar with the term). That arbitrage is common (but not necessarily in the case of the latter) to both practices only helps to confound the matter further for the already confused. Sadly, many people here seem to be missing the point by arguing that there exists a parity between G2A (and other non legitimate / non verifiable - this qualifier is crucial - key resellers of their ilk) and your common user to user key trading (or hell, even legitimate vendors like Amazon, etc.). And even more when it comes from big publishers who dominate the gaming industry selling constantly overpriced goods and then whine why people end up buying second hand keys. That's why I consider the general discourse about G2A as hypocritical as long as it doesn't touch the core issue which is the evolution of contemporary economy and it's "natural" adaptation towards profit generation. And for the most part they are simply the evolution of traditional industries in the age of numerisation, that's why for instance AMD have Kinguin as official partners. In my books all of them (or at least Uber, G2A or Airbnb) are the same ugly face of contemporary capitalism - though I do consider ugly capitalism itself. They do provide a platform to use and connect individuals and they take their shitty cut for this. Practically G2A does the same job as Uber, AirBNB or even Ebay and Paypal. Regarding the first issue, there's no difference whether you sell your key via SG, privately to a friend or via G2A as long as you do resell your key (therefore the "moral" issue).Īs for the second, G2A is just one of the many companies that take profit from new age capitalism. The first is whether it's legitimate in general to resell your keys and the second one is if there's legitimate for G2A and co. Want to keep using shady sites? go ahead it's your money and you take the risk, but don't complain when something bad happens and we see an increase of these sites, because you know, when something "works" everyone wants their cut!Īctually there are two different things when it comes to gray market. You'll do what you will, but we have this great community here for a reason, if someone takes the time to inform the rest, to make suggestions and maybe even take blindfolds out of others then it's worth it. Heck, it's pretty much common knowledge many people buy the games they used to play back in the day, when they finally get a steady income and opportunity presents (good offers) itself there isn't really any excuse not to, anymore. I still value the work of developers and support them whenever I can.
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I've wanting to play Ori and the Blind Forest since pretty much every live typing person in here (even bots I may add XD) are talking how great it is! yet I refuse to pay full price because I know it went on sale for 5 bucks, like 3 times already, so I simply won't pay more than that but NEITHER will pirate it despite having that option and wanting to play it that much. If you cannot afford now then simply wait until decent sales, nice discounts or maybe even ask a friend to familyshare that game. TL DR: you cannot pirate anymore 9.5 out of 10 times. Second, Why would those not-shady-at-all sites would require an extra insurance, shield, whatever (that you have to pay extra, mind you) if they say they are completely safe and legit to use? hmm let's leave it at that. What I'm getting at? simple: you can't just pirate almost anything anymore unless it doesn't use Denuvo, even then, those who don't use it, deserve to be purchased cuz maybe they aren't that expensive and actually decent games, nothing AAA, bug prices (Dark Souls III Deluxe for about 80 cents, Mexican Steam store). Read the comments, seems to me that maybe some either didn't read the TinyBuild article in relation to g2a ( 1, 2, 3)nor know the existence of anti-tamper DRM Denuvo.
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