@Smith & Wesson tf .. like 5% of cracked games can be played online. The other 95% cant and thats because you dont have access to the original servers... so if its someone new to cracked games, its probably you.
The monetary exchange rate in game prices blows me away. Publishers: "$59.99 USD seems fair. What about Europe and the UK?" "Erm... swap the dollar sign for a pound / euro sign. That'll do."
11 months old, but its still the same situation. 19.99 € for an expansion with some code and a few small things when you have entire games at that price or even lower, its madness. 5 € for small expansions and 9 € for the bigger expansions we could let go..but they just keep robbing us. PS: Mods still offer most of the best stuff after so many years of Stellaris andHearts of Iron.
I don't feel the least bit of remorse for buying a key bought in another region and studios losing sale in my region. It's still a legitimate copy, still give the company a sale.
"Buy codes in one region of the world where a game is cheaper..." proceeds to show Western Europe, known for the highest prices and taxation in the whole universe.
@@jaw709 1:26 definitely No mention of Russia, which is Not even on that part of the map. I meant it as an ironic comment by the way, so who cares really.
Ronan low taxes results in more money for the state since hard working pays off. More motivation to work since you have more money in the wallet. As it is now with migrants as well high taxation kills the motivation and the amount of people living in welfare and not working puts more pressure on those who works. Leading to unbalance.
@The SassyGuy I think it will eventually become common practice to have it done that way, sure they would lose sales from newer purchases but it would help combat A LOT OF ISSUES.
With all the greed and scummy things they do these days it's a wonder why you haven't given up on them already. They're soulless corporations now. Times have changed. They used to value their reputation. Now if they lose a million sales they just make an ad campaign and get 2 million new ones. There's no reason for them to care right now.
Publishers* The publishers care about the money and pushing BS micro transactions, the devs are forced to put them in place by publishers for share holders.
Ubisoft has themselves pronounced it both ways in press events, so call it whatever you want. Kinda just depends if you follow the French inflection or not
The original pronounciation was French. "You be soft" is the furthest pronounciation from the original. It originated not in the company, but comes from people who pronounced it in a "wrong" way. Oo be soft is closer and the way how it was originally pronounced it Germany. But nowadays you can pronounce it however you want. No version is seen as "wrong".
Military grade encryption means they use AES, or Advanced Encryption Standard, which is the de facto encryption standard for up to Top Secret information (AES-256) because it is one of the strongest (read: hardest to crack) encryption standards.
@@NateLong33 Which is also used by everyone else for encryption.... It's a popular encryption algorithm, calling it "military grade" sounds pretty misleading.
@@NateLong33 AES is symmetric encryption... while the AES system itself is pretty solid back when it came out almost 20 years ago... all you need is the encryption key and you have access to all data encrypted by that key making it virtually useless for any encryption where you can't guarantee anybody will gain access to the key (psshh a little secret you can't guarantee that)
"These sellers on G2A get their keys everywhere. Some are legit bulk purchases from publishers, some are resold from places like humble bundle, Some are bought with fraudulent credit cards so they're all bad" is what I got from this video.
i seriously doubt any game company gets seriously affected by g2a. I think they speak against it because it doesn't restrict consumers as much as they want. I would bet most of the copies sold on g2a are bought from sales and then sold after the sale ends to cater to those who missed out on the sale. at the end of the day, copies are still being sold.
radil they do save you money though. With cable, you’re locked into a contract and can only subscribe to all or nothing. With streaming services, you can subscribe to what you want and when you want. If you’re paying for all of them all of the time, you’re ignoring the financial benefits that they offer.
origin access gonna fine you 20 dollar a month, with over 200 games, including their expansion pack, that's a great deal, especially for me who gets bored by a video game pretty quick, so instead of buying a full price game, played it for a few days, then got bored and never touch it again, I could just rent it, for a very very cheap price, if 20 dollar you get 200 games, that's mean for 1 game you only need to pay 1 cents?
and btw, no, we aren't went full circle, cable-tv like service always been around, why cable tv died is because we often payed for something we don't want, but for something like netflix, we know what series there are, and don't forget, with netflix, we can watch stuff anywhere, and anytime
I find it so weird how these sites get so much flack about source of goods while Kijiji and eBay skate free. The same concern about "source of goods" applies to anything you buy second-hand / aftermarket / grey market / etc. (i.e. whatever you buy off of Kijiji / eBay could have been stolen / bought through fraud / been a sample / giveaway / etc.). It's almost as if people don't want a free market where you can sell and buy things without having to check in with someone else (which is precisely how price fixing is enabled).
You can't really compare key resellers to ebay because ebay actually sells used goods while key resellers can only sell "new" keys. Of course there will be some stolen goods on reselling platforms like ebay as well but in far fewer quantities than on most key reselling platforms. The reason for this being that most key resellers can only achieve such low prices due to fraudulent behavior while platforms like ebay can achieve low prices by actually selling used stuff.
oh no, i didnt know that. i feel so bad for paying less than i was supposed to to a game company that sits on probably piles of billion dollars. im never using g2a agian.
Sometimes there's fine print that doesn't let you know that the game bought was only a promotion or trial code. Happened with me with the sims 4. I was only able to play for 3 weeks before the game was locked. EA said there was nothing they could do, which is fair.
Risk Vs reward... For us consumers it's definitely worth using this well established company and pay a fraction of the cost for a AAA game. Especially old games like GTA V which still cost £24 on Steam!
@@okkeboonstra4587 Your superstitions do not count. Let me share you a secret: don't waste your money on something you do not appreciate. That's right! :D You've heard it here folks. :D
@@AndersLiljeblad Well why should I pay 60 euros for a game while I can also switch my steam account to Argentina and get it for 5 euro. Only takes 10 min to change my account region with the needed payment method for Argentina which everybody can get in under 10 mins. I'm just a lazy fuck who lets other people do it so they sell them to me for a cheaper price on g2a. Good luck paying 60 euros for each game while I pad 5/10 euro
@@AndersLiljeblad I'm not happy that my money might be going to criminals, but I'd rather pay less and be unhappy about where my money is going than pay more, and still be unhappy about where my money is going. I'm genuinely sorry that you care about paying the rich who don't care about you.
I use g2a literally all the time and have had no issues. I use paypal strictly, so that even if something went down, I would be able to reach out to paypal. I've probably bought like 30 or 35 games off of the website.
@@xr.junior I'd avoid G2A. I didn't have any issues for years either but recently I had and found out they don't give a damn if you encounter any problems. Their so called 'money back guarantee' means nohing. Deleted my account out of principle and never going back.
Just wait until you get an invalid key and you just so happen to choose a seller who will take no proof seriously, G2A will not do a thing! even a 99.999% positive seller is no guarantee here, I had 50+ orders, all good and dandy, next order 1 issue, no help whatsoever. (a 99.999 positive seller btw.) Be careful.
@@BurgerKingHarkinian on any site at that..ive used them quite a bit with 0 issues so meh whatever but im also not stupid and don't grab the stupid cheap keys either that make no sense. Just wait for actual steam sales or whatever not a big deal they almost always end up as the same price anyways or close enough when it happens. Don't use kinguin for it all either similar thing. Just wait and buy it first hand or from reputable resellers.
Long story short, no. Short story long: Bought a game (with their Shield protection) & didn't get a key for a full day, contacted their support & all I got was: "Sorry you should have contacted us sooner, we have confirmation that you received the link and nothing more we can do", then I issued a Paypal dispute & got my money back 1 day before deadline (waited around 10 days). After few weeks, I tried buying some PS4 $. Can't, banned. Tried a few other sites for the lols, Paypal acc banned everywhere.
If you ever want to buy a key, I recommend HRK at least they don't have any stupid shields, and I got the wrong key from them once, and after sending my complaint, they gave me the correct one.
ok, first of all, this happens very rarely and only if you buy from a person with a bad rating, once you pay you should get a link immediately, also if you linked the purchase with you email you can get it from your inbox too. also, shield isn't worth it. Just buy from good rated sellers and you'll be fine.
There are actually keystores which get the keys from the publishers. They are usually not the cheapest, however you can still save some money in most of them. And sometimes there are sales.
I bought from G2A before years ago. FFXIV + Heavensward (was much cheaper there than on Steam at the time, and I was quite short on cash working as a games journalist) and a handful of playtime cards (as my subs ran out). I didn't have a single problem buying there, but I would be lying if I said I did it without my heart giving out until I activated the codes and everything worked out fine. Square Enix never came after me either. All in all, I'd recommend waiting for sales on Steam. That's what I've been doing ever since I decided G2A was too risky and I have no regrets. I don't play FFXIV anymore cuz R$60 a month is too much, but I still buy games every now again, all through Steam itself.
@@TheHorribleCreature USA. From the Dashlane Website: "Military grade encryption refers to what’s called AES-256 encryption. Short for Advanced Encryption Standard, it was the first publicly accessible and open cipher approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) to protect information at a “Top Secret” level. It is now widely-accepted as the strongest encryption there is - and used by governments, militaries, banks and other organizations across the world to protect sensitive data." What they fail to mention is that AES-256 is free for any use public or private, commercial or non-commercial. So it isn't really such a big deal.
@@lmaoroflcopter "completely standard encryption to be expected in 2019, which also the military use", so technically they are correct. A great way mislead though.
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My opinion in this is this one. Someone paid those studios to get the keys. Even if they are reselling them in order to do money laundry adc, because the developers got paid the original price in the first case.
I got COD Modern warfare 1 which sells for nearly 40-50 bucks on the Microsoft store for 9 usd and played the campaign fully without any issues and even got infinite warfare for 7 usd which also costs 40 bucks on the Microsoft store I think its worth it and I haven’t had any issues so far for the dozens of game keys i purchased from them for steam and Xbox Games are WAYY too expensive nowadays
I've been using G2A for 3 years and never had any issues. Why didn't you create the similar video about eBay? I've received used watch even if the seller claimed it's brand new. But I understand it. Abuses can happen everywhere. I believe it's like a 0,1% on that large marketplaces like them
Would you like to make work for whole month and dont get paid but instead end up paying to your employer? That is exactly what you are potentially causing by buying from them. And ofcourse you havent had any issues, as you are the way how they make money. They need service you in order for you to keep buying from them. Basic business model for them is to sell games which they have got either for free or bought via stolen credit cards. So G2A doesnt lose money cause those cashbacks are going to developers not them. Devs lose product and also money instead of getting it. What you are paying to g2a doesnt go to devs, but instead directly to them. And because you get games there cheaper than from stores which pays to devs. (Like steam, gog and so on.) You keep going back and buy from them. They can provide games for much lower than actual stores cause they are free for them. And what ever they charge for those games are pure profit to them. So can you now understand what is the problem here?
anyone saying these are scams living under a rock or if you say it’s over priced. look at it this way, your either gonna pay 60$ off the xbox /ps store or you can go find these sites and get the same game for like 30$… i’ve got plenty of content that was selling for 40$+ for like 3$.
I’ve been comparatively extremely poor for about five years now, and ethically I am strongly in favor of supporting game devs by paying market price for their games so that the games industry can continue to thrive, especially because 90% of the games I play are very small indie titles from studios that need every dime they can get. That said when I hear about a cool new game that I really want I can’t help but seriously consider getting these gray market keys so that I can experience the game, and maybe buying a full price key later in life when I’m out of this hole.
@@seligaprv8669 if you buy gray market keys, you buy gray market keys. I don’t give a shit if you do or don’t im not gonna judge, but don’t try to act all high and mighty about it.
@@trollwayy5981 ? you do NOT understand what I meant with my comment lol I meant he is just coping his lets call it "bad" behaviour of buying keys by saying he might buy full price at some other time, which he will 100% never do
I'm from Poland and I often use G2A to buy regionlocked games from Rus. We are really have worst of both worlds - we make "eastern" money and we have "western" prices. Like average Pole makes maybe 2500 pln and games nowadays cost 250 pln here. Can you imagine in america game costing around 250 dollars because that's more or less comparable.
If developers want to sell a game to a poorer country, they have to lower the price if they want the game to be successful. If people start reselling the cheaper game to a different region where the game cost more, then it might not be convenient for developers to sell at a lower price in the poorer country, and therefore it might be better to not sell the game in that country at all.
Let's say you buy a game in Brazil for 115 Real.... and in the US it costs $60... some quick maths... ohh 115 Real aren't $60... now they could sell the game in Brazil for 250 Real... but since the median income is lower compared to the US less people could afford to buy it... you'd maybe make the same amount of money in the end but less people would have access to your product.... if i now go buy the game for 115 Real but i live in the US i paid $35 less than what i would pay in the US... so the company loses $35 on the sale to me
It has to do with the regional pricing models since games actually sell for completely different prices in different regions based on the average income of a region's population. For example, where game "X" costs 60 euro in USA/EU, it costs 20 euro in Russia/Asia due to lower incomes in those countries. To ensure that game publishers can still make a buck in less-wealthier countries, they simply sell the games in those countries for a lower price and restrict resellers from selling it outside the region. It boils down to game publishers simply wanting the players of wealthier countries to pay more than less-wealthier countries (so that it's "fair" for everyone). If game resellers from less-wealthier countries are selling their products outside their borders (in wealthier countries), the players from wealthier countries won't pay the expected (and restricted) higher tariff the company had set for those countries. This results in the game publishers making a lot lower profit than they were expected (and supposed) to make. Is the consumer legally responsible? No, it's the resellers their legal responsibility because they are the ones offering the possibility to abuse the system. However, since most consumers know about those practices, it's ethically not nice towards the game publishers/developers to buy a game for a much lower price than you're supposed to pay. Not to mention that with this system it's the resellers who make the profit and not the game publishers/developers. It's kind of like you made something, but someone else steals it from you and sells it.
Ive been saying for YEARS that people on Steam/ect should be able to “generate product key” , which would completely remove the game from the account, so the user could sell the game to who ever they want. Its really not a hard concept, of course I get why Valve/origin/uplay/epic would be totally against this, but too bad for them imo..
I remember games that were AAA went from 40 euros on steam to 2 euros on G2A,those were definitely stolen,but recently I haven't seen such thing,maybe from a smaller developer,but thats even worse
Eneba is pretty reliable. There was one time the CD key didn’t work but the support team was extremely quick to respond and I was still able to play the game I wanted.
I buy games from G2A specifically and ONLY when I want to play the game, but don't want the developer to have my money (greedy actions, nonsense political crap, treating their customers poorly, etc.). I used to accomplish this same thing by only buying *_used_* copies of brand new games (meaning its not really discounted, but Gamestop or the private seller gets all of my $60). This is the same thing, but digitial. For instance, after the way Naughty Dog has treated employees, youtubers, and those with differing political opinions lately, this is probably how I'll aquire The Last of Us Part 2.
Ten years ago everyone started going crazy for digital over physical. "SO much better, all my library is backed up and downloadable, no worry about scratching my disks or losing them in a fire." If all those people just stop and read the Steam ToS, that thing they click accept without ever glossing over, they'd know they never own the games they pay for, ever. The promise of "digital games will be cheaper as more people get into it" never came to be, why am I paying just as much today when these don't even need to be printed on a physical medium and shipped in a box? And if things are bad today, just wait some more years for all the server that today are checking if your copy is legitimate to be taken down... If today I suddenly feel like playing LOTR Battle for Middle Earth, I have to do so with a crack because the server that's suppose to check my install key is offline for years now, and that is owner by EA you'd think they'd have a couple of bucks to spare for that up keep.
a couple of bucks? buying out servers in general is hard enough let alone paying to keep them ha they're stupidly expensive. Games are not cheap to make at all they cost more than they ever did back then and then live service is now stupidly expensive to upkeep to maintain a high profit which is a good thing they do stupid bullshit things such a micro transactions and pay to win crap to make that money back easily. People seem to forget all of the costs for companies and despite the fact there are some places that are much better you also easily see that they are not very profitable or dying. Because of less support and money to maintain such a thing. Steam for how big they are isn't a very wealthy company compared to almost everyone else despite some of those games existing on here. Single player games are great for this reason but they also don't reel in big profits over time its a rush at first if its really good and then that's it. Every once in a while you'll get little surges but until the next game its no longer profit. So whatever profit you made now goes back into managing everything else first and then whats left is whats left which usually isn't a super large amount meaning investors etc don't want jump in etc. Companies need to make profit but also large profit to keep up not only their company but a lot of that is what moves the entire economy. If every company made only 500 thousand a year America would fall apart so fucking fast in terms on money and gdp and with how wasteful the government is and such you may as well just flood America down to the depths of the ocean floor and watch every other country fall apart quite rapidly since they no longer benefit from having America do everything for them. So while its great to have singleplayer games and such live service boosts them to keep a healthy market flowing. It gives rich people and those rich people invest into anything else they want to support allowing them to help out in a sense and over time bring it to the more common folk. Same way phones the internet cars etc have. Something major is invented rich people are what actually support it to progress and become available to everyone else. Or it falls into the pits of despair and they lose all that money. Obviously I overexaggerated here but lets some gaming dies overall. The loss of that alone would hit every single country in the world extremely hard, so hard it would cause probably depressions etc and who knows what else. You see that's the problem America faced during the great depression people basically panicked and everything collapsed. What saved it all? Fucking rich people literally buying out everything and rebuilding it in a sense. What happened well its obvious we flourished quite well afterwards. And those rich people who literally risked a lot to bring it back up god damn are they much more richer now. That money just flows in floods around them because of it.
"they'd know they never own the games they pay for, ever." 1. Just because its in the ToS does not make it legal. Most countries have already made this clear including the US, UK and Australia (just off the top of my head). 2. It is more than likely just legalese for valve to cover their asses.
"they'd know they never own the games they pay for, ever." 1. Just because its in the ToS does not make it legal. Most countries have already made this clear including the US, UK and Australia (just off the top of my head). 2. It is more than likely just legalese for valve to cover their asses.
@@yulfine1688 Most of a games cost is in it's marketing budget and a good game will make back the costs, the pay to win garbage is only there to make more money. Just because you watched a bunch of bad RUclips videos on a subject doesn't make you an expert.
The short answer... *I got a bogus code, they got my money, they gave me the run-around for a month, the seller never responded in a months time, and they did nothing to protect me* . The seller suddenly earned dozens of NEGATIVE FEEDBACK BUT THEY IGNORED THAT. Can you say *CHARGE BACK KIDS* ?
Would be nice to be able to resell games, and for the sake of fairness, it's up to the developer to either allow it or not...... I personally would definately allow it
I got my credit card stolen after purchasing a game on G2A, they bought a $100 steam cash card with it. I got my money back but i doubt steam declined that $100 code
I've bought a fair amount off G2a, I've only ever had one key revoked, which was Worms on Steam, luckily it was cheap enough that I bought another copy, wasn't a problem! I'm not sure about these subscription services though, I like the idea of owning games but at the same time I can see the value of playing the games and not cluttering the library afterwards. Really looking forward to being able to trade some Steam games in though that will good.
It's definitely like saying about EBAY that it's a good place to sell stolen goods. Marketplaces do everything they can to prevent abuses and chargebacks because they hit them MOST, not devs.
0:16 Yeah, preventing reselling games is illegal in accordance to EU law, but Valve doesn't care. And yet everyone acts like they're the greatest thing ever.
The thing is Steam gives amazing discounts, while it might cost a slight bjt more than a resold copy. You got to understand that even a discounted copy brings in money to the developers compared to the none that reselling gives. If you know a game dev, you also probably know how for most non-triple AAA games that profit percentage and wages are low. A lot ot money comes via discounted purchases compared to reselling, and basically keeps the company afloat till they release a new title.
i take pride in having a big steam library, half of the games i own i dont even play, i just like knowing i have a mountain of games, its like hoarding, but digital!
G2A is pretty good, you just have to remember that whenever you're buying something there might be a slight risk associated. On another note my steam library has around 300 games, with maybe 1/3 coming from G2A and never had a problem haha.
Been using Kinguin for a few years. Out of around 40 titles purchased, only 1 came back (POE which I paid 7$ and it was like 6 months after I purchased it). I buy games from Steam, various places. What normie sites should be asking is why are 5 year old games still 40$ usd. If slightly older titles were always discounted these key resellers wouldn't have any reason to exist. Props to Jarum above me for stating an obvious truth that people who deride these key resellers never mention.
I bought a house on G2A. We're moving in next month.
*house gets deactivated*
@@mr.dinglebop987 sorry, it was bought with a stolen credit card
@@c0smiclobic968 shoulda used subway gift cards
Wtf!!!!!
@@c0smiclobic968 I want to buy flight ticket to india. How much that cost?
Yeah I can care less if someone robbed a bank and laundered their money thru G2A keys. Im not paying $50 for a 10 year old Call of Duty game.
@@Blackfeet Same
@@Blackfeet me playing skyrim from fitgirl repacks
@@Blackfeet Who buys Activision games for the campaign lol
If you're gonna get an illegal copy anyway, why not just pirate it?
@Smith & Wesson tf .. like 5% of cracked games can be played online. The other 95% cant and thats because you dont have access to the original servers...
so if its someone new to cracked games, its probably you.
I will now buy stolen games on purpose if they're from the EA.
And Bethesda, no way I'm spending $40 for the same game with "updated" graphics and all the dlc.
Nah I like my games bought, just bought it off g2a for $30 less lol
TrillTRIPPin Why would you pay for them
Nurtan Hehe Obvious
@@isakferm7674 you cant play pirated games online
Short answer: Yes, if the game is made by EA
Or activision
Or blizzard
Shit up weebs. Pirating just makes games get filled with more bloat as a response
Or Bethesda
Just pirate bro
The monetary exchange rate in game prices blows me away.
Publishers:
"$59.99 USD seems fair. What about Europe and the UK?"
"Erm... swap the dollar sign for a pound / euro sign. That'll do."
Same for PC hardware aswell :(
Yeah
59 USD USA
SPAIN 59 EUR 71 USD
UK 59 GBP 80 USD
That’s why Australia is one of the biggest torrenting countries on the planet. We get screwed on just about everything
I'm from the US, so I don't have to worry. However, I Always that that was stupid af.
@@John-mf6ky that almost made sense
I'll happily pay full price for a new and high-quality game, especially if it's from an indie studio, but I'm surely not paying 20€ for Paradox DLC
true and for what? pathways and fences?
11 months old, but its still the same situation.
19.99 € for an expansion with some code and a few small things when you have entire games at that price or even lower, its madness.
5 € for small expansions and 9 € for the bigger expansions we could let go..but they just keep robbing us.
PS: Mods still offer most of the best stuff after so many years of Stellaris andHearts of Iron.
165 € to get all the dlc for the 10 year old Crusader Kings 2 without the flavor packs😌
@@fberdf pretty much its like they are selling updates as dlc
@@reuben6347 Exactly!
If you want updates you have to get the mods(which are free), its crazy.
but when do we get darkmode techquickie?
im trying to watch this at night..
This
This
+1
This.
This
Suddenly a Wild Linus appears
*throws master ball
SHUT UP! I'm trying to listen to the discount code for dish washing simulator 4. We all know the world-changing improvements we had in version 3.
This dude walking on set by accident or some shit
..."and you know what else can appear? This segue for today's sponsor-"
I don't feel the least bit of remorse for buying a key bought in another region and studios losing sale in my region. It's still a legitimate copy, still give the company a sale.
well i want to buy dark souls 3, do you think that ill be able to play multiplayer on servers?
@@whyarewestillhere8562 steam keys = buying it on steam
Yes you can play online
@@alumlovescake later i realized it was a stypid question, the real question is why do i buy games i cant even run
Any problems with getting games on g2a IM A feeling like it’s illegal or I’m gonna be banned or fined or an i fine and keep playing?
@@theofficialsamurai5293 If your game worked then its DONE. You got the game safe and secured, play as long as you like its yours by law
"Buy codes in one region of the world where a game is cheaper..." proceeds to show Western Europe, known for the highest prices and taxation in the whole universe.
atleast we have healthcare and affordable education but yeah taxes are high :/
pretty sure he explicitly mentions Russia there, budso.
@@jaw709 1:26 definitely No mention of Russia, which is Not even on that part of the map.
I meant it as an ironic comment by the way, so who cares really.
Ronan low taxes results in more money for the state since hard working pays off. More motivation to work since you have more money in the wallet.
As it is now with migrants as well high taxation kills the motivation and the amount of people living in welfare and not working puts more pressure on those who works. Leading to unbalance.
Jaw 709 russian codes on steam only work in russia
3:00 Linus wat r u doen
Sudden Boss is sudden.
HE HAD BOUGHT TOMB RAIDER ON G2A
he's tweaking out
Why you praat also nederlands?
quack
Imagine being able to sell your steam games..
@The SassyGuy I think it will eventually become common practice to have it done that way, sure they would lose sales from newer purchases but it would help combat A LOT OF ISSUES.
Cursed Khien they would never let that happen
Kee93 They talked about it in the past since Valve is breaking some laws in other countries by not allowing it.
Dude I would be rich!
Christopher Right, I would easily have $1000 rn. I have like 800 games activated and most of them are triple a games lol
Linus, you of all people ought to know that "military grade encryption" doesn't mean anything nowadays
hasn't meant anything since Alan Turing was around
"Military grade encryption"
sooo, 32 bit then.
“Military grade encryption” i.e. the same cypher used widely across the internet.
@@The_Keeper nah, 128, but still standard
Ummm, they recently did a video on how safe "military grade encryption" still is and that it's almost everywhere now.
Dish Washing Simulator also has an expansion pack
"Mom Teaches You How To Use Washer/Dryer"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
i checked it out... turns out that dlc is just porn...
i would actually consider that game, have you ever played overcooked?
And then there's a DLC for weebs called "Mom teaches you how to use washer/dryer Ara Ara edition)
@@shadowmane55 Sounds like win win to me.
Are we all just going to ignore the fact that this dude is OBVIOUSLY a clone of Linus and Luke together? That's literally what is happening here.
C Ro He’s their son
Definitely looks different without his glasses lol
They had a baby
How many times and videos are you going to post this on?
@@KhromTX 2 mister hens
3:02 hello linus
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I'm feeling less and less sympathy for large game developers as time goes on.
Edit: Game publishers
Think of the devs
@@nickbanderson as soon as they develope some genuinely good games, sure
With all the greed and scummy things they do these days it's a wonder why you haven't given up on them already. They're soulless corporations now. Times have changed.
They used to value their reputation. Now if they lose a million sales they just make an ad campaign and get 2 million new ones. There's no reason for them to care right now.
EA
Publishers*
The publishers care about the money and pushing BS micro transactions, the devs are forced to put them in place by publishers for share holders.
I’ve always thought and have still do Ubisoft is pronounced “You be soft” and not “Oo be soft”??
U bee soft . people who say oohbesoft are bullies bet
Ubisoft has themselves pronounced it both ways in press events, so call it whatever you want. Kinda just depends if you follow the French inflection or not
The original pronounciation was French. "You be soft" is the furthest pronounciation from the original. It originated not in the company, but comes from people who pronounced it in a "wrong" way.
Oo be soft is closer and the way how it was originally pronounced it Germany. But nowadays you can pronounce it however you want. No version is seen as "wrong".
UBE Soft
its " Ugh Bih Soft"
"Military grade" encryption
Remember, almost anything is military grade but it still gets hacked
Didn't they do a video debunking "military grade encryption" advertising?
Military grade encryption means they use AES, or Advanced Encryption Standard, which is the de facto encryption standard for up to Top Secret information (AES-256) because it is one of the strongest (read: hardest to crack) encryption standards.
@@NateLong33 Which is also used by everyone else for encryption.... It's a popular encryption algorithm, calling it "military grade" sounds pretty misleading.
@@NateLong33 AES is symmetric encryption... while the AES system itself is pretty solid back when it came out almost 20 years ago... all you need is the encryption key and you have access to all data encrypted by that key making it virtually useless for any encryption where you can't guarantee anybody will gain access to the key (psshh a little secret you can't guarantee that)
I bought Dishwasher Simulator 3 so whenever my mom tells me to do the dishes, I can tell her I'm 'practicing'
"These sellers on G2A get their keys everywhere. Some are legit bulk purchases from publishers, some are resold from places like humble bundle, Some are bought with fraudulent credit cards so they're all bad" is what I got from this video.
I’ll be damned if I’m gonna buy Black Ops for $40 on steam
ERMlejnek thats what I did I did get a bad copy once but still rather pay 10$ over 40$
I’ll be damned if I’m gonna buy Black Ops period.
a a I smell a Fortnite player
@@gecko5356 Black Ops, Fortnite and PUBG are all garbage. CS and Quake are what's cool.
@@c3ntury1337 LOL
civilization 6 is 79.99 Canadian on steam, went on g2a found it for 16.99.
Bruh
In europe, it's 60 euros, and I found it on instant gaming for 2
being able to resell my "used" digital games would be so amazing
Would be cool if that cameto lets say steam and like steam would take a cut i would not care
it would make absolutely no sense from a company's perspective
@@Simon11354 even if they get a small commission ?
i seriously doubt any game company gets seriously affected by g2a. I think they speak against it because it doesn't restrict consumers as much as they want. I would bet most of the copies sold on g2a are bought from sales and then sold after the sale ends to cater to those who missed out on the sale. at the end of the day, copies are still being sold.
Word, that's what I see
Letting us do this isn’t as much corporatism as they want
2019: the year where we went full circle and now people are talking about cable-tv like services as "ways to save money"
radil they do save you money though. With cable, you’re locked into a contract and can only subscribe to all or nothing. With streaming services, you can subscribe to what you want and when you want. If you’re paying for all of them all of the time, you’re ignoring the financial benefits that they offer.
origin access gonna fine you 20 dollar a month, with over 200 games, including their expansion pack, that's a great deal, especially for me who gets bored by a video game pretty quick, so instead of buying a full price game, played it for a few days, then got bored and never touch it again, I could just rent it, for a very very cheap price, if 20 dollar you get 200 games, that's mean for 1 game you only need to pay 1 cents?
and btw, no, we aren't went full circle, cable-tv like service always been around, why cable tv died is because we often payed for something we don't want, but for something like netflix, we know what series there are, and don't forget, with netflix, we can watch stuff anywhere, and anytime
@@haniffaris8917 10 cents*
@@mehmeh4652 yeah just realized that, thanks for correcting me
3:00 boss is peeking over your cubicle.
Lol
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I find it so weird how these sites get so much flack about source of goods while Kijiji and eBay skate free. The same concern about "source of goods" applies to anything you buy second-hand / aftermarket / grey market / etc. (i.e. whatever you buy off of Kijiji / eBay could have been stolen / bought through fraud / been a sample / giveaway / etc.).
It's almost as if people don't want a free market where you can sell and buy things without having to check in with someone else (which is precisely how price fixing is enabled).
You can't really compare key resellers to ebay because ebay actually sells used goods while key resellers can only sell "new" keys. Of course there will be some stolen goods on reselling platforms like ebay as well but in far fewer quantities than on most key reselling platforms. The reason for this being that most key resellers can only achieve such low prices due to fraudulent behavior while platforms like ebay can achieve low prices by actually selling used stuff.
when you pop into the kitchen but the pizza rolls still aren't done 3:01
“Should you bu games on G2A”
RUclips: sounds like a good place for a G2A ad!
3:00 - 3:04 the infamous Linus Pop-in ad appears !
oh no, i didnt know that. i feel so bad for paying less than i was supposed to to a game company that sits on probably piles of billion dollars. im never using g2a agian.
3:21 why was I intuitively thinking it was sponsor time
Thats not how you use intuitively
@@lityfity4197 cool story bro
@@dukeofworcestershire7042 bro
@@lityfity4197 *comrade of the communist world republic
I threw up
$60 at launch you say?
*cries in Canadian*
@@ericolens3 they have been $80 for a few years now when the CAD lost values. It kinda sucks because we used to pay same price as US
60USD = 80CAD so it's technically the same price (sorry Canadian friend)
In Europe it's 60€, wich is 66$.
Cries in Danish
@@kaldogorath it is, but my salary didn't increase lol
Alkaporty They should use the American Dolla to improve they Economy 😉
"military grade encryption"
where have i heard this before?
Uh.. crap
oof ExpressVPN
wannacry..
Vpn
NordVPN
I have bought almost 10 games on g2a, for steam and never had an issue.
@Mannie Illescas Ditto... does that make me evil though?
Mannie Illescas you should have waited until yesterday for gta
@@gurveerisboss How would they even know?
Isse my dad works at epic games he told me it was gonna be free
Gurveer sure...
Sometimes there's fine print that doesn't let you know that the game bought was only a promotion or trial code. Happened with me with the sims 4. I was only able to play for 3 weeks before the game was locked. EA said there was nothing they could do, which is fair.
Risk Vs reward... For us consumers it's definitely worth using this well established company and pay a fraction of the cost for a AAA game. Especially old games like GTA V which still cost £24 on Steam!
HIGHLY RECOMMEND G2A , but make sure you get form the 100% trusted seller badge .
Bought many games at a very low price on Xbox , never got scammed .
i believe its ethical to buy from G2A from publishers like Activision and EA, or games that have been in Early Access for more than 3 years.
03:00 ahh the lesser spotted linus appears
Every EA game I own was from G2A and I'm proud of it!
Paying criminals is a good thing.
Good job, dude. I'm proud of you. :]
@@AndersLiljeblad yes like EA, Blizzard and Activision aren’t criminals kekw
@@okkeboonstra4587 Your superstitions do not count.
Let me share you a secret: don't waste your money on something you do not appreciate.
That's right! :D You've heard it here folks. :D
@@AndersLiljeblad Well why should I pay 60 euros for a game while I can also switch my steam account to Argentina and get it for 5 euro. Only takes 10 min to change my account region with the needed payment method for Argentina which everybody can get in under 10 mins.
I'm just a lazy fuck who lets other people do it so they sell them to me for a cheaper price on g2a.
Good luck paying 60 euros for each game while I pad 5/10 euro
@@AndersLiljeblad I'm not happy that my money might be going to criminals, but I'd rather pay less and be unhappy about where my money is going than pay more, and still be unhappy about where my money is going. I'm genuinely sorry that you care about paying the rich who don't care about you.
I use g2a literally all the time and have had no issues. I use paypal strictly, so that even if something went down, I would be able to reach out to paypal. I've probably bought like 30 or 35 games off of the website.
And u got the keys instantly?
Should I buy them with a visa pre paid card
@@xr.junior I'd avoid G2A. I didn't have any issues for years either but recently I had and found out they don't give a damn if you encounter any problems. Their so called 'money back guarantee' means nohing. Deleted my account out of principle and never going back.
@@skyzkilla9819 yeah u always get the keys instantly, it’s just a matter of them being legit or not
Riley looks like captain America and sounds like ant man.
Joshua Larsen-Bradford not at all... he does sound like antman tho
Pre syrum captain America
Half of my steam library was bought on G2A. I saved at least 60% in total. And everything works
Humble Bundle, GOG, and Kinguin have never failed me. Not saying there isn't a risk, but I've never experienced it.
Only greymarket you listed is Kinguin.
The first two ones actually get the deals directly from developers
Remember that some developers leak their own keys because distributors charges very high commissions.
I’ve used G2A many times and I have zero complaints. Prices are good and you always get what you bought instantly
Really?
I want to buy from the store
@@michaelvincent493 kinguin is also really good
Just wait until you get an invalid key and you just so happen to choose a seller who will take no proof seriously, G2A will not do a thing! even a 99.999% positive seller is no guarantee here, I had 50+ orders, all good and dandy, next order 1 issue, no help whatsoever. (a 99.999 positive seller btw.)
Be careful.
Thank you so much for warning me about the huge discounts on this site.
Ikr? Disgusting! If I had never heard of it, I definitely wouldn't give it a shot now!
@@BurgerKingHarkinian on any site at that..ive used them quite a bit with 0 issues so meh whatever but im also not stupid and don't grab the stupid cheap keys either that make no sense. Just wait for actual steam sales or whatever not a big deal they almost always end up as the same price anyways or close enough when it happens. Don't use kinguin for it all either similar thing. Just wait and buy it first hand or from reputable resellers.
enjoy getting scammed
Long story short, no.
Short story long:
Bought a game (with their Shield protection) & didn't get a key for a full day,
contacted their support & all I got was: "Sorry you should have contacted us sooner, we have confirmation that you received the link and nothing more we can do",
then I issued a Paypal dispute & got my money back 1 day before deadline (waited around 10 days).
After few weeks, I tried buying some PS4 $. Can't, banned.
Tried a few other sites for the lols, Paypal acc banned everywhere.
If you ever want to buy a key, I recommend HRK at least they don't have any stupid shields, and I got the wrong key from them once, and after sending my complaint, they gave me the correct one.
Well that sounds like a disgusting experience
Bought loads of keys never had a problem must’ve been your luck
ok, first of all, this happens very rarely and only if you buy from a person with a bad rating, once you pay you should get a link immediately, also if you linked the purchase with you email you can get it from your inbox too. also, shield isn't worth it. Just buy from good rated sellers and you'll be fine.
There are actually keystores which get the keys from the publishers. They are usually not the cheapest, however you can still save some money in most of them. And sometimes there are sales.
Please, which stores?
I bought from G2A before years ago. FFXIV + Heavensward (was much cheaper there than on Steam at the time, and I was quite short on cash working as a games journalist) and a handful of playtime cards (as my subs ran out). I didn't have a single problem buying there, but I would be lying if I said I did it without my heart giving out until I activated the codes and everything worked out fine. Square Enix never came after me either. All in all, I'd recommend waiting for sales on Steam. That's what I've been doing ever since I decided G2A was too risky and I have no regrets. I don't play FFXIV anymore cuz R$60 a month is too much, but I still buy games every now again, all through Steam itself.
You haven’t ever had a job before
FFS. Please stop with the "Military grade encryption" guff.
Military grade but compared to what country ?
@@TheHorribleCreature Sumbuctu
@@TheHorribleCreature USA.
From the Dashlane Website: "Military grade encryption refers to what’s called AES-256 encryption. Short for Advanced Encryption Standard, it was the first publicly accessible and open cipher approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) to protect information at a “Top Secret” level. It is now widely-accepted as the strongest encryption there is - and used by governments, militaries, banks and other organizations across the world to protect sensitive data."
What they fail to mention is that AES-256 is free for any use public or private, commercial or non-commercial. So it isn't really such a big deal.
"military grade encryption" you mean "completely standard encryption to be expected in 2019".
@@lmaoroflcopter "completely standard encryption to be expected in 2019, which also the military use", so technically they are correct. A great way mislead though.
My opinion in this is this one. Someone paid those studios to get the keys. Even if they are reselling them in order to do money laundry adc, because the developers got paid the original price in the first case.
Give Riley his glasses back. Also nice haircut ^^
and some Dollar Shave Club products to get rid of that absurd looking lip fungus.
@@dolan-duk Movember?
Absolutely. I do it all the time, never had a problem.
As a game developer, i don't see any problem with resseling game keys as long as they were obtained legitmatly
Fifa 12 on console: That’ll be €0.50 sir.
Fifa 12 on PC: That’ll be €50.00 sucker.
Who's here after buying a game from g2a
@@DMM_Fan wow you are stunning and brave mate, get a life
Daniel bought like 10 games LuL
@@DMM_Fan This sounds like a paid comment
@JeMoer ey bro was about to buy total war warhammer 2
@JeMoer oh its 13euro so im good?
I got COD Modern warfare 1 which sells for nearly 40-50 bucks on the Microsoft store for 9 usd and played the campaign fully without any issues and even got infinite warfare for 7 usd which also costs 40 bucks on the Microsoft store
I think its worth it and I haven’t had any issues so far for the dozens of game keys i purchased from them for steam and Xbox
Games are WAYY too expensive nowadays
As long as it’s still legal I’m gonna keep doing it
I've been using G2A for 3 years and never had any issues.
Why didn't you create the similar video about eBay? I've received used watch even if the seller claimed it's brand new. But I understand it. Abuses can happen everywhere. I believe it's like a 0,1% on that large marketplaces like them
Same! I've been buying keys from Kinguin for years with no issues.
Would you like to make work for whole month and dont get paid but instead end up paying to your employer?
That is exactly what you are potentially causing by buying from them.
And ofcourse you havent had any issues, as you are the way how they make money. They need service you in order for you to keep buying from them.
Basic business model for them is to sell games which they have got either for free or bought via stolen credit cards. So G2A doesnt lose money cause those cashbacks are going to developers not them. Devs lose product and also money instead of getting it. What you are paying to g2a doesnt go to devs, but instead directly to them. And because you get games there cheaper than from stores which pays to devs. (Like steam, gog and so on.) You keep going back and buy from them. They can provide games for much lower than actual stores cause they are free for them. And what ever they charge for those games are pure profit to them. So can you now understand what is the problem here?
@@Kuutti_original lol
anyone saying these are scams living under a rock or if you say it’s over priced. look at it this way, your either gonna pay 60$ off the xbox /ps store or you can go find these sites and get the same game for like 30$… i’ve got plenty of content that was selling for 40$+ for like 3$.
I’ve been comparatively extremely poor for about five years now, and ethically I am strongly in favor of supporting game devs by paying market price for their games so that the games industry can continue to thrive, especially because 90% of the games I play are very small indie titles from studios that need every dime they can get. That said when I hear about a cool new game that I really want I can’t help but seriously consider getting these gray market keys so that I can experience the game, and maybe buying a full price key later in life when I’m out of this hole.
I’m all with you until I hear the bullshit about buying an additional key even after you have the game.
@@trollwayy5981 yeah this is just full copium tbh
@@seligaprv8669 if you buy gray market keys, you buy gray market keys. I don’t give a shit if you do or don’t im not gonna judge, but don’t try to act all high and mighty about it.
@@trollwayy5981 ? you do NOT understand what I meant with my comment lol I meant he is just coping his lets call it "bad" behaviour of buying keys by saying he might buy full price at some other time, which he will 100% never do
@@seligaprv8669 i know, i was expanding on my thought :)
I get G2A ads on LinusTechTips videos.
That's has nothing to do with Linus....
You lose when you overpay
UreMyBae you lose when you don’t support the devs who made the game
@@uremybae8788 And small companies with small teams lose when you buy from G2A
@@uremybae8788 you can also get scammed when you buy on g2a
I'm from Poland and I often use G2A to buy regionlocked games from Rus. We are really have worst of both worlds - we make "eastern" money and we have "western" prices. Like average Pole makes maybe 2500 pln and games nowadays cost 250 pln here. Can you imagine in america game costing around 250 dollars because that's more or less comparable.
Stadia is Not a game library you have to purchase the games like on a normal console or on pc!
Frick
Yeah, if I'm paying 60 bucks already fuck stadia
What's wrong with buying a game in a region and selling it in another???
It probably violates some license agreement
Your game might end up with russian voice overs and no way to switch to english... (been there, done that)
If developers want to sell a game to a poorer country, they have to lower the price if they want the game to be successful. If people start reselling the cheaper game to a different region where the game cost more, then it might not be convenient for developers to sell at a lower price in the poorer country, and therefore it might be better to not sell the game in that country at all.
Let's say you buy a game in Brazil for 115 Real.... and in the US it costs $60... some quick maths... ohh 115 Real aren't $60... now they could sell the game in Brazil for 250 Real... but since the median income is lower compared to the US less people could afford to buy it... you'd maybe make the same amount of money in the end but less people would have access to your product.... if i now go buy the game for 115 Real but i live in the US i paid $35 less than what i would pay in the US... so the company loses $35 on the sale to me
It has to do with the regional pricing models since games actually sell for completely different prices in different regions based on the average income of a region's population. For example, where game "X" costs 60 euro in USA/EU, it costs 20 euro in Russia/Asia due to lower incomes in those countries. To ensure that game publishers can still make a buck in less-wealthier countries, they simply sell the games in those countries for a lower price and restrict resellers from selling it outside the region.
It boils down to game publishers simply wanting the players of wealthier countries to pay more than less-wealthier countries (so that it's "fair" for everyone). If game resellers from less-wealthier countries are selling their products outside their borders (in wealthier countries), the players from wealthier countries won't pay the expected (and restricted) higher tariff the company had set for those countries. This results in the game publishers making a lot lower profit than they were expected (and supposed) to make.
Is the consumer legally responsible? No, it's the resellers their legal responsibility because they are the ones offering the possibility to abuse the system. However, since most consumers know about those practices, it's ethically not nice towards the game publishers/developers to buy a game for a much lower price than you're supposed to pay. Not to mention that with this system it's the resellers who make the profit and not the game publishers/developers. It's kind of like you made something, but someone else steals it from you and sells it.
I bought The Sims 3 with 5 Expansionpacks from G2A, 3 of those expansionpacks aren't working anymore cause they Key i bought was stolen.
Good Shit.
Depends. If you can still play them after a few weeks you are lucky.
I wasn't as lucky.
Ive been saying for YEARS that people on Steam/ect should be able to “generate product key” , which would completely remove the game from the account, so the user could sell the game to who ever they want. Its really not a hard concept, of course I get why Valve/origin/uplay/epic would be totally against this, but too bad for them imo..
It's actually not steam that would be against them, it's the publishers since they wouldn't see a dime of profit.
I remember games that were AAA went from 40 euros on steam to 2 euros on G2A,those were definitely stolen,but recently I haven't seen such thing,maybe from a smaller developer,but thats even worse
4:46 been spending too mcuh time around computers, calling PCI-DSS "PCIE-DSS"
buying stolen keys for EA or Activision wont be bad
Eneba is pretty reliable. There was one time the CD key didn’t work but the support team was extremely quick to respond and I was still able to play the game I wanted.
Same, im waiting for them to respond
@@CJ-bz7yg Good, they gave me the money back
2:40, no that doesn't bother me, your HANDS tho!
Linus: “Sweater at lttstore.com”
bruh, come to Brazil and u see why people buy keys from these sites
check this ruclips.net/video/q-HYa4Sjgyc/видео.html
Ou então a Portugal, aqui um jogo AAA é 1/8 do salário mínimo (480€/60€ = 1/8)
já comprou no g2a?
G2a sold me hacked accounts, real owner simply reclaimed his account and I lost the money
No homo Riley but you definitely can pull off that scruff, looks good dude.
Reminds me of Rhett from GMM for some reason
Shut up boy, where's my belt?!!!
I buy games from G2A specifically and ONLY when I want to play the game, but don't want the developer to have my money (greedy actions, nonsense political crap, treating their customers poorly, etc.). I used to accomplish this same thing by only buying *_used_* copies of brand new games (meaning its not really discounted, but Gamestop or the private seller gets all of my $60). This is the same thing, but digitial.
For instance, after the way Naughty Dog has treated employees, youtubers, and those with differing political opinions lately, this is probably how I'll aquire The Last of Us Part 2.
Ten years ago everyone started going crazy for digital over physical.
"SO much better, all my library is backed up and downloadable, no worry about scratching my disks or losing them in a fire."
If all those people just stop and read the Steam ToS, that thing they click accept without ever glossing over, they'd know they never own the games they pay for, ever.
The promise of "digital games will be cheaper as more people get into it" never came to be, why am I paying just as much today when these don't even need to be printed on a physical medium and shipped in a box?
And if things are bad today, just wait some more years for all the server that today are checking if your copy is legitimate to be taken down...
If today I suddenly feel like playing LOTR Battle for Middle Earth, I have to do so with a crack because the server that's suppose to check my install key is offline for years now, and that is owner by EA you'd think they'd have a couple of bucks to spare for that up keep.
Or just buy things off GoG
a couple of bucks? buying out servers in general is hard enough let alone paying to keep them ha they're stupidly expensive. Games are not cheap to make at all they cost more than they ever did back then and then live service is now stupidly expensive to upkeep to maintain a high profit which is a good thing they do stupid bullshit things such a micro transactions and pay to win crap to make that money back easily. People seem to forget all of the costs for companies and despite the fact there are some places that are much better you also easily see that they are not very profitable or dying. Because of less support and money to maintain such a thing. Steam for how big they are isn't a very wealthy company compared to almost everyone else despite some of those games existing on here. Single player games are great for this reason but they also don't reel in big profits over time its a rush at first if its really good and then that's it. Every once in a while you'll get little surges but until the next game its no longer profit. So whatever profit you made now goes back into managing everything else first and then whats left is whats left which usually isn't a super large amount meaning investors etc don't want jump in etc. Companies need to make profit but also large profit to keep up not only their company but a lot of that is what moves the entire economy. If every company made only 500 thousand a year America would fall apart so fucking fast in terms on money and gdp and with how wasteful the government is and such you may as well just flood America down to the depths of the ocean floor and watch every other country fall apart quite rapidly since they no longer benefit from having America do everything for them. So while its great to have singleplayer games and such live service boosts them to keep a healthy market flowing. It gives rich people and those rich people invest into anything else they want to support allowing them to help out in a sense and over time bring it to the more common folk. Same way phones the internet cars etc have. Something major is invented rich people are what actually support it to progress and become available to everyone else. Or it falls into the pits of despair and they lose all that money. Obviously I overexaggerated here but lets some gaming dies overall. The loss of that alone would hit every single country in the world extremely hard, so hard it would cause probably depressions etc and who knows what else. You see that's the problem America faced during the great depression people basically panicked and everything collapsed. What saved it all? Fucking rich people literally buying out everything and rebuilding it in a sense. What happened well its obvious we flourished quite well afterwards. And those rich people who literally risked a lot to bring it back up god damn are they much more richer now. That money just flows in floods around them because of it.
"they'd know they never own the games they pay for, ever."
1. Just because its in the ToS does not make it legal. Most countries have already made this clear including the US, UK and Australia (just off the top of my head).
2. It is more than likely just legalese for valve to cover their asses.
"they'd know they never own the games they pay for, ever."
1. Just because its in the ToS does not make it legal. Most countries have already made this clear including the US, UK and Australia (just off the top of my head).
2. It is more than likely just legalese for valve to cover their asses.
@@yulfine1688 Most of a games cost is in it's marketing budget and a good game will make back the costs, the pay to win garbage is only there to make more money. Just because you watched a bunch of bad RUclips videos on a subject doesn't make you an expert.
Retro games - you save a lot of money by being 5 years behind the times!
I just bought doom for 5 pounds :)
The short answer... *I got a bogus code, they got my money, they gave me the run-around for a month, the seller never responded in a months time, and they did nothing to protect me* . The seller suddenly earned dozens of NEGATIVE FEEDBACK BUT THEY IGNORED THAT. Can you say *CHARGE BACK KIDS* ?
Hey! I'm sorry that it happened. Don't hesitate to DM us via Twitter - we'll take a closer look in this matter.
Would be nice to be able to resell games, and for the sake of fairness, it's up to the developer to either allow it or not......
I personally would definately allow it
3:22 was totally expecting an ad for honey
ThatGuy ye same
short answer some G2a Games and codes might be hacked from other accounts and can lead to your account being suspended.
is no one gonna mention the way he said "Ubisoft"
He said it right. "You-be-soft" is technically the wrong pronunciation.
Malik Crim It is, but I honestly think you-be-soft sounds funnier
He said hoo-be-soft
I got my credit card stolen after purchasing a game on G2A, they bought a $100 steam cash card with it. I got my money back but i doubt steam declined that $100 code
Should have used PayPal.
Plague Master ok
I've bought a fair amount off G2a, I've only ever had one key revoked, which was Worms on Steam, luckily it was cheap enough that I bought another copy, wasn't a problem!
I'm not sure about these subscription services though, I like the idea of owning games but at the same time I can see the value of playing the games and not cluttering the library afterwards.
Really looking forward to being able to trade some Steam games in though that will good.
Tfw taking advantage of the charitable Humble Bundle is ethical
I bought minecraft java and bedrock in g2a because it wasnt working in original website of minecraft and the game works i have it
Use instant gaming(site or app), bought couple of games always worked perfect, saved a shit ton of money
is it safe?
@@maher6787 yeah
It's definitely like saying about EBAY that it's a good place to sell stolen goods.
Marketplaces do everything they can to prevent abuses and chargebacks because they hit them MOST, not devs.
Pirates: i see this as an absolute win
1:29 bruh games are more expensive in Europe and you show it as a cheaper region...
0:16
Yeah, preventing reselling games is illegal in accordance to EU law, but Valve doesn't care. And yet everyone acts like they're the greatest thing ever.
The thing is Steam gives amazing discounts, while it might cost a slight bjt more than a resold copy. You got to understand that even a discounted copy brings in money to the developers compared to the none that reselling gives. If you know a game dev, you also probably know how for most non-triple AAA games that profit percentage and wages are low. A lot ot money comes via discounted purchases compared to reselling, and basically keeps the company afloat till they release a new title.
Im pretty sure valve has a sellback option or something similar now...
Reselling games will be horrible for for the games industry at large though.
@@exidrial431 i dont doubt it. But its still illegal technically to deny the right to sell something you kind of own
i take pride in having a big steam library, half of the games i own i dont even play, i just like knowing i have a mountain of games, its like hoarding, but digital!
it doesn't add up . there are over 20 MILLION of G2A customers, and if the keys weren't working, were revoked, they won't be returning clients
G2A is pretty good, you just have to remember that whenever you're buying something there might be a slight risk associated. On another note my steam library has around 300 games, with maybe 1/3 coming from G2A and never had a problem haha.
Jarum same works fine for me
Been using Kinguin for a few years. Out of around 40 titles purchased, only 1 came back (POE which I paid 7$ and it was like 6 months after I purchased it). I buy games from Steam, various places. What normie sites should be asking is why are 5 year old games still 40$ usd. If slightly older titles were always discounted these key resellers wouldn't have any reason to exist. Props to Jarum above me for stating an obvious truth that people who deride these key resellers never mention.
yeah it works good for me
Hector Payton ok shill
I got scammed I paid 60 dollars and they gave me a used key.
Hello this is G2A please send me a reply so we can sought this shiter out
email to g2a
Just bought Sea of Thieves from G2A for $16 because I missed the steam sale where it was $20. It worked.