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@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 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.
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.
@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.
"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.
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)
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".
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
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.
"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.
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.
@@capturedslay2523 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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
The title of this should be like: when you're creating a video about G2A and focusing on 0,0001% of the cases
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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
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.
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 $. Can't, banned. Tried a few other sites for the lols, Paypal acc banned everywhere.
If you ever want to buy a key, I recommend HRK at least they don't have any stupid shields, and I got the wrong key from them once, and after sending my complaint, they gave me the correct one.
ok, first of all, this happens very rarely and only if you buy from a person with a bad rating, once you pay you should get a link immediately, also if you linked the purchase with you email you can get it from your inbox too. also, shield isn't worth it. Just buy from good rated sellers and you'll be fine.
@@PyroGobbo USA. From the Dashlane Website: "Military grade encryption refers to what’s called AES-256 encryption. Short for Advanced Encryption Standard, it was the first publicly accessible and open cipher approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) to protect information at a “Top Secret” level. It is now widely-accepted as the strongest encryption there is - and used by governments, militaries, banks and other organizations across the world to protect sensitive data." What they fail to mention is that AES-256 is free for any use public or private, commercial or non-commercial. So it isn't really such a big deal.
@@lmaoroflcopter "completely standard encryption to be expected in 2019, which also the military use", so technically they are correct. A great way mislead though.
anyone saying these are scams living under a rock or if you say it’s over priced. look at it this way, your either gonna pay 60$ 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$.
G2A is pretty good, you just have to remember that whenever you're buying something there might be a slight risk associated. On another note my steam library has around 300 games, with maybe 1/3 coming from G2A and never had a problem haha.
Been using Kinguin for a few years. Out of around 40 titles purchased, only 1 came back (POE which I paid 7$ 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.
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.
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.
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* ?
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?
A short description of this video: this dude got a sponsorship offer from website privacy.com which try to protect credit cards from theft. He doesn't show his deep, personal opinions, just received a quick bank transfer
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.
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 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
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.
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 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!
i bought 3 keys, paid for 3 keys..... i dont know what you are talking about. please explain EDIT: or do you mean the "money back warranty"? cause thats obviously a seperate option... you are opted out by default , if you want it you have to select it and pay extra yeah...
Been buying games from G2A since like 2013, got like over 200 games through G2A, not a single account ban or warning due to stollen key or any problems, it is in fact SAFE!
Same here I’ve bought dozens of games that go for 40-60 bucks on xbox and steam for less than 10 usd and its been great Everything works great without a single hiccup Games are *WAYY* too much nowadays Prices don’t drop even if its an old title
