Valko Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Hello, Obsidian! Where shady keyshops like G2A, Kinguin.net and many others get thousands of cheap Pillars of Eternity copies for 10-15 Euro to sell them? Are they legit licences or stolen from someone? https://www.allkeyshop.com/blog/buy-pillars-of-eternity-2-deadfire-cd-key-compare-prices/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormerine Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Keys on those “grey market” stores come from various sources and it would take a lot of effort to track each and every key. Polygon attempted it once: https://www.polygon.com/2015/2/9/8006693/the-truth-behind-those-mysteriously-cheap-gray-market-game-codes Probably the most extreme cases were keys bought via stolen credit card information. Ubi made a big fuss about it a while back. Another dirty trick is buying a key in an area with a lower pricing or during a deep sale and reselling it for a profit. Keys might be also spare ones - someone receiving a gifted copy, getting key from a bundle he owns/isn’t interested in. Or as in the case of Polygon article someone selling a key distributed for promotional purposes. Whatever, the keys come from, those “grey market” sellers are not authorised shops - they don’t get keys directly from developers. They act more like an e-bay - just a platform for transaction. How dodgy the source is may vary. If you wonder if buying from those sites is an acceptable thing to do - well, I don’t think there is any chance Obsidian will gain anything from those sales. Overall, I would recommend avoiding those, especially when new releases are concerned. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzar_monty Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 As far as I know, this phenomenon is in no way restricted to Deadfire, i.e. you would find the exact same dodgy keys for many, many games. (I once made a short search and found several very cheap keys. But they looked so dubious I didn't even consider buying.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valko Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) As far as I know, this phenomenon is in no way restricted to Deadfire, i.e. you would find the exact same dodgy keys for many, many games. (I once made a short search and found several very cheap keys. But they looked so dubious I didn't even consider buying.) Thousands of cheap steam keys for famous titles is a very very rare case. In this case it could be some fishy reseller or marketing source. Moreover that could be a reason of financial failure of the game. Edited January 19, 2019 by Valko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valko Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 I hope at least Obsidian PR and top managers know it's source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple - A Foxy Lad Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Another dirty trick is buying a key in an area with a lower pricing ye, this. i know folk who make a few quid trading in the price gaps between regions. theres a little bit more chicanery involved that i dont care to know, but thats the core of it. I AM A RENISANCE MAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldurs_gate_2 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 It's obviously shady, if you can get brand new games that cost 60 euro / dollar in retail or on steam / gog, for 35-40 after the release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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