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it's not surprising that many gamers are constantly in search of a discount on

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the titles they want lots of aaa titles cost around 60 us dollars at launch and

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tend to stay that way for quite a long time after release and with digital

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distribution being the norm these days it becomes very difficult to sell your

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games later on after you've gotten tired of them and even if your taste in games

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isn't big budget titles that require a big upfront cost you can easily spend

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tons of money on dlc even after buying a cheaper game or you can just pay on both

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ends easier as a result a number of grey

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market online stores have popped up such as g2a and kinguin that offer digital

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game keys from third party sellers at prices often far lower than you'd find

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from traditional stores or directly from the developers but how do they keep

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their prices so low and is buying from these places a good idea well these keys

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can come from a variety of places g2a claims that many of the keys for sale on

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their site come from wholesalers that buy them in bulk from game studios while

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others are sold by folks who take advantage of promotions such as humble

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bundles and giveaways then flip those codes for a profit

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entrepreneurs however many codes are acquired by much less

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ethical means it's not uncommon for

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unscrupulous resellers to pose as game journalists or youtubers

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rude and attempt to trick developers into giving out review codes or for them

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to buy codes in one region of the world where a game is cheaper and resell them

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to folks elsewhere denying the game studio a sale in that other location but

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considering it's not that hard to steal a credit card number many keys are

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simply purchased with a pilfered visa or mastercard and resold at a very low

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price in fact earlier this year g2a promised that it would pay developers 10

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times what they lost in credit card chargebacks for any stolen keys that

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ended up on the g2a platform however g2a also downplayed how often

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this actually occurred and while g2a said that they wanted to allow game

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studios to block certain keys from being sold on the platform indie game

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developers specifically wanted many of their games to be delisted from the site

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entirely since they're more vulnerable to financial harm than the larger

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developers but g2a refused to do this

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and this problem isn't just specific to game keys many major online game stores

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like steam no longer sell keys instead of signing a specific copy of the game

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to the account that bought it again perhaps with a stolen credit card yet

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it's still possible to transfer access to buyers who might not be aware that

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they're buying a stolen game through gifting systems such as steam gifts and

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regardless of whether it bothers you that you might be buying a stolen or

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otherwise ill-gotten copy of a game you do run the risk of the game studios

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deactivating your copy if you found out it wasn't legitimately obtained ubisoft

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did exactly this back in 2015 to gamers who already bought and activated games

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from reseller sites that were originally obtained with a stolen credit card the

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move spurred outrage among gamers that didn't realize that they had bought a

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stolen game and although ubisoft did ultimately restore access to players

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that had already activated their games they didn't give any other recourse for

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other resold keys doing the right thing

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maybe not in the best way okay riley i

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get it these game marketplaces are shady but how can i save money on games

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without using them i i got kids to feed man well the good news is that sites

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like is there any deal make it fairly easy to find out if a game you want is

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on sale at a seller known to be legitimate at any given time and you

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also have the option of buying game bundles at a significant discount there

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are also game subscription services such as ea access and xbox game pass that

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lets you play from a library of titles for a flat monthly fee and down the line

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you may even have the option to legitimately purchase used digital games

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from others earlier this year a french court ruled that consumers have the

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right to sell their unwanted steam games assuming valve doesn't win their appeal

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so hopefully buyer's remorse over digital games will soon become a thing

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of the past in the meantime you might want to think twice before pre-ordering

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that copy of dishwashing simulator 4

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