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"Just buy the game on Steam": Indie publisher behind a recent banger that sold 300k copies in its first week warns against key resellers after canceling hundreds of scalped keys (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why are you advocating for taking keys offline just because of who’s hand it went through when they were bought perfectly legally?

Buying keys on Steam to resell them is directly against their policy specifically so that developers feel comfortable putting products on sale. If a key was purchased by a reseller from Steam then they can legally use it, however they can't resell it. Many do. They're the one doing something wrong and fucking people over, in order to insert themselves as an unofficial middle man and leech money.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (1 child)

    You are defending a wrong (taking perfectly valid keys offline) because of a group abusing it in a legal manner (buying excess keys).

    They could find solutions that don't spit on our ownership rights.

    It's ToS abuse imo, not really defendable. Steam is getting dragged into court because of shit like this. The breach of ethics involved in trying to dictate the use of keys is far greater than the one committed by the reseller imo. They can only do this because of the quasi monopoly they have.

    I really think this is the steam pink google effect. If it was Microsoft and Activision behind it, everyone would be livid imo.

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