[skeeba]

Video game key reselling is a vast market and a major pain point for games studios. Small video game development studios are now urging users to pirate games instead of purchasing them from key resellers. Developers say that the sale of keys, which are ultimately sold for a high amount in illegal markets, cost them more than they earn.

One such developer named Mike Rose from No More Robots, a Manchester-based gaming studio is running a petition on change.org. In his petition, he called out G2A, a popular online marketplace for key resellers, to stop selling indie titles on their platform.

Key reselling is not a new issue in the video game industry, but the petition is a result of G2A’s aggressive promotion of “discounted unlock codes” deals on social media platforms owing to its fifth anniversary.

Link: https://fossbytes.com/game-developers-pi...resellers/

[Drako]

I heard about this a while back. All of the money goes to G2A or whatever other company you purchase the keys from.

[Dismas]

Personally a fan of G2A, as it pushes companies to price their games competitively. The keys get resold and companies are able to choose where they issue those keys originally.

[mothered]

Game Developers Want You To ‘Pirate’ Games

Kudos to the pirate sector.

I've always supported the pirate Industry, and always will.

[natifix]

look, the whole reason to put YOURSELF in the middle: is to profit from it somehow

so ask yourself, who is the middle man here?

retailers? yea... and I agree... and Im glad to see people breaking the lines of conformity here. I hope this continues.