Authorised reseller of steam keys?

Emjay86 · 22 Mar 2015 at 11:14

Hey guys,

Im hoping one of you could clarify whether or not the website G2A.com is an authorised reseller of steam keys. (I apologise if this breaks any forum rules on listing other websites (im unsure basically so sorry if it is)).

The reason why im actually asking this is because the keys are dirt cheap so naturally you would think its illegal right?

But then they have a load of partners listed on their site, some of those are respected businesses. So sure they could just be linking to other businesses to make out they are legit, if they are doing so without permission though thats a big problem.

Also they offer some sort of shield thing for 1 euro more and apparantly it guarantees a legit copy.

Anyone had any experience with this site or can vouch for it being legit?

Thanks in advance!

Emjay86 · 22 Mar 2015 at 11:32

So is there an actual risk in buying these games?

They are selling games like Mortal Kombat X pretty damn cheap compared to steam is all.

Emjay86 · 22 Mar 2015 at 11:36

Martini1991 said:
Risk is keys getting revoked, that's all realistically.

And would the shield option actually protect against this?

Emjay86 · 22 Mar 2015 at 11:38

Martini1991 said:
Not really.
The shield option just highlights how shady it is.

"Please pay more to guarantee we're not selling you a dodgy key"
Legit.

Yea this is what im thinking. However theres a huge difference between buying a game for £39.99 and £20.25.

I dont know what to do lol

Having said that. My gut instinct says its not legit. Therefore ill stick with steam.

Thanks for the feedback

Emjay86 · 22 Mar 2015 at 15:21

Thanks for all the feedback guys. Me being a goody two shoes have decided to air on the side of caution and go with announced, legit vendors.

Therefore I now have anothe question!

I have found the two games im looking to buy (MK X and GTA V) are on sale for a lot less on amazon and game (sorry again if im not allowed to say this!). Now im more than happy to go with those but I would far rather my game be on my steam library than not.

Therefore the question is, if I buy a boxed game from a legit retailer will I be able to apply the cd key and have full support as you would normally from steam?

Or do I simply need to buy it from steam or get a steam key from a legit steam key retailer?

Thanks again

Emjay86 · 22 Mar 2015 at 17:35

JulioH said:
Check the description/requirements etc and it should say what it will use. In the case of GTA V, I think you can only get the Steam version direct from Steam. All other copies like retail will be codes to activate on Rockstar's own client (the Social Club) only. Note: even the Steam version will run through the Social Club, so it's up to you whether the extra money to get it through Steam is worth it. Mortal Kombat should be through Steam only. It's only really EA and Ubisoft games that you have to look out for these days (as they use their own clients mostly).

As for resellers, they buy in bulk from say cheap European countries and sell to where the price is higher so it's obviously pretty shady. I don't risk it anymore, Steam and publishers are starting to really clamp down.

Thanks again for the feedback. I can see that GTA 5 is available as a hard copy or as a digital copy (digital costs a couple of pence more strangely) yet MKX is only hard copy. Would this mean that I can put the code in the case into steam for MKX and get routine updates and such via steam?

Emjay86 · 22 Mar 2015 at 17:36

Souness said:
If steam were so against resellers then wouldn't they stop G2A and Kinguin from sponsoring CSGO teams at big live events? Kinda funny seeing valve games played on the biggest stage with the names of steams biggest rivals plastered everywhere. WOuld be kinda hypocritical to allow people to discover G2A etc whilst watching a valve games, and then have steam later restrict/ban your account for using them...

Thats a very good point. Im still too paranoid to use a service thats being labelled as a scam at this time however.

Also all the keys that have been banned by ubisoft are kinda off-putting. Am I right to assume those were from community sales and not directly from G2A though?

Emjay86 · 22 Mar 2015 at 22:08

The fact that people are split on whether to trust G2A.com or not has kinda put me off them.

Now checking prices on CDkeys.com however again shows the two games at a massive saving as G2A.com was offering...

Again is this site legit?