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[-] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago

The latter option does leave you with the game in your Steam account though, which is infinitely more convenient than downloading a repack made by some Russian somewhere in 15 parts from 5 different filesharing websites

...I mean, I assume. It's not like I've ever bought a game... or several games... from resellers side-eye-2

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

somewhere in 15 parts from 5 different filesharing websites

Why not torrent it?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't have a VPN, which is apparently a requirement to torrenting games, movies and TV shows in this day and age.

I do still torrent things, but I try to stick to older/obscure stuff. Guess I'm averse to getting disapproving letters from the copyright police

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

That sucks :/

One of the upsides of not living in the G7 countries is easier piracy, I guess.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

That's quite true but still, in my case I only pirate if it's the best way to experience (and keep long term) a given piece of content.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I almost always buy games from resellers as long as it's the best price. I'd rather have something cataloged in my Steam/Epic/Origin/etc library than deal with having to deal with the installation manually.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I usually end up buying from resellers in cases where I've been waiting for one of the big Steam sales for a game, only to discover the price not discounted as much as I'd hoped.

Or, in the last case where I used cdkeys.com, I waited until the last day of the Steam Summer Sale to get a game but found out that game's discount had already ended, presumably due to timezone shenanigans or something. Went to check cdkeys and the game was still there with the discounted price so yeah, I ended up getting a grey market key.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Does cdkeys.com really count as grey-market? AFAIR, they directly purchase all their keys from legal sources. Unlike G2A and the like who shove fingers in ears and say "we're just a key marketplace".

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That's actually nice to hear. I just assumed it was a Kinguin-style operation from their pricing

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