My key

[Ricoh GRIIIx]

was delete by Steam right now. I've no more access to this XCOM: Enemy Unknown Complete Pack (Europe).

Do you have an idea why ?

[Chuckbert]

引用自 Scwim：

引用自 Chuckbert：

why tho, do you have a source? because legit sellers exist eg green man gaming. though i wouldn't put instant gaming on the list of 100% reputable sellers. also they are hitting physical box keys too, and those are definitely legit...
EDIT no saying i don't believe you, i can see them pulling something like this, but doesn't exactly seem like the smart thing to do. exactly because they can't safely differentiate between keys

Because money, it's well known that devs lose a lot of money with resellers, most of the time they don't receive any money when we buy games from these websites. yes, some of them are legit now but only a few of them are, i got the game from G2A and now is known that most of thoses keys where actually stolen

i know, but as i said, they can't differentiate between codes from legit sites eg green man gaming, grey zone sites eg instant gaming, where some keys are legit and some are probematic, and pretty much always fradulent key sites eg G2A, penguin.
they can't even seem to safely differentiate their personally generated box keys, from otherwise generated keys. and that should definitely possible, to keep a registry
it just doesn't seem worth the hassle, and negative pr. especially with pre 2015 games when box keys were still a wide spread practice, at least in eu. expection being clear cut cases eg all purchases on stolen cards being revoked, as in your linked post

[deathness]

引用自 Scwim：

引用自 Chuckbert：

why tho, do you have a source? because legit sellers exist eg green man gaming. though i wouldn't put instant gaming on the list of 100% reputable sellers. also they are hitting physical box keys too, and those are definitely legit...
EDIT no saying i don't believe you, i can see them pulling something like this, but doesn't exactly seem like the smart thing to do. exactly because they can't safely differentiate between keys

Because money, it's well known that devs lose a lot of money with resellers, most of the time they don't receive any money when we buy games from these websites. yes, some of them are legit now but only a few of them are, i got the game from G2A and now is known that most of thoses keys where actually stolen

They sold these keys well... Just cheaper in other countries.

[Chuckbert]

引用自 deathness：

引用自 Scwim：

Because money, it's well known that devs lose a lot of money with resellers, most of the time they don't receive any money when we buy games from these websites. yes, some of them are legit now but only a few of them are, i got the game from G2A and now is known that most of thoses keys where actually stolen

They sold these keys well... Just cheaper in other countries.

kinda, that would be legally grey sites. but that's still not really okay, not even factoring in the ethics of exploting other countries weak economies, because this greed always blows up in local peoples' faces eg current ps+ turkey situation. but there were also quite a lot of cases of stolen credit cards being used to purchase a ton of keys to then sell on market places. i believe that's what they meant.

[VerGiL]

Ok so i got the message too, but it seems that it just removed as a game, it counted as a "Standalone game" but it's still there as a DLC on my library, I'm installing right now to check if anything truly changed.

I don't even remember where i got this from is from 2017

[VerGiL]

引用自 Mixvision：

same thing happened to me just now.. i don't even play this game but this is the exact reason people stick to physical media. wow

edit: got my key from kinguin back in 2017 so seriously wth. anywho i seem to be able to download the game just fine lets see if i can play it

Oh yeah the event about the coins right ? NinjaKuddos something like that.

LOL i can't even log onto my Kinguin account wtf...

[Mr.Cho]

Same. Woke up to the message saying removed from account. I had this game since 2017.

[Averdor]

same

[VerGiL]

引用自 Mixvision：

引用自 VerGiL：

Oh yeah the event about the coins right ? NinjaKuddos something like that.

that coin thing ruined kinguin.
game works just fine. this glitch has to be related to client updates. steam is doing a little to much.

Yeah game works fine tbh, but i don't think this is a Steam issue more like an Developer change. There is a new Pop launcher when you´re start the game on steam now, (At least i don't remenber having that before) but who knows.

About the event, I got to be honest. Never really used Kinguin, just once i think. So the event for me at least was really good, i got around 10 games and not 1 dollar garbage bin games either. Nioh, Vanquish, Mad Max among others.

[YaBoyNibbler]

Mine was revoked as well. Checked my steam account for activated keys and Xcom complete edition was revoked then re-redeemed within an hour....

[Javito]

Same here. I haven't lost the games because I also own the "XCOM: Ultimate Collection" from a HB.

[Peli]

Same message and Standard Edition + DLC was added to my Libary. Strange. i don't remember where i got the Key, Humble Bundle i guess.

[Kai]

Same, my key was taken away though i think i got it from a local retail

[Kronuxen]

The same happened to me yesterday. It makes no sense, i also bought the game 6 years ago

[%a]

hey so what happened?

was the game removed from peoples libraries than it got restored back a few hours later??

[MachoMurph (Legacy Edition)]

Just adding to the sea of "me too". First time ive ever had an account notification. kinda spooky.