saw that this game is sold out in fanatical

[New Adventurer]

does anyone know how often fanatical restocks game keys? There's a bundle that "had" action squad as one of the games but since its sold out atm I can't add it. Would it be worth waiting for a restock or should I just choose a different game?

[axios2006]

Hi,

please wait a Devs' reply about this. Thanks.

[New Adventurer]

Is it up to the devs for whether a game is restocked at an online retailer? Didn't know that. (not being sarcastic) Hopefully the game keys can be restocked

[axios2006]

Originally posted by New Adventurer:

Is it up to the devs for whether a game is restocked at an online retailer? Didn't know that. (not being sarcastic) Hopefully the game keys can be restocked

As far as I know, Devs require keys to Steam and then they can send them to other stores like Fanatical...

[Pintea]

IIRC we only sold the game through some bundles/daily deals on fanatical, we don't actively sell the game on their store

[axios2006]

Originally posted by Pintea:

IIRC we only sold the game through some bundles/daily deals on fanatical, we don't actively sell the game on their store

In fact, since yesterday, DKAS it's in a several game bundle on Fanatical and players can pick up what they prefer...

[New Adventurer]

Originally posted by Pintea:

IIRC we only sold the game through some bundles/daily deals on fanatical, we don't actively sell the game on their store

Ah ok I see. I would understand if it's not possible to sell more keys to Fanatical because not enough are available or if it's not financially feasible to do so at whatever the price is at the moment. But whatever the reason, hopefully this game can be made available again in the future on Fanatical.

[bullettrain101]

Today I learned there are limited copies of a digital game.

[axios2006]

Originally posted by bullettrain101:

Today I learned there are limited copies of a digital game.

Only in third party stores. Steam has infinite copies. Like Microsoft Store or PlayStation Store or Gog.

[Donoghu]

Originally posted by bullettrain101:

Today I learned there are limited copies of a digital game.

It's not exactly that there are limited copies of a digital game, but that there are a limited number of active game-keys outside of their original store.

When you buy a key off any store that isn't the original digital store (like Steam), you buy a pre-made key from said original digital store. If there are no pre-made keys, there are no keys to purchase.

For obvious security reasons, there's no way to allow a 3rd party store to be able to generate unlimited amount of keys off another digital store. One of those reason is the cut each store takes out of the sales and the potential lack of control from Steam and, even worse, the publisher (a.k.a. devs in this case) to control the price of their game.

Here's the some details if you ever want to understand the principle behind Steam keys distributions: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys

[Siemka]

Seems like restocked
https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-slayer-bundle-4

[Vulpe Nebuna]

Originally posted by bullettrain101:

Today I learned there are limited copies of a digital game.

There can be limited number of keys in a deal, depending on the retailers. But in this case I think its just they didn't supply enough for a while, must be some of their internal workings.