Half Life 2 GOTY box set CD key invalid

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

Just bought a Half Life 2 GOTY box set but It keeps saying CD key invalid. It should be working, this is literally a valve game. Unless theres a conflict with my orange box cd key but even then, I just want CS:S

[no154370]

where did you buy your Half Life 2 GOTY??????

Steam Store don't contain Half Life 2 Game of The Year Edition at all.

[no154370]

if you want to play Counter Strike: Source

go buy the game from Steam Store directly.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/240/CounterStrike_Source/

[no154370]

and kindly asks for refund for your Half Life 2 GOTY edition which you bought.

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

İlk olarak no154370 tarafından gönderildi:

where did you buy your Half Life 2 GOTY??????

Steam Store don't contain Half Life 2 Game of The Year Edition at all.

In retail

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

I ended up installing from the disc

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

İlk olarak kagenlimkz |trade.tf tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak no154370 tarafından gönderildi:

where did you buy your Half Life 2 GOTY??????

Steam Store don't contain Half Life 2 Game of The Year Edition at all.

Used retail copy

[Crazy Tiger]

I'm going to assume it's secondhand, which means the CD key already is tied to a Steam account and cannot be transfered.

Get a refund.

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

İlk olarak Crazy Tiger tarafından gönderildi:

I'm going to assume it's secondhand, which means the CD key already is tied to a Steam account and cannot be transfered.

Get a refund.

Its second hand but I think the issue is that I already got HL2 from another key. So theres a conflict between the two

[Cathulhu]

If the key were already used then it would show a duplicate key error, not invalid.
Invalid means that Steam does not know that key at all.

What publisher is listed on the box?

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

İlk olarak kagenlimkz |trade.tf tarafından gönderildi:

Just bought a Half Life 2 GOTY box set but It keeps saying CD key invalid. It should be working, this is literally a valve game. Unless theres a conflict with my orange box cd key but even then, I just want CS:S

1. Why would you buy that?

2. There no brand new copies they been out of print for over a decade, so if you bought it used off someone, you should've realized the key very likely to be used already, that why don't buy used copies of games with keys.

3. If already own half life 2 you don't get another copy.

[no154370]

OP thought that buying "Half Life 2 GOTY" can play Counter Strike: Source.

since Half Life 2 GOTY also contains Counter Strike: Source too.

what OP didn't know is this post which i stated earlier in the thread which i'm quoting below

İlk olarak no154370 tarafından gönderildi:

if you want to play Counter Strike: Source

go buy the game from Steam Store directly.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/240/CounterStrike_Source/

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OP should have gone to Steam Store directly and Search for Counter Strike: Source

instead of going somewhere else and buy 2nd hand games that doesn't work anymore on Steam Platform.

[kagenlimkz |trade.tf]

İlk olarak Cathulhu tarafından gönderildi:

If the key were already used then it would show a duplicate key error, not invalid.
Invalid means that Steam does not know that key at all.

What publisher is listed on the box?

Valve

[N3tRunn3r]

https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithCDKey

[Cathulhu]

İlk olarak kagenlimkz |trade.tf tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Cathulhu tarafından gönderildi:

If the key were already used then it would show a duplicate key error, not invalid.
Invalid means that Steam does not know that key at all.

What publisher is listed on the box?

Valve

I'm asking about the publisher, not developer.
Valve never did the retail publishing for any of their games.

[no154370]

to everyone here including OP

the publisher for Half Life 2 GOTY is Electronic Arts aka EA.