buying on steam compaired to other key sites

[Welsh Kraken]

why do you think steam is so overpriced in relation to the games they sell? i mean COD advanced warfare is 59.99 euros, while on a site for game keys its only 39.99 goes with almost any game steam sells they are all way overpriced, i thought with dota2, counterstrike :go being such a success with all the money steam earns from them and selling the in game items (all of which money goes to steam regardless) i would of thought they would be at least competing with the competition for the lowest game price.

[ᴏᴠᴇʀᴊᴏʜɴɴʏ]

steam is not overpriced dude, it is just because Asian and Russian people buy the games cheap on steam or a retail store as these countries have a low GDP. So even me since I am from Canada have to pay the TIER1 prices. There are several tiers for different countries on steam depending on the countrys´ GDP.

Usually lots of Asians and Russians sell Steam keys or Gifts to Keyshops which sell them all over the world for lower prices.

Steam tries to contain this with the use region locks for newer games. So the way of thinking Steam is overpriced is absolutely wrong.

regards,

[Welsh Kraken]

its not wrong, the games on the key sites are region free they are not locked and are way cheaper than steam, you are absolutly wrong.

引用自 crysisheld：

steam is not overpriced dude, it is just because Asian and Russian people buy the games cheap on steam or a retail store as these countries have a low GDP. So even me since I am from Canada have to pay the TIER1 prices. There are several tiers for different countries on steam depending on the countrys´ GDP.

Usually lots of Asians and Russians sell Steam keys or Gifts to Keyshops which sell them all over the world for lower prices.

Steam tries to contain this with the use region locks for newer games. So the way of thinking Steam is overpriced is absolutely wrong.

regards,

[Black Blade]

First of all, Publisher set prices, so if you see something over price its up to them

Also abut your example
Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare is 59.99$ for me, that will be 47.54 Euro, so they are selling you the Dollar price with 2.50$ profit abut..

[ᴏᴠᴇʀᴊᴏʜɴɴʏ]

@welsh Kracken oO. Yes you are right they are region free but newer games will have region lock!!!

Check out kinguin.net for example they also sell STEAM Gifts and keys which have to be activated via a Russian VPN and they are way cheaper than the prices you normally pay.

But you are right go ahead find out yourself...

[Spawn of Totoro]

引用自 Welsh Kracken oO：

its not wrong, the games on the key sites are region free they are not locked and are way cheaper than steam, you are absolutly wrong.

They can still be region locked. RU keys are only usable in Russia. Many of those sites buy Russian Keys to resell or from bundle sites that still give keys (even if it is against their TOS to resell them). That is why some sites say to use a VPN to activate the game (this is against the SSA).

The main diffrence is that, on Steam, the developers set the prices where other sites buy their keys. Even Amazon buys the keys from the developer, so they have more controll over what price they sell it for.

[Satoru]

Purchase at unauthorized resellers at your own peril

[Welsh Kraken]

引用自 Satoru：

Purchase at unauthorized resellers at your own peril

unauthorized? its a game key.. lol you get the key go to activate a product on steam and enter the key.

[ᴏᴠᴇʀᴊᴏʜɴɴʏ]

No only authorized resellers are allowed to sell game keys. Yeah dude, and if that game you bought in a key shop was bought with a stolen credit card the key will be blacklisted... vanishes from you game library... that´s cool eh? NOT

[Nostra]

引用自 Welsh Kracken oO：

引用自 Satoru：

Purchase at unauthorized resellers at your own peril

unauthorized? its a game key.. lol you get the key go to activate a product on steam and enter the key.

yeah so u buy a key and get all happy, cause u just spend 20$/€ less.
u try to activate it and holy cow, its not even the right language, its only russia.
u contact the keyshop, but keyshop support doenst even give a duck.

with steam u have a lot more security. i only have a handfull keyshops that i rly trust, if the game is not on there i bu at steam

[Welsh Kraken]

引用自 crysisheld：

@welsh Kracken oO. Yes you are right they are region free but newer games will have region lock!!!

Check out kinguin.net for example they also sell STEAM Gifts and keys which have to be activated via a Russian VPN and they are way cheaper than the prices you normally pay.

But you are right go ahead find out yourself...

yes they sell russian VPN keys at less than £10 but only a fool would buy that, instead you can buy the regeion free english version for £31,50 aka 39.99 euros

[eram]

They do not have permission to sell the keys only.

[Welsh Kraken]

引用自 crysisheld：

No only authorized resellers are allowed to sell game keys. Yeah dude, and if that game you bought in a key shop was bought with a stolen credit card the key will be blacklisted... vanishes from you game library... that´s cool eh? NOT

lol a bit extreme? its not like whoever steals credit cards would buy games with it instead of something worth more value. and that wouldnt happen in the eu theres bigger fish to fry than buying games with stolen cc.

[Welsh Kraken]

引用自 eram：

They do not have permission to sell the keys only.

what do you mean? what do you think steam sells you? Oo

[ᴏᴠᴇʀᴊᴏʜɴɴʏ]

引用自 Welsh Kracken oO：

引用自 crysisheld：

No only authorized resellers are allowed to sell game keys. Yeah dude, and if that game you bought in a key shop was bought with a stolen credit card the key will be blacklisted... vanishes from you game library... that´s cool eh? NOT

lol a bit extreme? its not like whoever steals credit cards would buy games with it instead of something worth more value. and that wouldnt happen in the eu theres bigger fish to fry than buying games with stolen cc.

Well maybe in EU but to sell keys so cheap they dont buy them in the EU I guess...

What earm means is that you have to be an authorized STEAM Key reseller to sell those game keys. Has to do with licensing but it is quite complicated to explain...

[DanTheKraut]

引用自 Welsh Kracken oO：

引用自 eram：

They do not have permission to sell the keys only.

what do you mean? what do you think steam sells you? Oo

Authorized resellers get their keys from the Publisher! Those are resellers like GreenMan Gaming and so on but they have to stick to the things the Publishers says like this game is not for sale in Germany. Those keys are more expenisve.

Not authorized resellers buy their keys from various cheap markets (they mostly buy retail, copy the code and throw the retail box and DVD in the trash). They do whatever they want including selling keys you need a VPN to activate it. Those keys are cheap.

A few of the biggest not authorized resellers are owned by a person from Hong Kong.