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Guru3D.com » News » Ubisoft might block Far Cry 4 copies bought through third-party key sellers

Ubisoft might block Far Cry 4 copies bought through third-party key sellers

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/27/2015 10:52 AM | source: | 79 comment(s)
Ubisoft might block Far Cry 4 copies bought through third-party key sellers

We have no real source or validity to this rumor, but news is surfacing the web that Far Cry 4 copies that were bought through third-party resellers like G2Play and G2A will be killed. G2Play for example is huge and is a legit key reseller.

The rumor right now is that the keys have been stolen and maybe that's the reason why they're being blocked. G2Play and G2Aare popular digital retailers based in Hong Kong that scan and/or photograph the keys from retail boxes.

Website eTeknix reported this story; The games are a lot cheaper there and the internet allows them to sell those keys digitally worldwide where the games cost more.

“This is an outrageous and ridiculous way of doing business. And don’t you think as I do, that maybe those people who actually PAY for the game (even though Ubisoft will make a few bucks less in Poland because I bought the game from…I don’t know, a…hungarian original retailer), will, in time, in frustration, after that sort of strategy and behaviour, after the way you made people buy not-finished games, will stop buying them at all or keep using less scrupulous retailers to get what they want? And nobody wants that.”

– Voiced a user on the Ubisoft support forums The above statement doesn’t stand on its own, as the forum thread has 19 pages with over 180 posts at the time of writing, mostly with support for the OP.







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#5004974 Posted on: 01/31/2015 08:44 PM
Exactly^

Its always easier to get a refund from thirdparty key sites than it is from steam or the others.

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#5004987 Posted on: 01/31/2015 08:52 PM
You guys are lucky, I still haven't seen any refund from cjs-cdkeys... they replied (slowly) and said that they contacted their "supplier" and await some sort of response from him before even thinking about a refund. Whatever, lesson learned, at least it wasn't a big sum I've lost.

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#5005010 Posted on: 01/31/2015 09:19 PM
I contacted G2A about a refund on both of my keys that were banned since I use G2A Shield for both of those purchases. I sent them all the screen shots they asked for and it's going on the 4th day since I last heard from them. I'm giving them until the 3rd to reply back, otherwise I'm contacting my back and requesting a charge back.

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#5005062 Posted on: 01/31/2015 10:33 PM
Yeah, two weeks now since I contacted g2play and still getting crap about contacting their supplier.

It's ironic that the best publisher for refunds is EA.

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