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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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#5001267 Posted on: 01/27/2015 02:28 PM
Some people (retards?) even go so far as to say that Ubisoft didn't get paid for those keys because they're all stolen/generated. Because Ubisoft said so. Ubisoft. Are you kidding me?
How can anyone be so cynical towards cd-key stores (because of the alleged actions of ONE of them) but so unfrigginbelievable gullible towards every single drop of hype and PR speech?
If the PC port of GTA V can be #1 in pre-orders, I guess people believing Ubisoft's lies isn't so far fetched
If UBI disables your game it is not because G2Play does something illegal, but because UBI want your 60E + what you paid before.
Some people (retards?) even go so far as to say that Ubisoft didn't get paid for those keys because they're all stolen/generated. Because Ubisoft said so. Ubisoft. Are you kidding me?
How can anyone be so cynical towards cd-key stores (because of the alleged actions of ONE of them) but so unfrigginbelievable gullible towards every single drop of hype and PR speech?
If the PC port of GTA V can be #1 in pre-orders, I guess people believing Ubisoft's lies isn't so far fetched
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#5001268 Posted on: 01/27/2015 02:33 PM
The last similar incident I remember was Sniper Elite 3 but some people were "legit" customers too so I wouldn't be surprised if they're cracking down on people who took advantage of regional pricing. They're not wholly wrong but if they weren't charging so much for what can be argued is of poor value in the first place, these complications wouldn't arise.
The last similar incident I remember was Sniper Elite 3 but some people were "legit" customers too so I wouldn't be surprised if they're cracking down on people who took advantage of regional pricing. They're not wholly wrong but if they weren't charging so much for what can be argued is of poor value in the first place, these complications wouldn't arise.
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#5001271 Posted on: 01/27/2015 02:35 PM
No other industry tries that crap when people get 'around' regional pricing, or at least gets away with it. Why does gaming get a free pass?
The gaming industry can do whatever they want because people LET them. But they're not sheep, oh no no! Not sheep at all. They're so hip and cool because they just wasted $60 on a POS game, and they know it's POS game, but they feel proud about it because they did it and others didn't, so it must mean that those other people are poor, and thus, those cool hip consumers can act like *******s because they are better than those dirty poor people, with functional brains and principles and whatnot. Obviously.
The last similar incident I remember was Sniper Elite 3 but some people were "legit" customers too so I wouldn't be surprised if they're cracking down on people who took advantage of regional pricing. They're not wholly wrong but if they weren't charging so much for what can be argued is of poor value in the first place, these complications wouldn't arise.
No other industry tries that crap when people get 'around' regional pricing, or at least gets away with it. Why does gaming get a free pass?
The gaming industry can do whatever they want because people LET them. But they're not sheep, oh no no! Not sheep at all. They're so hip and cool because they just wasted $60 on a POS game, and they know it's POS game, but they feel proud about it because they did it and others didn't, so it must mean that those other people are poor, and thus, those cool hip consumers can act like *******s because they are better than those dirty poor people, with functional brains and principles and whatnot. Obviously.
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#5001276 Posted on: 01/27/2015 02:43 PM
Time to calibrate the LOIC again, lol. Sounds like they want the sole right to sell keys for full price.
Time to calibrate the LOIC again, lol. Sounds like they want the sole right to sell keys for full price.
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G2Play was always good shop. I have few dozens of games from them, including Starcraft 2, Skyrim, Tomb Raider (all at release day with good prices).
I quite reduced shopping there since steam announced regional locking, but even then there was no problem.
If UBI disables your game it is not because G2Play does something illegal, but because UBI want your 60E + what you paid before.