This is true of both legitimate storefronts like Humble Bundle, Bundlestars, Gamersgate, Indie Gala, Nuuvem and many others, as well as the illegitimate shady sites like G2A. If there was no benefit to doing so, then people simply wouldn't do it as there would be no advantage to doing so. There are many good reasons why people buy Steam games on 3rd party storefronts that sell Steam games instead of just buying them on Steam. Having said that, and without trying to sound like a devil's advocate, your comparison is incorrect. First of all let me say that I despise the grey market game storefronts like G2A and Kinguin and their ilk, as they are harming the gaming industry including developers, publishers and consumers as a whole just for the sake of profiteering in a shady manner.

An since we are mainly talking about steam, summer is coming. I can't see any good reason not to just wait for a sale at Best Buy and get it then. To me its like going to Sears to buy a TV but you have to go to Best Buy to get the TV. This seems like a lousy business plan to me. Gamers have pretty short memories, after all.ĭrosa: Doesn't G2A mainly sell game keys and activation codes for steam and other systems. What remains to be seen is whether Gearbox will follow through on their end, and whether this is a watershed moment or an isolated incident. It's great news that G2A's shadiness is finally starting to catch up with them, but like others I highly doubt they'll actually change anything. The Gearbox PR department had a significant 'OH SHIT' moment because of the overwhelmingly negative response, and TB was a spokesperson they could contact. They wouldn't have tried to broker this set of ultimatums if there wasn't also a huge backlash by Gearbox customers after the announcement. To be fair, this series of events wasn't precipitated solely by TB. It's just that the level of influence of a single person making not-all-that-great youtube videos is in an of itself something that takes me aback somewhat.

Like I said, I don't think he's done anything wrong- far from it in fact.

What I meant was that him not covering Gearbox's games is significant enough a threat to disturb a major publishing deal. Breja: I know he's not the only source of the information.

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