A small bump against the key reselling website. G2A said that if sales of keys obtained illegally were shown, they would compensate the affected publishers.
It's well known that G2A simply acts as an intermediary website between two users: some want to sell game keys they no longer want, and others want to buy cheap games. For years, this website has faced a lot of criticism because it seems to know that Steam keys obtained with stolen credit cards are being sold, and to provide security, they insist on selling us their insurance, G2A Shield, or on keeping our accounts inactive.
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After many years of accusations of taking advantage of the dubious provenance of the keys that are sold on its website, G2A proposed that it would compensate developers who have received charges for the return of keys obtained illegally. The creators of Subnautica said it would be something easy to prove, although no result has come out of that case.
Yes that has come out of the relevant claim to the creators of Factorio. The Wube team was able to demonstrate that some 2 keys obtained illegally between March and June 198 were sold in G2016A. Either by stolen cards or by bots that asked for Steam keys posing as Youtubers with promises of coverage on their channel.
The bottom line is that G2A promised that it would return ten times the developer's lost revenue if proven. In this case, the Factorio developers will receive from the resale website about $ 40 as total compensation.
A small blow to the web that only acts as an intermediary but that benefits a lot from the gray market and from creating a very uncomfortable user experience that makes someone who is confused pay more than they initially thought. It does not mean that G2A is going to close, but if many more developers can prove that they have sold illegitimate keys to their games, the web will have to give a lot of money in compensation and it could even change its operations.
Source: Polygon
