Is G2A Game Deals dead?
Did steamgifters gave up by not putting "potato" option in their polls?
As for the topic, I am pretty sure they gave up
Cos not so much people buying their deals
Fanatical, humble bundle and some others is controling this territory now
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I only bought the first one (the only one worth it) and in my eyes it was the only good one. What about the people who bought a 1 year subscription?
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Well they pretty much lost their money cos G2A is not providing awesome bundles that often
In that case I prefer to buy Fanatical bundles (I used to)
One of the greatest deals for me (correction: for my brother) was STALKER bundle
Bought it without any second thought and gave him the codes
Worth every $
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But people subscribed for one year and I think G2A game deals was less than a year available 😕
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What one year subscription? They only had option to continue the deal or not. And you can cancel their deal at any time 😀 I did that cause subscribing cost less than normal month.
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Yeah, I also remember two options. One for a subscription (cheaper) and one for a single time purchase (slightly more expensive)
No long-term contracts from what I can recall.
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I vaguely recall that the second one was also worth it if you were still subscribed, although I can't recall why that was (it had a Master of Magic clone as an extra game if you still had a subscription, I think?)
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Sub wasn't prepaid. It was pay every month, cancel anytime.
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The only one that i bought was the 1st, that came with insane good games! The other ones were just bundle leftovers or general trash.
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Next step, killing g2a, kinguin, mmoga etc... :3
It's not over...
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Because grey market resellers don't support the developers that actually made the games? And if you're buying games, wouldn't you want your money to go to the people that actually made the game? So that they can continue making more games?
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Unless they generate the keys themselves or steal them, the games are paid for and the companies got their share. It's just that what you pay for when you buy from their store doesn't translate to profit for the developers/publishers.
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No, I dont care about that and if you're a smart consumer you shouldn't care. The gaming companies already make enough money. I'd rather spend 2 dollars on G2A than get a game that's currently on steam for 10 dollars. Better for me. And if you espouse Tragedy of the Commons, I just say that that's submission, and at your loss of paying more money you are supporting frugal people like me to buy. So think about a user like me, or a user like SunnyL. Are they types of people we are worth supporting at your own loss? If yes, then continue to buy games on steam with the knowledge that you support us. If we aren't worth supporting, then you should instead abandon buying games on Steam and be like the rest of us, buying on grey market resellers. There is no "get rid of grey market" option available because if that option existed, then people like me and SunnyL wouldn't be playing games and thus would have no voice in the gaming industry
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A big company can maybe take a few hits (still doesn't justify why you think you only have to pay $2 instead of $10) but okay.
There are also small indie devs who might have no job on the side and completely live of what they make, and if they can't, they quit.
I think that's a difference that has to be made.
Bundles were designed for people to get a game cheap, an introduction maybe to the other games of a dev, not to be profited by a bunch of (shady) dealers.
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I see what you're saying about the indie devs, and I agree--it's not a good thing that I and other people buy from G2A for indie games, because they are the ones that really need the money. So I thank you and the other people who buy from Steam as usual because it allows me and others to buy for cheaper with the knowledge that in buying the game from G2A, I can still be confident the indie company will survive since others are giving them money.
A parallel to this would be youtubers who disable advertisements in favor of having a patreon. The generosity of other viewers who donate to the patreon allow people like me who don't donate to watch at a better advantage. The only difference is instead of paying $10 on Steam, the patreon people pay $5 a month, and instead of me paying $2 on G2A, I just get the videos for free.
To counter your second paragraph, why should people not profit for buying bundles, waiting for the items to go back up in price, and then reselling them? Would you see a wrong if bananas in a store were 50% off, and someone bought them there and drove across town and sold them marked up higher but not at market price to others?
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Because bundles were and are meant as an introduction, something for gamers, not to be profited from.
It's devs that should get the full money for their arts and work not some middle man thinking to make a quick buck by really doing next to nothing for it (you can setup a whole lot of stuff to do automatically), it's not a real job, heck noone is even going to pay taxes over it, yet the devs have to.
It's really like people that are scalping tickets to concerts and theater shows, companies that hire people or even use computer scripts to buy bulk, and then sell for a big profit, yeah i say it's also wrong.
Granted, any dev that put their games in bundles for sometimes dirt cheap prices, it's still always their own decision, but it's why some always stand by their decision to not put their games in a bundle, ever.
I am not a dev and it must be a struggle in getting atleast some money for your game versus none maybe, it must be hard, let alone try to get a good living out of it.
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From all your texts i was curious on your sg stats and expected a direction.
Looked into your profile and seen 6 years on sg ... given out 1 Game and 1 DLC.
WOW
I think i didn't have to say more....
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You must be really naïve to believe this. I can imagine your image of an AAA games developer driving around in his Ferrari throwing money about. In reality it's nothing like this and AAA developers are paid no more than any other white collar job.
Well established Indie devs will make tons more than AAA developers. And what happens when profits drop because of grey markets? Do you think the CEO or the suits on the board take pay cuts? Of course not, normal hard working developers are sacked or entire studio's are closed.
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I genuinely don't care about them losing their jobs because I get cheaper games...sorry man. They can become a software dev at any other company but chose the game market, so they can move if they want.
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Then I feel sorry for you mate. Must be awful to care so little about other people that your nonessential entertainment needs are so important that you're willing to screw hard working people out of the money to feed their children.
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You need to pay for the VPN and receive no continuous updates (downloading a patch for every update is too much of an annoyance), no achievements, no playtime tracked, usually no ability for multiplayer, and no possibility of gaining items you can sell on the market through that method. There are cases where just downloading the game for free is better--especially for older games that won't be updated, or games that are always offline. I find it's best to consider both options before getting a game.
One of the great things about this website is that it combines both options into one: you can gain a legitimate copy of a game without paying a cent by winning it through a raffle. This allows me to play games optimally, and the existence of this website is the main reason why I haven't bought a game from either Steam or a reseller since my Civ 5: Brave New World purchase over two years ago...To each their own, I guess.
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Hey, great news! Soon we will introduce to some of you a new G2A Marketplace layout. Stay tuned!
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Wow, so you pay them in order to get discounts weekly. Who would be so stupid to sign up for that. 😅
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I still remember buying the first one, and making specially sure I unsubscribed, considering their reputation.
Exactly one month later "somehow" they tried to charge me again. I got lucky that I was actually expecting it.
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I noticed, that the Link for the game deals is dead. Did they gave up?
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