I acquired a key for Witcher 2 Enchanted Edition. I was going to gift it, but... the problem is, it doesn't look anything like a normal Steam key. It's in this format: XX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX. Way too long for a normal Steam key.

But I tried to activate it on Steam, and it was recognized ('Product already owned') as Witcher 2. ...so what the heck? Is it safe to gift, even though it doesn't look normal?

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GoG key?

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Retail key? Like an actual CD Key

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Hm. Might be. ...I had almost forgotten that those still exist.
Witcher 2 definitely had a retail version, I wonder if the key format matches those.

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maybe it's a coupon code, i got one from nvidia the other day for tomb raider

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That's also a possibility.
Well... thanks. I still don't know if I should try gifting the key, though.

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if u arent sure u can always try tossing the key into orphan key threads :)

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If you got it in that Amazon glitch, it was the GOG version.

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Uhm, aren't TW2 GOG keys in the format of XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX?

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I've never used GOG. This was just a guess.

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But if it were, would Steam recognize it as a Witcher 2 key?

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Nope.

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Well, if Steam recognizes it you should be safe.

There's also this little note below the product acticvation field telling you Steamkeys can have different formats than the usual one:

View attached image.
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Good point. And the format does seem identical to the retail keys from some other games.

So yeah, I think I'll go ahead with the giveaway and hope that the key is usable. If it isn't... well, I'll just have to acquire a replacement key to send to the winner.

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