[PSA] ShinyLoot ceasing sales on January 31st, completely shuts down on March 17

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Tristar

Official statement:
http://www.shinyloot.com/forum/index.php/topic,86.0.html

You may have bought Groupees ShinyLoot bundles in the past, better save all stuff ASAP.

~~on an unrelated note, check my GA celebration thread for some nice games ;-)~~

8 years ago*

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Luthienjish

Thanks for the information. :)
Maybe I need to check again and download some. (-_-)a

8 years ago

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weirdfish

Thanks for the heads up.

8 years ago

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SickTeddyBear

Wait, a Groupees ShinyLoot bundle would have it's DRM-free downloads and/or Steam keys distributed via Groupees, so nothing should be affected.

8 years ago

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Shad0WeN

Not true. I bought ShinyLoot Bundle #6 and all Groupees did was give SL keys, so everything was provided by SL.

8 years ago

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SickTeddyBear

Oh, then that is a problem.

8 years ago

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Tristar

There were 10 of those over a year ago that only gave ShinyLoot keys, from there you could then get Steam/Desura keys and/or DRM-free DLs

8 years ago

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SickTeddyBear

Ah, I see. Thanks.

8 years ago

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Sooth

Any clue which exactly those were?
I've no idea what to even begin looking for :P

Edit: Oh, it's specifically the https://groupees.com/shinyloot line of bundles, gotcha.
Totally forgot about them, they haven't made one since December 2014, and I never bought any of them to begin with. :'P

8 years ago*

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Dodj33

i feel sorry for them- they never stood a chance

8 years ago

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GPBunny

Bump

8 years ago

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thekuribo

Bump for visibility.

I kind of had a feeling they were headed this direction... things had been pretty quiet from them. I do wish them luck in their future endeavors and respect them highly for running their business with integrity through till the very end. ShinyLoot was definitely one of the good guys.

8 years ago

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dcrockerjr

bump and remember some games like the two creeper world ones require in game keys, so be sure to write those down. also make sure you redeemed all your steam keys, I noticed I hadn't redeemed a "way to go" key that had been added and one other game.

8 years ago

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jatan11t

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Wow these guys... I'm trying to activate all my keys, but I think they're blocking IP addresses if you try to access the site too much. Activated 5 keys or so, suddenly can't load the page anymore. Logged into school VPN, activated another 5 keys or so, then again suddenly can't access the site anymore...

8 years ago

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Tristar

Yes, had the same issue. Clicking slower helped a bit, but some ip changes were still needed...

8 years ago

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Shad0WeN

Wouldn't surprise me. They don't even appear to use encryption on their site, which I always thought was odd and lazy.

8 years ago

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MatrixRaven

Thanks for the heads up. Checking my account this evening.

8 years ago

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WahBlueFace

Yeah, I got this email this morning. Very sad. There are lots of places selling steam keys but there aren't a lot of places selling DRM-free, so it's a real loss. They were one of the good guys, I agree. sigh

8 years ago

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Drag0nb0rn

"We know that it's not a great message to receive at the end of the year..." - posted 8th Jan. is that end of year? RIP logic. no wonder they went out of business. lel

8 years ago

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TatsuyaHiro

cant say im surprised tbh, there is waay too many companies at play already.

8 years ago

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Shad0WeN

On a side note, Get Games store has also been down for weeks now. I don't know if they had a catastrophe or what, but I'd have to think that it was the absolute worst time of the year to not be online and doing business.

8 years ago

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dcrockerjr

just about every other file I'm DLing gets a "this file is not commonly downloaded" malware block from chrome; at least we know video game piracy isn't a thing because if there were such a thing as piracy the files would all be commonly downloaded.

8 years ago

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eeev

And Groupees might be next. They used to have their site cluttered with loads of crappy bundles, now there's only one really crappy bundle active alongside two music bundles. Mark my words!

8 years ago

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heavenhairsixes

I think a lot of places simply don't expect people to have much cash left after Christmas. Humble have no main bundle up at the moment and the last few weeklies have been a bit poop (riff trax and a uplay rebundle). I'm sure Groupees will be full of crap again soon.

8 years ago

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Xongh2

From the Primordia dev: "I wish it was $.50. IIRC, it was $.17. Groupees was a catastrophic decision by WEG, although potentially it spread word of mouth: we sold 40k keys and made like $5k for it".

8 years ago

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Xongh2

From the Quest for Infamy dev: "Yeah, god, Groupees - the amount we made in a Groupees bundle was very similar to yours. Never again".

8 years ago

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SickTeddyBear

There's always a dev or publisher who doesn't understand the economics of bundles, and ends up complaining what a mistake it was after the fact. This has happened countless times. It's the reason why the Humble Monthly is taking over, because putting games in cheap bundles is something a lot of devs are no longer willing to do.

8 years ago

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cyanic

What, having only a few bundles going at a time is cause for concern? Having lots of bundles running simultaneously only started around Q2 last year. This was pretty much the norm before.

8 years ago

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eeev

Well, yes, sure. After the last Be Mine I really got worried what's going on behind the curtains at Groupees and now nothing new for such a long time.... :)

8 years ago

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Shad0WeN

The day that happens I will throw my hands up and yell "Hallelujah!!". I used to be a avid supporter years ago, but with the shady anti-consumer things they have been doing in more recent times I have completely gone the other way. It just goes to show you how far they have fallen and how far they have veered off-track.

8 years ago*

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Pucker

I'm not sure on the developer side of things, but I've personally never had any issues with Groupees, and they seem to sell quite a lot of every bundle that comes out, I don't forsee them going the way of shinyloot, nor do they have nothing but crappy bundles.

Sure they throw out an occasional stinker but then again just about all bundle sites except the Humble Monthly and Indie Gala Monday toss our stinkers. It just happens with so many games getting bundled..

8 years ago

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Ekaros

Did they were in any other bundles than bundles by their name?

8 years ago

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yomisma

Bump for reminder

8 years ago

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cyanic

BTW, I made a tool for dumping download links. Better info on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GameDealsMeta/comments/46gwl2/shinyloot_link_maker_get_a_list_of_links_to_files/

8 years ago

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devotee

Thanks for this! Did you make something similar for Desura? :/

8 years ago

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velocity37

Desura's kind of weird. There are some (thankfully relatively few) games that don't have links to installers on the site and must be downloaded from within the client.

I've too put it off since I know it's going to be a pain.

8 years ago

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cyanic

Have a look at this and this.

8 years ago

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devotee

Thanks a lot cyanic! Those are actually VERY helpful!

8 years ago

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Artki

Hmmm.
I got the Shiny Loot Bundle #9 bought sight-unseen. When the games were revealed I didn't see one that was worth the effort of downloading.

8 years ago

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TekVila

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8 years ago

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SickTeddyBear

Are these Desura keys, because ShinyLoot keys can no longer be redeemed.

8 years ago

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thegodoftitsandwine

They look like shinyloot keys to me

8 years ago

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UraniumFalconPunch

My Shinyloot keys are still working. Just redeemed Electro Bobble and Valcarta: Rise of the Demon + 2 for Dead Hungry Diner which gave me Desura keys.

8 years ago

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SickTeddyBear

My bad, I didn't see the "Redeem Code" link at the bottom.

8 years ago

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KimchiTea

FYI for anyone who has DROD RPG: Tendry's Tale or DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder on ShinyLoot, Steam keys have been added there.

8 years ago

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