I wanted to create a giveaway of Pirates of Black Cove, but I can't find it on the game list :/ Why?

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Because it was given for free before.

Banned games

See second point under Giveaways Creating

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It's Free on DLH :)

8 years ago
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Because this game has been given away a lot of times for free. You cant make giveaway of free games.

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But why is it on steam for 10 euro then? wtf

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Did you pay 10 Euro for it?

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+1

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Well, because only one source gave it out for free (dlh.net). Everywhere else you have to pay money. It would be the same if you missed a promotion where a game has been given away for free. Once given for free - not giveawayable anymore for all eternity to avoid exploitation of Contributor Value (CV).

8 years ago
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The funny thing about this case is, DLH has given away the Gold Edition, which is recognized by steam as a different game (doesn't even have a store page).

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That happened with several of the games by Nitro Games . The reason for that is that the publishing rights are confusing. No idea why, but Paradox has the publishing rights on most storefronts, but Topware sells it on their own store with themselves as the publisher, and the dlh version is the topware version, and the topware version of all the games by Nitro Games still requires steam.

8 years ago
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Interesting, thanks!

8 years ago
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Forget about the official price at Steam store. If it has been given away for free before, the game is banned forever to avoid exploitation of CV. You can see the complete list of banned games here:

http://www.steamgifts.com/bundle-games

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These aren't banned games - they are bundled games that you get 15% CV for ..

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Yeah! My mistake. You're right.

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Yeah, that's the bundle list.

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As LostSoul posted above, it's this unofficial list

8 years ago
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Because Steam has no shame.
A lot of games on Steam that are 10 euros and less in the Steam store have been given away in bulks of tens of thousands at various official and unofficial sites, both in the past and most likely in the future as well. Which means they are essentially worthless since you can easily find traders that'll fork them over for a few cents in profit (didn't cost them anything to stockpile). If you buy them off Steam, Steam is ripping you off for the full price straight.
Same goes for many bundle games which are mostly near-worthless but still costs marginal amounts of money to obtain, but way less than Steam store prices.
Moral of the story: Never buy anything on Steam, and if you really really need to, do some serious price comparisons on other sites first.

8 years ago
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Because Steam has no shame.

Swap this to "developers fish for uninformed buyers", change the words according to this and we're good to go :) Steam doesn't set prices/discounts, just makes suggestions, it's the dev/publisher who's the last word

8 years ago
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I would suggest reading the FAQ.

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There needs to be a topic in the FAQ that is worded like this.

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that would help a bit, yes.

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you can search the forum and see if something was free, works 99% of the time :3 http://www.steamgifts.com/discussions/search?q=Pirates+of+Black+Cove

also, don't create a GA with another similar game, it will get you in trouble.

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Free, the game was given for. Refund, you must get.

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