Do you reveal all keys right after you buy a bundle?
Only on Humble. They are the only ones selling keys they don't have enough in stock of. And since Choice doesn't have choices anymore, it doesn't make a difference.
Fanatical has a 30-day guarantee for their keys to work and for the most part, they work a lot longer, but that all depends on the publishers.
Downsides to revealing without redeeming are no refunds and a very tiny risk (growing slowly with waiting time) of your key being redeemed by error/guess in the meantime without you being able to request a replacement because you can't prove it didn't work right after revealing it. And some publishers might even revoke sold/revealed but unredeemed keys after some time.
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Thank you for the reply. That seems to match the consensus opinion: always reveal Humble, and might as well reveal all keys.
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The data you provided about the 30-day guarantee in Fanatical are true. I'd just like to add my five-year experience buying bundles from Fanatical. Bundle leftovers have always worked in giveaways here, even when they were from a year-old bundle. Surely there are publishers that revoke old keys, but IMHO they are a tiny exception. While it happens, I've never encountered it myself. On the other hand, I've never kept a key for six years.
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Thank you for the reply. That seems to match the consensus opinion: always reveal Humble, and might as well reveal all keys.
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Thank you for the reply. That seems to match the consensus opinion: always reveal Humble, and might as well reveal all keys.
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I always get the game names and keys ASAP in my spreadsheet, along with the order page for reference (in Fanatical and Humble).
I also activate all games I want to activate the same day, but that's an habit of myself.
It is important to reveal the keys from Humble because you might not have keys available when you go for a game a month later. Or a day later. Or even an hour later.
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Thank you for the reply. That seems to match the consensus opinion: always reveal Humble, and might as well reveal all keys.
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I only reveal if there are key expiries. For charity bundles, i directly redeem all that im interested in because they might expire too. The rest i just left it as is. There are some that are several years old at this point.
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I only tend to reveal and activate straight away those games I personally want from a bundle.
I always look at the leftovers as having no value (I don’t trade, too many frustrating experiences.)
I generally don’t sit on my spare keys for long though, they often get used in giveaways here within a couple of months.
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I generally don’t sit on my spare keys for long though, they often get used in giveaways here within a couple of months.
That's probably the best advice of all. :)
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I reveal everything right away and also give away any extras right after. I don't get the logic behind sitting on keys, especially for years like some people do. If I let them pile up then that's even more work sorting through them later.
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[Early consensus seems to be always to reveal Humble keys, and might as well reveal all keys.]
If you search, e.g.,. "out of stock" in the Discussions, there are many threads of particular games being out of stock for one bundle or another. It is predominately Humble, but that could be more a reflection of sheer quantity of bundles and buyers ("market share", if you will) than anything else.
Maybe the "defense" against this is to reveal every game you get as soon as you buy the bundle. You'll need some other way to track which keys are used (spreadsheet, etc.) but many of us probably already do that. Do you do this? Should I?
The only real downside I can think of could be in Humble Monthlies where you only get so many choices-- you'd have to make that choice in advance. BTW, do they still do this? I know they used to. Are there any other downsides to revealing everything right away? Is the perceived upside (that it protects you against "out of stock" issues) even correct?
Thank you for your thoughts.
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