I totally forgot about bundle limitations and remembered only today, when I stuck in $30 CV :)
When I created the GAs I have seen asterisk and know what will happen. Actually I got those copies enough cheap to not care about this.
But this makes me a question "What if I bought this game not in bundle?"
I checked bundle list and found my GAs in February 14th Indie bundle, but I didn't bought them there. In fact, I bought them in 4-games pack by 3-games's price.
I'm new here and even in Steam, so sorry, if someone already asked this. I still don't know how all things there works. But I have questions that regular users may know answers
What if I bought bundle game not in bundle?
How long game will be marked as bundle after bundle ends? (When I bought nothing said that some indie bundle has this game inside)

OK, thanks, guys. Looks like now I know a little more about all these things

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It will remain a bundled game until the end of the site pretty much. Bundle games are bundle games, and will always be known as bundle games, else people would hoard them until the restriction was lifted. I'm afraid that even if you didn't get them from the bundle, the restrictions apply.

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Any copies given away [i]before[/i] the game was in a bundle will count for full value. Any copies given away afterwards, however, will count as bundle games, even if the particular copy doesn't come from that bundle.

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They still count as a bundle because apparently, support can't check everyone's giveaway if it was a key or a tradeable even though you provide substantial proof. And If I understand completely, Another more important reason is the dates are final, meaning they can't get/make an exception for you only if you did gifted a tradeable.

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Basically you're screwed. Once game goes bundle, it never comes back. No matter where or when you bought your version, from the day it appeared in a bundle, it'll always be considered bundled game.

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I think that value should change only for new games (new giveaways), not the one you bought earlier (e.g. before game was in bundle or price for game dropped).

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That's true if a giveaway was created before, not the game's been bought.

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Bundled games are treated as such no matter where you actually got them if given out once they've been bundled. There is no way to check whether it did came from a bundle or not.

However, if you keep giving non-bundle games, you will gain contribution value for the games you currently posted for up to 20% of the value of non-bundled games. So if you gave for $250 more of non-bundled games, then you would get the full value from your current giveaways.

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Closed 11 years ago by ukoHKa.