is it safe to buy steam games from kinguin ?

[maria2244]

I don't trust G2A anymore

since 1 steam game I bought from them removed from my steam account 1 month later

 

what about kinguin ?

[The_Denks]

1 minute ago, maria2244 said:

I don't trust G2A anymore

since 1 steam game I bought from them removed from my steam account 1 month later

 

what about kinguin ?

Ive never had a problem with G2A

[79wjd]

For all intents and purposes, Kinguin is the same as G2a.

[SCHISCHKA]

Kinguin doesn't follow the rules. buy at your own risk and be aware you are not buying a license and you are not paying for the rights to the software you are purchasing. What you are buying is Kinguin's side-stepping and flouting of the rules

[Technous285]

I've not ~yet~ had a problem with using Kinguin (OS key, Morrowind, Oblivion...), but I've also shelled out the few extra $'s for their Buyer Protection system and haven't yet had to use it. Depending on the software you're looking for, Kinguin is okay, Bundlestars is better and GOG is DRM-free.

[manikyath]

they largely go trough the same buisiness model, and morally the right answer is to use neither.

 

both will (in the large majority of cases) get you a legitimate game key, but the way those keys are gotten are the questionable bit. it's mostly a case of "the most ruthless criminal will be the most profitable"

 

some means of getting keys that are unfortunately more common than we'd want them to be:

- impersonating a youtuber/livestreamer and getting keys from the devs

- bank fraud

- stolen credit cards

- shoplifting games that have their key in the box

- ...

 

basicly, you should buy a game in the mindset of your money going to the developer, with either of these websites, it's questionable if there's even any money at all going to the devs who put in the hard work to make the experience you are putting money into.

 

it is safe (in the large majority of cases) but you shouldnt, and there's been cases of game devs hammering down on these keys gotten trough illegitimate means, *surprisingly* hammering down on G2A really hard.

 

TLDR: if you want to spend money on a game, do so as close to the source as you can, so that source gets the cut they deserve, and they can buy the coffee required to make the next generation of your favourite game.

[79wjd]

28 minutes ago, manikyath said:

basicly, you should buy a game in the mindset of your money going to the developer, with either of these websites, it's questionable if there's even any money at all going to the devs who put in the hard work to make the experience you are putting money into.

TotalBiscuit talked about that in depth. Although, fwiw, with indie games aside, the dev isn't seeing much of the profit anyway. 

 

 

[manikyath]

3 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

TotalBiscuit talked about that in depth. Although, fwiw, with indie games aside, the dev isn't seeing much of the profit anyway. 

but the company behind the whole party is, and that company is who keeps the party rolling.

 

i'd totally agree that it matters in a much bigger degree for indie games or small time studios, but the EA's and ubisofts of this world need their coffee as well.

[79wjd]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

but the company behind the whole party is, and that company is who keeps the party rolling.

 

i'd totally agree that it matters in a much bigger degree for indie games or small time studios, but the EA's and ubisofts of this world need their coffee as well.

I'm not saying they don't deserve to be paid, but the devs won't see much of a benefit from not using G2a/kinguin since they get reamed anyway.