![]() Sometimes they were “Rest of World” keys, meaning there is the chance they were bought from regions where the game is much, much cheaper. The problem with buying games from unauthorised resellers is pretty simple: you don’t know what you’re getting, and you don’t know how the seller got it either.įor example, keys given out by Green Man Gaming for Black Ops 3 inconsistently gave the NukeTown DLC to some but not to others. Considering right now Black Ops 3 and Assassin’s Creed Syndicate are currently being heavily promoted through the site, that’s a bit of a problem. Well, now Activision and Ubisoft have contacted the subreddit to say that Green Man Gaming is not an authorised seller of their games. ![]() It was decided that as the site had such a good track record before then, it would not be banned unless further publishers claimed it wasn’t authorised. The subreddit has a rule against unauthorised key resellers, which at that time is what Green Man Gaming was seen to be. This issue caused major controversy on the incredibly useful subreddit /r/GameDeals, which collates all the different discounts on games running at the moment. CD Projekt Red stated that the site was not an authorised reseller, and as such the keys they sold were not guaranteed to work. Going forward, we are going to make this clearer on our site for every product, so a customer knows exactly where the key is coming from – work has started on this already.īack when The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was coming out, we reported that popular game retailer Green Man Gaming may not have been acquiring its keys for the game legitimately. However, it also referenced a statement they made to PCGamesN which suggests it will be working towards becoming more transparent in the future: It’s worth noting that Green Man Gaming doesn’t say where its sources are, and “a range of outlets” could mean literally anything, so don’t take this as proof that it is ‘safe’ to buy from for Ubisoft or Activision games. Most retailers and businesses operate in this way as it’s not always possible to obtain product from the source. Where we don’t have a direct relationship, we have always taken care to responsibly source keys from range of outlets. Some publishers use distributors to send out their keys, and so we work with the distributor to get keys. : We have received this statement from Green Man Gaming’s head of PR:Īs you know, we have official and direct relationships with a range of publishers, developers and distributors.
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