As pc gamer (and new Deck owner) i’ve started to check any good game deal, mostly x games on Steam but not only. I’ve soon realize that there are great site like Humble to use to buy keys for cheap, but also “shady” sites with very low price who apparently sell non working keys or try to scam you. Did we have a list of the “Safest” site where buy games???

  • ekZepp@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    So basically a bet. Better for cheap indi and old stuff. As I though. There shouldn’t be security issue paying with PayPal right?

    • TheEntity@kbin.social
      12·
      1 year ago

      The issue isn’t the safety of your payment method or not working keys. The issue is with how they source their keys. They are often bought with stolen credit cards and sold to them. It’s quite complicated but the end result is that the game developers are literally losing money on these services due to chargebacks and such.

        • TheEntity@kbin.social
          4·
          1 year ago

          That’s what I meant. They are sold to them by the users. And these users are often card thieves, directly or indirectly. Whether we like it or not it’s a de facto money laundering system.

            • knatschusEnglish
              62·
              1 year ago

              Why? If you want to save money just pirate the games, if you go on with this you hurt the developers

              • coughrelief@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                Can’t pirate online games. Additionally I don’t care if I “hurt” a giant multi million dollar company like ea or whatever by not giving them my 60 bucks. it’s of course different with indie games.

    • Hillock@kbin.social
      31·
      1 year ago

      The transaction with kinguin is safe. They even offer a cheap protection against non-working keys, so you are guaranteed to get a working key.

      The big issue is the keys themselves aren’t always obtained legally. And then it can take a while for the key to get deactivated. By that point you are usually out of luck trying to get your money back or a new key.