Third party key market places are kinda iffy, and there have been numerous cases of the keys being offered on there having been bought with stolen credit cards, or otherwise generated in ways that aren't quite above board.

I remember one interview with an indy dev in which they said they prefer people pirating, because chargebacks from stolen cards are actively costing them money.

For people who feel they need the entertainment games provide, but can't afford current prices, I feel pirating games from conglomerates, and buying from smaller studios and indies is the most socially responsible way to do it, but I'm not your mum.

Edit: Huh, looks like greenmangaming gets their keys directly from the publishers. Didn't know that was a thing. Guess I was a bit quick on the trigger there, should have checked first. Sorry about that.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

G2A is probably the big example of Devs prefering you pirate instead of buying.

Only use G2A if you actively wish harm on the company making the game.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 12 hours ago

Don't use G2A even if you wish harm on the company making the game, it's still supporting scammers and thieves, just pirate the game.

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 2 points 13 hours ago

See you already found the reason it is ok, but yeah what you are saying is completely right when talking about sites like G2A, Kinguin, etc where YOU can sell your keys as that opens the gates for illegal stuff

Hence I mentioned legit resellers (from the EU) that do support the publishers.