G2A

jaxxx

I've only recently heard about G2A and checked out some of the games I've been interested in. Long story short, it seems too good to be true. I've been wanting to get the first two Arkham games again but have never seen great discounts for them on Steam. Can get both on G2A right now for less than €5 for the both. Is it actually legitimate? Like I said, just seems too good to be true with some of their prices.

dreamers75

Have over 100 games bought from g2play (same company) had 1 issue they refunded me.

They are keys bought from other countries and or free keys and sometimes stolen.

Outkast_IRE

Usually stick to cdkeys myself . Some great bargains there and are debateably the most legit of the key sellers .

With cdkeys you are buying from cdkeys . With g2a and kinguin to the best of my knowledge you are buying from someone else essentially and they are facilitating the transaction . The someone else you are buying from could be selling you keys obtained through legal or illegal actions , no way to know .

Robert ninja

Less secure than steam or legit retailers like gamebillet, indiegala, humblebundle but you're still unlikely to have issues with them. I think I got Witcher 3 gog key from them but gog had suspended key activations due to high numbers of fraud keys being used during its launch. I waited a day and the key worked later. Keys have been revoked before en masse but it's rare and overall I've never had serious issue with them. Payment systems are on your side if you do need to refund, though.

Cordell

Is it actually legitimate?

No, it's very likely that you will be in violation of the license agreement.
Will you have issues? Probably not.
Will you be buying stolen keys or keys bought using stolen CC numbers? Has happen before.
There are other options that are still grey market, still questionable from the licence point of view, but they are not marketplaces and hence no risk of getting something stolen (or so they say). I usually get my games from instant-gaming.com.
Treat them like ebay if you decide to buy, and pay with paypal to get some protection.

nix

I've used a lot of them and I've only had an issue one time and it was with G2A, the wording on a game i was buying wasnt worded correctly and it prevented me from using the key i purchased.

I pointed it out and asked for a refund, they fobbed me off and told me to raise the query with the key seller and he told me to bugger off.

I raised the dispute with paypal who then forward the issue to G2A and gave them like 3 days to resolve the issue, i don't think they responded in time as paypal gave me a refund after the elapsed time.

That's the only issues I've had, so i would advise to use the likes of paypal if yer gonna use them, i predict they would be more helpful than a bank

gizmo

Fanatical currently have a 75% off sale of the Arkham series running with both of the original games coming in at £3.74. This is the lowest price you'll likely find from a legitimate key seller.

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham City


As an aside, G2A can get absolutely ****ed.

killanena

Credit card skimmers, hackers etc use stolen credit card data to buy keys and resell cheaper then retail for a fast sale and to launder the money.

That's just one of example of what goes on at G2A.

That said, I use them myself from time to time and have gotten some good savings, just last week someone was selling 3 origin keys for battlefield 5 for 15.99.

TerrorFirmer

Most of those places are marketplaces. Just buy from proper sellers with lots of feedback, no issues. I've never had an issues with 100's of games bought on G2A/Kinguin.